Microsoft Contract Job Trends in High Wycombe

Microsoft
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in High Wycombe 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 10 January 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
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 1 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in High Wycombe 14.29% 50.00% -
As % of the Vendors category 66.67% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £532 £150 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £213 -
Median % change year-on-year +192.94% - -
75th Percentile £712 £400 -
90th Percentile £765 £603 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £415 £465
% change year-on-year +14.46% -10.75% +3.33%

All Vendors
High Wycombe

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 High Wycombe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in High Wycombe 21.43% 50.00% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £532 £150 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £213 £350
Median % change year-on-year +192.94% -39.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £712 £400 -
90th Percentile £765 £603 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £500 £511
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.15% +2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.81%
75th Percentile £17.79 - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £25.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year +18.44% +4.71% +54.03%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

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Daily Rate Trend in High Wycombe

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Microsoft

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Daily Rate Histogram in High Wycombe

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in High Wycombe over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in High Wycombe

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Hourly Rate Trend in High Wycombe

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Microsoft

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Aviation
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared