Microsoft Contracts in Leicester

Microsoft
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 3 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 15 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 16.85% 10.89% 9.91%
As % of the Vendors category 44.12% 17.74% 26.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 11
10th Percentile - £254 £130
25th Percentile - £270 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -33.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £474 £646
90th Percentile £311 £500 £725
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £285 £360
% change year-on-year -12.28% -20.83% +10.77%

All Vendors
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 34 62 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 38.20% 61.39% 36.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 45 33
10th Percentile £243 £131 £352
25th Percentile £250 £300 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £449 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.15% -0.22% -
75th Percentile £444 £538 £644
90th Percentile £639 £625 £725
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -41.18% - -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.63
25th Percentile - - £16.56
Median hourly rate - - £18.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.22%
75th Percentile - - £21.56
90th Percentile - - £22.88
Leicestershire median hourly rate £20.50 - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - -21.62%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Leicester

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Leicester.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Leicester

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Leicester.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Leicester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) LAN
1 3 (20.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Field Support Technician
1 3 (20.00%) IT Support
1 3 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (20.00%) IT Technician
1 3 (20.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Build Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Build Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) Blazor
1 1 (6.67%) Middleware
1 1 (6.67%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Smartphone
2 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Android
2 3 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (46.67%) Process Improvement
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (26.67%) Operations Management
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Data Development
5 1 (6.67%) Data Management
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.67%) ETL Development
5 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (6.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (6.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) CCENT
2 3 (20.00%) CCNA
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) BitLocker
3 1 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Apple
2 1 (6.67%) Databricks
2 1 (6.67%) MobileIron
2 1 (6.67%) VMware