Microsoft Consultant Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Consultant
England > South West

The median Microsoft Consultant daily rate in the South West is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 136 149
Rank change year-on-year +20 +13 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.15% 0.040% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.043% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £491 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
England median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,785 2,326 3,010
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.74% 92.63% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,356 2,020
10th Percentile £220 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £509 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -5.35% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £700 £715
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 241 306
10th Percentile £14.24 £14.41 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.22 £35.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £57.66
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +17.07% -0.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Microsoft Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Microsoft Consultant job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Consultant job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Consultant job vacancies in the South West

Microsoft Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Somerset - 3 £475 - 1
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Microsoft Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Microsoft Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ShareGate
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (66.67%) Data Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (100.00%) ShareGate
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft