Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Harlow

Microsoft
Essex > Harlow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Harlow 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 1 October 2026, 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
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 9 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Harlow 31.03% - 40.00%
As % of the Vendors category 39.13% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.88%
75th Percentile £438 - £738
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £425 £375 £288
% change year-on-year +13.33% +30.43% -43.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.25 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +12.50% -4.76%

All Vendors
Harlow

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 Harlow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 23 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Harlow 79.31% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £394 - -
25th Percentile £413 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.82%
75th Percentile £519 - £738
90th Percentile £598 - -
Essex median daily rate £460 £400 £300
% change year-on-year +15.00% +33.33% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.25 £38.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -51.97% +38.18% -42.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Harlow.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Harlow

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Harlow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Harlow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Veeva
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) 1st Line Support
1 4 (44.44%) IT Support
2 3 (33.33%) Support Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Life Science
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (22.22%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Document Management
2 3 (33.33%) QMS
3 2 (22.22%) AI
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
3 2 (22.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GMP
2 2 (22.22%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) IBM