Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Microsoft
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 15 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 28.85% 16.92% 9.92%
As % of the Vendors category 48.39% 55.00% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 8
10th Percentile - £158 £120
25th Percentile £222 £160 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £375 £170
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +120.59% -62.22%
75th Percentile £507 £438 £275
90th Percentile £600 £478 £530
Oxfordshire median daily rate £250 £400 £200
% change year-on-year -37.50% +100.00% -55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 £16.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +460.19% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 £16.00 -
% change year-on-year +460.19% - -

All Vendors
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 31 20 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 59.62% 30.77% 46.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 39
10th Percentile - £154 £172
25th Percentile £222 £175 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -2.94% -4.49%
75th Percentile £600 £491 £475
90th Percentile £626 £575 £600
Oxfordshire median daily rate £350 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -25.53% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 £16.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +460.19% -11.50% +6.35%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 £25.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +258.52% -22.60% +90.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Oxford

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Oxford over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Oxford

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Microsoft

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (26.67%) PowerApps
3 2 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) VPN
2 3 (20.00%) DHCP
2 3 (20.00%) DNS
2 3 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (6.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Local Government
3 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (13.33%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Accountant
1 4 (26.67%) Financial Accountant
1 4 (26.67%) Senior
1 4 (26.67%) Senior Accountant
1 4 (26.67%) Senior Systems Accountant
1 4 (26.67%) Systems Accountant
2 3 (20.00%) Build Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Build Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Migration Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Manager
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (20.00%) Life Science
1 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Data Management
2 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (26.67%) Migration
2 4 (26.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Systems Thinking
2 4 (26.67%) Time Management
3 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) ITSM
3 3 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CCAB
2 3 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 3 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (20.00%) GDPR
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (13.33%) SAP
3 2 (13.33%) Sophos