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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +8
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft 10 2 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 41.67% 15.38% 19.40%
As % of the Vendors category 62.50% 28.57% 46.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £203 - £219
25th Percentile £263 £283 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £285 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -43.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £400 £288 £572
90th Percentile £565 - £611
South London median daily rate £450 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
South London median hourly rate £15.84 - £13.75

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16 7 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 66.67% 53.85% 41.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 13
10th Percentile £243 £348 £395
25th Percentile £275 £446 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £525 £563 £550
90th Percentile £555 £585 £620
South London median daily rate £495 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +4.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £15.98
25th Percentile - - £25.82
Median hourly rate - - £43.84
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.40%
75th Percentile - - £59.04
90th Percentile - - £68.06
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £75.00 £39.42
% change year-on-year -78.88% +90.27% -16.74%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Microsoft

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Daily Rate Histogram in Kingston Upon Thames

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Kingston Upon Thames over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Kingston Upon Thames

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Microsoft

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DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chessington 0 3 £175 -38.60%
New Malden - 1 £400 -
Surbiton - 1 £275 - 1
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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) LAN
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (30.00%) WAN
1 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Games
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Project Director
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) RIBA
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (10.00%) HP