Microsoft Contracts in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 7 May 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 23 30 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 21.90% 13.16% 15.29%
As % of the Vendors category 39.66% 34.09% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 35
10th Percentile - - £175
25th Percentile £250 £128 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +18.69%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £450
90th Percentile £500 £526 £518
South East median daily rate £485 £466 £475
% change year-on-year +4.08% -2.00% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - £16.05 -
25th Percentile £13.08 £16.13 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £27.65 - -
South East median hourly rate £15.00 £20.25 £20.24
% change year-on-year -25.93% +0.07% +22.64%

All Vendors
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 58 88 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 55.24% 38.60% 45.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 59 73
10th Percentile - £128 £203
25th Percentile £250 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £513 £525 £538
90th Percentile £666 £560 £678
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 10
10th Percentile £13.08 £16.11 -
25th Percentile £23.50 £16.25 £18.08
Median hourly rate £25.30 £18.36 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.78% -25.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £46.30 £26.03 £31.79
90th Percentile - £36.83 £34.02
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -53.03% +16.67% +130.53%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Oxford -3 9 £294 -34.72% 30
Kidlington - 4 £450 - 2
Abingdon - 1 - - 10
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 6 (26.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) OneDrive
4 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.35%) AWS
5 1 (4.35%) Google Sheets
5 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DHCP
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Internet
1 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.35%) IP Telephony
1 1 (4.35%) LAN
1 1 (4.35%) MPLS
1 1 (4.35%) NAS
1 1 (4.35%) NetScaler
1 1 (4.35%) SAN
1 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Skype
1 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.35%) Unified Communications
1 1 (4.35%) VPN
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Big Data
1 1 (4.35%) MS Access
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Power Query
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
General
1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Automotive
3 4 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.70%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Local Government
5 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.35%) Aviation
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Police
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Analyst
1 4 (17.39%) IT Support
1 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Applications Support
2 3 (13.04%) Operations Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Service Desk Support
3 2 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Desktop Support
3 2 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) ICT Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) ICT Officer
3 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.70%) SAP Manager
3 2 (8.70%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.35%) Computer Operations Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.70%) Life Science
2 2 (8.70%) NHS
2 2 (8.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
2 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) ITIL
3 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
4 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (13.04%) Application Rationalisation
5 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
5 3 (13.04%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (13.04%) Change Management
5 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (13.04%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (13.04%) Service Catalogue
5 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) CAFM
6 2 (8.70%) Data Management
6 2 (8.70%) Facilities Management
6 2 (8.70%) Logistics
6 2 (8.70%) Migration
6 2 (8.70%) Project Planning
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) C++
2 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (4.35%) Java
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) MCP
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) vSphere
2 1 (4.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) SCCM
2 3 (13.04%) SCOM
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) ServiceNow
2 5 (21.74%) SAP
3 3 (13.04%) Atlassian
3 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) Twitter
4 1 (4.35%) VMware