Microsoft Contracts in South London

Microsoft
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South London 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 17 May 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 39 25 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 22.03% 10.78% 12.20%
As % of the Vendors category 50.65% 30.86% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 35
10th Percentile £231 £177 £140
25th Percentile £388 £186 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £245 £450
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -45.56% +42.86%
75th Percentile £675 £516 £563
90th Percentile £694 £606 £600
London median daily rate £501 £500 £545
% change year-on-year +0.20% -8.26% +1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile - £13.62 -
25th Percentile - £13.92 -
Median hourly rate £15.84 £14.64 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.22% -2.42% -67.60%
75th Percentile - £15.57 -
90th Percentile £17.66 £16.00 -
London median hourly rate £23.80 £18.80 £25.86
% change year-on-year +26.63% -27.31% -41.90%

All Vendors
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 77 81 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 43.50% 34.91% 39.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 63 113
10th Percentile £280 £193 £182
25th Percentile £444 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £525 £575
90th Percentile £700 £576 £638
London median daily rate £545 £550 £569
% change year-on-year -0.91% -3.34% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile - £14.02 £16.50
25th Percentile - £14.93 £18.75
Median hourly rate £15.84 £29.85 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.93% +53.06% -57.87%
75th Percentile - £53.90 £52.97
90th Percentile £17.66 £66.56 £58.80
London median hourly rate £29.07 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +29.20% -15.09% -24.36%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in South London

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in South London

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Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in South London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in South London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in South London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in South London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in South London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in South London

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Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Croydon +10 10 £513 +27.33% 6
Sutton - 10 £600 -
Kingston Upon Thames +11 7 £650 +205.88% 3
Bromley -3 7 £431 +126.97% 14
Merton -2 3 £251 +4.38% 4
Wandsworth +5 1 £650 +14.54% 1
Microsoft
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 2 (5.13%) Drupal
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (12.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (10.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.90%) Azure
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 4 (10.26%) Copilot Studio
3 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (10.26%) Power Automate
3 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.13%) AWS
5 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Functions
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (5.13%) Google Workspace
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
5 2 (5.13%) Serverless
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.56%) IaaS
6 1 (2.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) WAN
2 3 (7.69%) LAN
2 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 3 (7.69%) VPN
2 3 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.56%) Firewall
3 1 (2.56%) MPLS
3 1 (2.56%) NAS
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) SAN
3 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Git
1 2 (5.13%) GitLab
1 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Banking
3 5 (12.82%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Financial Institution
3 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Games
4 3 (7.69%) Local Government
5 1 (2.56%) Legal
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (12.82%) Business Manager
1 5 (12.82%) PMO Manager
2 4 (10.26%) Lead
2 4 (10.26%) Product Lead
3 3 (7.69%) Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) IT Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Service Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) IT Support
5 1 (2.56%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) .NET
1 2 (5.13%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (12.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) PKI
4 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
2 3 (7.69%) Android
2 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.13%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.56%) VMS
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Customer Service
2 10 (25.64%) Risk Management
3 9 (23.08%) CAFM
3 9 (23.08%) Preventative Maintenance
3 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.08%) Time Management
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (12.82%) Budget Management
6 5 (12.82%) Investment Management
6 5 (12.82%) ITIL
6 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
6 5 (12.82%) Project Governance
6 5 (12.82%) Resource Management
6 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (10.26%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (10.26%) Conversational UI
7 4 (10.26%) CRM
7 4 (10.26%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) C#
1 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.13%) PHP
1 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.56%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.56%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) PMO
2 3 (7.69%) GDPR
3 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.13%) NIST
3 2 (5.13%) QA
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.13%) vSphere
4 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Google
1 3 (7.69%) VMware
2 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
2 2 (5.13%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Apple
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) Dell
3 1 (2.56%) EMC
3 1 (2.56%) Okta
3 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.56%) SonicWALL