Microsoft
South East > Hampshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 20 August 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 20 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | -7 | +1 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft | 141 | 150 | 241 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire | 14.23% | 9.99% | 18.47% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 28.26% | 19.82% | 32.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 122 | 90 | 132 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £207 | £188 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £414 | £263 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £528 | £550 | £473 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.09% | +16.40% | -5.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £704 | £655 |
| South East median daily rate | £469 | £470 | £453 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.28% | +3.87% | -0.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £64.50 | - | £15.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.63 | £34.00 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £35.00 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +100.00% | +84.21% | +15.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.13 | £36.00 | £36.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.50 | - | £52.37 |
| South East median hourly rate | £16.36 | £42.50 | £17.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -61.51% | +139.44% | +7.58% |
All Vendors
Hampshire
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 Hampshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 499 | 757 | 733 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire | 50.35% | 50.43% | 56.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 385 | 442 | 413 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £400 | £240 |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £479 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £575 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +12.05% | -2.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £605 | £670 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £715 | £675 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 55 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.67 | £26.25 | £15.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.66 | £53.40 | £18.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.47 | £57.35 | £51.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.64% | +11.90% | +156.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.56 | £61.30 | £63.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.13 | £70.00 | £72.98 |
| South East median hourly rate | £18.87 | £57.35 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -67.10% | +27.44% | +125.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire
Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microsoft.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Hampshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microsoft.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Hampshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Basingstoke | +13 | 58 | £600 | -5.88% | 39 |
| Farnborough | +9 | 17 | £500 | -23.37% | 23 |
| Fleet | - | 11 | £435 | - | 3 |
| Portsmouth | -20 | 10 | £525 | -16.83% | 29 |
| Fareham | +2 | 9 | £263 | -30.00% | 19 |
| Southampton | -5 | 8 | £463 | +42.38% | 51 |
| Romsey | +7 | 6 | £508 | +155.35% | 3 |
| Eastleigh | +2 | 5 | £500 | - | 7 |
| Winchester | +6 | 4 | £498 | +10.56% | 11 |
| Havant | -10 | 2 | £588 | +29.12% | 1 |
| Hook | +3 | 1 | £320 | +82.86% | 1 |
| Andover | -3 | 1 | £300 | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:
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