Microsoft Contracts in Guildford

Microsoft
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Guildford requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 5 14 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 11.90% 16.87% 25.00%
As % of the Vendors category 20.00% 28.00% 82.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £300 £293
25th Percentile - £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £363 £575
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -36.96% +155.56%
75th Percentile - £388 -
90th Percentile - £395 £618
Surrey median daily rate £491 £425 £404
% change year-on-year +15.41% +5.26% +11.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 £11.71 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £12.43 -
Median % change year-on-year +81.09% - -
75th Percentile £23.75 £13.14 -
90th Percentile £24.50 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £22.50 £12.48 £55.00
% change year-on-year +80.29% -77.31% +480.47%

All Vendors
Guildford

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 25 50 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 59.52% 60.24% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 42 12
10th Percentile £335 £363 £321
25th Percentile £473 £500 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -10.87% +52.82%
75th Percentile £588 £550 -
90th Percentile £593 £628 £598
Surrey median daily rate £475 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £21.00 - -
25th Percentile £22.50 £11.71 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £12.43 -
Median % change year-on-year +101.21% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £13.14 -
90th Percentile £27.40 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £24.18 £16.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +51.13% -64.44% +130.77%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Guildford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Guildford.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Guildford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Guildford.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Guildford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (40.00%) IT Technician
1 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (20.00%) Compliance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Risk and Compliance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk