Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Richmond upon Thames

Microsoft
West London > Richmond upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Richmond upon Thames 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 15 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
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 3 16
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Richmond upon Thames 8.70% 28.57% 5.71%
As % of the Vendors category 11.11% 40.00% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £179 - £270
25th Percentile £218 £188 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £200 £463
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -56.76% +8.82%
75th Percentile £368 £213 £541
90th Percentile £410 - £546
West London median daily rate £350 £455 £414
% change year-on-year -23.08% +10.04% -2.71%

All Vendors
Richmond upon Thames

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 Richmond upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18 5 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Richmond upon Thames 78.26% 71.43% 51.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 36
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile £204 £188 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £390 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.91% -17.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £622 £573 £610
90th Percentile £625 - £700
West London median daily rate £450 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -1.10% -4.21% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Richmond upon Thames

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Richmond upon Thames

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Richmond upon Thames

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Richmond upon Thames over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Richmond upon Thames

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Richmond upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Richmond upon Thames region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Twickenham -3 1 £155 -22.50% 8
Microsoft
West London

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On