Microsoft Contracts in Kingston Upon Thames

Microsoft
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 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 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 12 2
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 2 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 36.84% 6.25% 19.70%
As % of the Vendors category 58.33% 8.33% 54.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £234
25th Percentile £625 £188 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £213 £525
Median % change year-on-year +205.88% -59.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £675 £250 £572
90th Percentile - £258 £611
South London median daily rate £513 £245 £400
% change year-on-year +109.18% -38.75% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £15.00
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £15.86 £15.00
% change year-on-year -0.09% +5.70% -67.60%

All Vendors
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12 24 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 63.16% 75.00% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 9
10th Percentile £355 £358 £339
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £550
90th Percentile £645 £535 £638
South London median daily rate £600 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £15.92 £16.50
25th Percentile - £20.07 £18.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% +46.13% -57.28%
75th Percentile - £38.43 £52.97
90th Percentile - £43.49 £58.80
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £27.01 £19.50
% change year-on-year -41.34% +38.49% -57.28%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Kingston Upon Thames

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Kingston Upon Thames.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Kingston Upon Thames

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Kingston Upon Thames.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Kingston Upon Thames

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chessington 0 2 - -
Microsoft
South London

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
1 3 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Games
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Director
3 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Order Management
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) RIBA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google