Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Microsoft
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Plymouth 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 20 December 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
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 4 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 8.89% 13.79% 5.26%
As % of the Vendors category 25.00% 36.36% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £167 - -
25th Percentile £208 £189 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £193 £581
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -66.84% +241.47%
75th Percentile £494 £196 -
90th Percentile £625 - -
Devon median daily rate £275 £193 £675
% change year-on-year +42.86% -71.48% +12.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
Devon median hourly rate - - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - +275.00%

All Vendors
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16 22 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 35.56% 37.93% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £206 - £249
25th Percentile £263 £189 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £193 £403
Median % change year-on-year +185.71% -52.20% +0.69%
75th Percentile £706 £480 £495
90th Percentile £738 £485 £546
Devon median daily rate £275 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -42.11% -17.39% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £19.27 - £22.43
25th Percentile £20.86 - £36.94
Median hourly rate £24.00 - £48.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.36%
75th Percentile £26.65 - £62.19
90th Percentile £27.93 - £72.88
Devon median hourly rate £24.58 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +303.85%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Plymouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Plymouth over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Plymouth

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (25.00%) Coaching
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Service Design
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform