Microsoft Contracts in Reading

Microsoft
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 30 June 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
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 64 180 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 11.81% 14.78% 12.94%
As % of the Vendors category 20.19% 29.17% 25.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 118 97
10th Percentile £159 £205 £363
25th Percentile £369 £396 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.41% -3.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £564 £608 £688
90th Percentile £630 - £725
Berkshire median daily rate £485 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -6.05% -1.67% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 3
10th Percentile £27.69 £56.28 £24.17
25th Percentile £29.10 £56.50 £35.17
Median hourly rate £32.89 £58.30 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.58% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £36.38 £60.72 £68.94
90th Percentile £37.60 £61.55 £76.40
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -45.03% +133.20% -61.54%

All Vendors
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 317 617 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 58.49% 50.66% 51.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 331 371
10th Percentile £350 £213 £363
25th Percentile £455 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +14.14%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £666
90th Percentile £700 £735 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £538 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +2.38% -2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 28 14
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.50 £26.45
25th Percentile £16.16 £52.90 £47.73
Median hourly rate £32.89 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -43.58% -9.86% +99.34%
75th Percentile £45.23 £61.60 £66.21
90th Percentile £57.22 £63.75 £74.89
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £54.78
% change year-on-year -45.03% +6.43% +28.89%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Reading

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Reading

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Reading over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Reading

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 10 (15.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Remedy AR System
1 1 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (35.94%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.94%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.38%) AWS
4 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.69%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.69%) SaaS
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Functions
6 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.13%) Figma
6 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.13%) Serverless
7 1 (1.56%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 1 (1.56%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.56%) GitHub
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Network Security
1 4 (6.25%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (4.69%) Firewall
3 2 (3.13%) Broadband
3 2 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.56%) VSAN
4 1 (1.56%) Wireless
4 1 (1.56%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.69%) Power BI
2 3 (4.69%) Power Query
3 2 (3.13%) GIS
3 2 (3.13%) Metadata
3 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.56%) MySQL
4 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.56%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.56%) Redis
4 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
1 2 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (3.13%) Vite
2 1 (1.56%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.56%) Git
2 1 (1.56%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.56%) Subversion
2 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 18 (28.13%) Telecoms
3 15 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Finance
4 4 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Publishing
6 2 (3.13%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Billing
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Law
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (17.19%) Consultant
2 10 (15.63%) Analyst
3 9 (14.06%) Developer
4 6 (9.38%) Architect
4 6 (9.38%) Senior
5 4 (6.25%) Service Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) CyberArk Consultant
6 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) IT Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Report Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Scrum Master
6 3 (4.69%) Security Consultant
6 3 (4.69%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.69%) Solutions Consultant
7 2 (3.13%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) CSS
1 5 (7.81%) HTML
2 4 (6.25%) OAuth
2 4 (6.25%) React
3 3 (4.69%) .NET
4 2 (3.13%) Framer.js
4 2 (3.13%) OpenID
4 2 (3.13%) SAML
4 2 (3.13%) SOAP
4 2 (3.13%) Web Services
5 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.56%) Blazor
5 1 (1.56%) FHIR
5 1 (1.56%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.56%) Hugging Face
5 1 (1.56%) Node.js
5 1 (1.56%) Prisma
5 1 (1.56%) TanStack
5 1 (1.56%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.81%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.69%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.13%) Replication
4 2 (3.13%) SCADA
4 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.56%) CMDB
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.56%) NHS
5 1 (1.56%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.63%) Windows
2 5 (7.81%) Linux
3 2 (3.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.56%) Android
4 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (10.94%) Agile
3 7 (10.94%) Migration
4 6 (9.38%) SIEM
4 6 (9.38%) Workflow
5 5 (7.81%) Cloud Security
5 5 (7.81%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (7.81%) DevOps
5 5 (7.81%) Roadmaps
5 5 (7.81%) Scrum
6 4 (6.25%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (6.25%) Project Delivery
6 4 (6.25%) SOA
7 3 (4.69%) Coaching
7 3 (4.69%) Data Reconciliation
7 3 (4.69%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.81%) Python
3 3 (4.69%) C#
3 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.69%) SQL
3 3 (4.69%) TypeScript
3 3 (4.69%) VBA
4 2 (3.13%) Bash
4 2 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (3.13%) Perl
4 2 (3.13%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.56%) C
5 1 (1.56%) C++
5 1 (1.56%) Java
5 1 (1.56%) Ruby
5 1 (1.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.69%) CISSP
5 2 (3.13%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.13%) CISM
5 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.13%) MCSA
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.56%) CFCE
6 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) GCIH
6 1 (1.56%) GPEN
6 1 (1.56%) GWAPT
6 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.56%) OSCE
6 1 (1.56%) OSCP
6 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.13%) GDPR
3 2 (3.13%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.13%) NIST
3 2 (3.13%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.56%) PMO
4 1 (1.56%) QA
4 1 (1.56%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 9 (14.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.56%) Docker
3 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.69%) Terraform
3 2 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.13%) Ansible
3 2 (3.13%) Progress Chef
3 2 (3.13%) Puppet
3 2 (3.13%) SCCM
3 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.56%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (9.38%) Splunk
2 5 (7.81%) CyberArk
3 4 (6.25%) Cisco
3 4 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.69%) Broadcom
4 3 (4.69%) Symantec
5 2 (3.13%) Citrix
5 2 (3.13%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.13%) Oracle
5 2 (3.13%) Qualys
5 2 (3.13%) Remedy
5 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.13%) VMware
6 1 (1.56%) BMC
6 1 (1.56%) Computacenter
6 1 (1.56%) Cramer
6 1 (1.56%) Databricks
6 1 (1.56%) Kenna
6 1 (1.56%) SAP
6 1 (1.56%) Virgin Media