Microsoft Developer Contracts in London

Microsoft Developer
England > London

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in London is £461, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 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
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 366 446
Rank change year-on-year +39 +80 +130
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 16 27 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 35
10th Percentile £439 - £439
25th Percentile £449 £400 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £410 £560
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -26.79% -5.08%
75th Percentile £581 £563 £638
90th Percentile £758 £700 £700
England median daily rate £469 £475 £560
% change year-on-year -1.32% -15.18% +3.23%

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 11,296 16,305 24,335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 93.60% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,645 11,762 17,770
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £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 £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 325 278
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £17.83
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £22.53
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -22.75% +2.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £47.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.10 £67.60 £82.33
England median hourly rate £29.27 £38.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.97% -15.56% +88.21%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +11 9 £460 +12.20% 2
Microsoft Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 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 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (62.50%) Azure
3 9 (56.25%) Power Platform
4 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
5 5 (31.25%) DevOps
5 5 (31.25%) PowerApps
5 5 (31.25%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (25.00%) Power BI
6 4 (25.00%) Power Automate
6 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (25.00%) C#
6 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (25.00%) Migration
7 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
7 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) .NET
7 3 (18.75%) CRM
7 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
7 3 (18.75%) Degree
7 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (18.75%) Serverless
7 3 (18.75%) Azure Functions
8 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow

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 2 (12.50%) IIS
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Apache
2 1 (6.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 9 (56.25%) Power Platform
3 5 (31.25%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (31.25%) PowerApps
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (25.00%) Power Automate
5 3 (18.75%) Azure Functions
5 3 (18.75%) Serverless
6 2 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (6.25%) AWS
7 1 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (25.00%) Power BI
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (12.50%) MS Access
3 2 (12.50%) Tableau
4 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
4 1 (6.25%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) .NET Core
3 1 (6.25%) CSS
3 1 (6.25%) HTML
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (6.25%) Middleware
3 1 (6.25%) OAuth
3 1 (6.25%) React
3 1 (6.25%) REST
3 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) DevOps
2 4 (25.00%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) CRM
3 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
3 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (12.50%) API Development
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 2 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (12.50%) User Experience
4 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
5 1 (6.25%) Data Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C#
1 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
2 2 (12.50%) VBA
3 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Calypso
3 1 (6.25%) Databricks
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce