Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Havant

Microsoft
Hampshire > Havant

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Havant 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 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 11 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in Havant 14.10% 12.90% 19.70%
As % of the Vendors category 16.92% 36.36% 39.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 13
10th Percentile £356 £547 £432
25th Percentile £524 £613 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £700 £659 £625
90th Percentile - £676 £680
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £500 £582
% change year-on-year +7.50% -14.09% +8.28%

All Vendors
Havant

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 Havant.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 65 11 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Havant 83.33% 35.48% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 11 25
10th Percentile £463 £518 £444
25th Percentile £550 £548 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -3.51%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £625
90th Percentile £670 £700 £673
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.13
Median hourly rate - - £17.25
75th Percentile - - £17.38
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.00 £61.50 £56.95
% change year-on-year -67.48% +7.99% +141.98%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Havant

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Havant

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Havant

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Havant citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Havant

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Havant over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Havant

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Havant

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Havant citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Havant 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
1 4 (36.36%) SIEM Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) PMO Lead
3 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) PMO Coordinator
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
1 4 (36.36%) Operational Technology
2 2 (18.18%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Budgeting
2 4 (36.36%) Change Management
2 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Dependency Management
2 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) SIEM
2 4 (36.36%) SOAR
3 3 (27.27%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Time Management
4 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
4 2 (18.18%) Software Licensing
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
1 4 (36.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) PMI Certification
1 3 (27.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) PMO
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) IBM
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
1 2 (18.18%) Snow