Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Luton

Microsoft
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton 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 18 October 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
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 17 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 28 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 17.95% 7.84% 4.58%
As % of the Vendors category 26.92% 10.39% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 2
10th Percentile £313 £415 £325
25th Percentile £406 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -
75th Percentile £606 £475 £488
90th Percentile £638 - £525
Bedfordshire median daily rate £450 £425 £338
% change year-on-year +5.88% +25.93% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £100.00 £52.83 -
Median % change year-on-year +89.30% - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £70.73 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year +41.45% - -

All Vendors
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 104 77 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 66.67% 75.49% 50.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 45 40
10th Percentile £313 £435 £363
25th Percentile £431 £488 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £520
90th Percentile £661 £675 £550
Bedfordshire median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 0
10th Percentile £67.05 £41.15 -
25th Percentile £77.63 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £84.00 £55.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% - -
75th Percentile £91.00 £64.10 -
90th Percentile £101.65 £70.65 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £75.50 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +37.27% - -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Luton

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Luton over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Luton

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Microsoft

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.57%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 17 (60.71%) Azure
2 12 (42.86%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 6 (21.43%) AWS
5 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (21.43%) OneDrive
6 5 (17.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
6 5 (17.86%) PaaS
7 3 (10.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (10.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (10.71%) PowerApps
8 1 (3.57%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (3.57%) OCI
8 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
8 1 (3.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) AdminStudio
1 1 (3.57%) InstallShield
1 1 (3.57%) MSI
1 1 (3.57%) WiX
General
1 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Aviation
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Design Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Security Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 2 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) OpenID
1 5 (17.86%) SAML
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.57%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.14%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) IVR
2 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Migration
2 7 (25.00%) DevOps
2 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (21.43%) Agile
3 6 (21.43%) CRM
3 6 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (21.43%) Impact Analysis
3 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.86%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (17.86%) GAP Analysis
4 5 (17.86%) Identity Management
4 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (17.86%) Knowledge Transfer
4 5 (17.86%) Observability
4 5 (17.86%) Privileged Identity Management
4 5 (17.86%) Security Operations
4 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (17.86%) Zero Trust
5 4 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (17.86%) Azure Certification
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) VCAP
4 1 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.57%) CCSP
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CISSP
4 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) GDPR
1 6 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (21.43%) NIST
2 5 (17.86%) HIPAA
3 3 (10.71%) PMO
4 1 (3.57%) GRC
4 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.71%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Citrix
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle
1 3 (10.71%) VMware
2 1 (3.57%) Facebook
2 1 (3.57%) Instagram
2 1 (3.57%) Remedy
2 1 (3.57%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.57%) Twitter
2 1 (3.57%) Zscaler