Microsoft Developer Contracts in London

Microsoft Developer
England > London

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in London is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 364 450
Rank change year-on-year +28 +86 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 17 27 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 36
10th Percentile £448 £400 £441
25th Percentile £450 £403 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £430 £560
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -23.21% -7.82%
75th Percentile £609 £572 £700
90th Percentile £700 £693 £750
England median daily rate £470 £475 £569
% change year-on-year -1.05% -16.52% +1.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Microsoft Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Developer in London

Microsoft Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Developer in London

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Developer in London

Microsoft Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Developer in London

Microsoft Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +5 7 £455 +10.98% 4
Microsoft Developer
England

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Microsoft Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 11 (64.71%) Power Platform
3 10 (58.82%) Azure
4 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
4 7 (41.18%) Power Automate
4 7 (41.18%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (35.29%) PowerApps
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (29.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (29.41%) CRM
6 5 (29.41%) Migration
6 5 (29.41%) Power BI
7 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
7 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (23.53%) Degree
7 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
7 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
8 3 (17.65%) Data Integration
8 3 (17.65%) Banking
8 3 (17.65%) DevOps
8 3 (17.65%) MS Access
8 3 (17.65%) C#
8 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
8 3 (17.65%) VBA
8 3 (17.65%) .NET
8 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
8 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (17.65%) Serverless
8 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.76%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) Power Platform
2 10 (58.82%) Azure
3 7 (41.18%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (41.18%) Power Automate
4 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (35.29%) PowerApps
5 3 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (17.65%) Azure Functions
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (17.65%) Serverless
6 2 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (5.88%) AWS
7 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (5.88%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 5 (29.41%) Power BI
3 4 (23.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (17.65%) MS Access
5 2 (11.76%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (11.76%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (11.76%) Tableau
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
2 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.88%) Middleware
3 1 (5.88%) SPFx
3 1 (5.88%) Web Services
3 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) CRM
1 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
3 3 (17.65%) Data Integration
3 3 (17.65%) DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) API Development
4 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (11.76%) User Experience
4 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
5 1 (5.88%) API Integration
5 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 3 (17.65%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 3 (17.65%) VBA
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) Bicep
4 1 (5.88%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Calypso
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.88%) Sybase