Microsoft Contracts in Somerset

Microsoft
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 28 38 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 16.57% 16.89% 13.33%
As % of the Vendors category 38.36% 46.91% 43.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 18
10th Percentile £150 £147 £177
25th Percentile £263 £200 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £500 £419
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +19.40% -11.84%
75th Percentile £469 £600 £583
90th Percentile £645 £778 £764
South West median daily rate £400 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - - £21.54
25th Percentile - £12.50 £26.28
Median hourly rate £14.42 £13.00 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year +10.92% -62.18% +90.97%
75th Percentile £43.46 £13.73 £42.28
90th Percentile £60.88 £14.13 £46.91
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £47.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -60.27% +90.00% -28.57%

All Vendors
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 73 81 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 43.20% 36.00% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 53 42
10th Percentile £225 £190 £190
25th Percentile £353 £273 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £536
90th Percentile £673 £613 £675
South West median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.14% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 2
10th Percentile - £12.50 £21.54
25th Percentile £14.42 £14.40 £26.28
Median hourly rate £17.72 £40.00 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -55.71% +16.36% -7.72%
75th Percentile £33.88 - £42.28
90th Percentile £57.05 - £46.91
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £57.44 £57.50
% change year-on-year -43.42% -0.10% +28.29%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Bath -8 9 £371 -30.93% 46
Yeovil +3 3 - - 6
Street -2 3 £323 +65.38% 14
Bridgwater +1 1 £370 +174.07% 5
Taunton -3 1 £710 +19.58% 5
Microsoft
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.57%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Desktop Engineer
1 9 (32.14%) Desktop Support
1 9 (32.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 9 (32.14%) Support Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 5 (17.86%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Lead
5 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Governance Manager
5 2 (7.14%) IT Governance Manager
5 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 1 (3.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Business Continuity Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Customer Experience
2 8 (28.57%) Mathematics
3 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.29%) ITIL
4 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 4 (14.29%) Time Management
5 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
5 3 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (7.14%) Asset Management
6 2 (7.14%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) ERP
6 2 (7.14%) Identity Management
6 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.14%) IT Governance
6 2 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (7.14%) Patch Management
6 2 (7.14%) Privileged Identity Management
6 2 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 11 (39.29%) SC Cleared
3 8 (28.57%) Dell Certification
4 3 (10.71%) Degree
5 2 (7.14%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.57%) IIBA
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.57%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Data Guard
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Dell
1 8 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Qualys
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce