Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Middlesex

Microsoft
South East > Middlesex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Middlesex 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 12 October 2026, 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
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Middlesex 7.37% - -
As % of the Vendors category 13.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% +2.04%

All Vendors
Middlesex

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 Middlesex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 53 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Middlesex 55.79% 18.75% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £560 -
25th Percentile - £669 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £850 £205
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +314.63% -66.53%
75th Percentile - - £208
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% +2.50%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Middlesex

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Middlesex

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Middlesex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Middlesex citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Middlesex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Middlesex citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesex 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Copilot Studio
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Copilot
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Broadband
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Procurement Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Procurement Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (85.71%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) Cyberattack
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (57.14%) AI
1 4 (57.14%) Analytics
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analytics
1 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
1 4 (57.14%) Coaching
1 4 (57.14%) Data Analytics
1 4 (57.14%) Data Visualisation
1 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Supplier Management
1 4 (57.14%) Technology Enablement
1 4 (57.14%) Visualisation
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (28.57%) Offensive Security
2 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) GCFA
1 2 (28.57%) GCIA
1 2 (28.57%) GCIH
1 2 (28.57%) OSCP
1 2 (28.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Ariba
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Databricks
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto