Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Hove

Microsoft
East Sussex > Hove

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hove 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 18 August 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
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hove 6.67% 42.86% 20.00%
As % of the Vendors category 10.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £638 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% - -
East Sussex median daily rate £298 £619 £425
% change year-on-year -51.92% +45.59% +5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate - £13.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -73.81% +238.71%

All Vendors
Hove

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 Hove.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 10 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hove 66.67% 42.86% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £392 £584 -
25th Percentile £417 £597 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £638 £800
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -20.31% +60.00%
75th Percentile - £656 £825
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £459 £425 £440
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.41% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate - £13.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -73.81% +191.67%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Hove

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Hove

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Daily Rate Trend in Hove

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hove citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Hove

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hove citing Microsoft

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hove 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM