Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in Horsham

Microsoft Engineer
West Sussex > Horsham

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Horsham is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Horsham 21.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 22.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £339 - -
25th Percentile £373 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
75th Percentile £461 - -
90th Percentile £488 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £380 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Horsham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Horsham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Horsham with a recognized job title 40 7 14
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 12
10th Percentile £351 £295 £427
25th Percentile £378 £363 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -28.57% +31.25%
75th Percentile £650 £388 £775
90th Percentile £735 £409 -
West Sussex median daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.44% - +5.88%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Horsham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Horsham.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in Horsham

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Horsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Horsham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Horsham

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Horsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in Horsham over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Engineer in Horsham

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Horsham

For the 6 months to 18 May 2026, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Horsham region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) ETL
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
3 6 (66.67%) Runbook
4 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Horsham 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 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
General
1 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ETL
2 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (66.67%) Runbook
4 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft