Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Kidlington

Microsoft
Oxfordshire > Kidlington

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kidlington 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 16 September 2025, 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kidlington 55.56% 9.09% 14.29%
As % of the Vendors category 71.43% 50.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £470
25th Percentile £425 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £475 - £600
90th Percentile - - £630
Oxfordshire median daily rate £250 £400 £200
% change year-on-year -37.50% +100.00% -55.56%

All Vendors
Kidlington

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 Kidlington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kidlington 77.78% 18.18% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £419 £616 £410
25th Percentile £425 £622 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £638 £450
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +41.67% -
75th Percentile £475 £647 £550
90th Percentile - £649 £610
Oxfordshire median daily rate £350 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -25.53% +4.44% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Kidlington

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kidlington.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Kidlington

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Kidlington

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kidlington citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Kidlington

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kidlington citing Microsoft

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kidlington by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Application Rationalisation
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 5 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow