Micro Focus Contract Job Trends in the South East

Micro Focus
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring knowledge or experience of Micro Focus products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Micro Focus over the 6 months leading up to 19 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 Micro Focus.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 166 196
Rank change year-on-year -23 +30 +45
Contract jobs citing Micro Focus 3 3 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.069% 0.080% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.16% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £424 £427 £398
25th Percentile £436 £437 £602
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £458 £623
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% -26.51% +5.73%
75th Percentile £486 £468 £638
90th Percentile £495 £472 £639
England median daily rate £450 £474 £500
% change year-on-year -5.06% -5.20% -9.09%

All Vendors
South East

Micro Focus 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,242 1,891 2,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.32% 50.39% 52.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,585 1,251 1,671
10th Percentile £221 £239 £205
25th Percentile £401 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.34% +2.60%
75th Percentile £600 £633 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £678
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 54 125
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.94 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.31 £24.18 £24.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.08 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.67% -32.58% +129.17%
75th Percentile £64.38 £63.45 £66.44
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%

Micro Focus
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Micro Focus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Micro Focus job vacancy trend in the South East

Micro Focus
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Micro Focus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Micro Focus

Micro Focus
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Micro Focus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Micro Focus

Micro Focus
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Hampshire - 2 £500 -
Micro Focus
England

Micro Focus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GxP
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) OpenText
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft