Microsoft Consultant Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Consultant
England > South East

The median Microsoft Consultant daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 181 208
Rank change year-on-year +22 +27 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 3 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.085% 0.062% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.067% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £390 £554 £491
25th Percentile £431 £559 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +11.90% -
75th Percentile £638 £634 £553
90th Percentile £720 £651 £581
England median daily rate £459 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -20.22% +9.52% +2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,208 4,462 5,291
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 92.29% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,069 2,741 3,629
10th Percentile £208 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £635 £613
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 369 234
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +15.01% +121.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.75 £64.41
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%

Microsoft Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Microsoft Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Consultant in the South East

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in the South East

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Consultant in the South East

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in the South East

Microsoft Consultant
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 Microsoft Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Berkshire +17 2 £438 -20.45% 3
Thames Valley +10 2 £438 -20.45% 3
Hampshire - 1 £700 -
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, Microsoft Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Microsoft Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Commercialisation
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (33.33%) GTM Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Commercialisation
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) GTM Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft