Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Engineer
England > South West

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in the South West is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 127 150
Rank change year-on-year +15 +23 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 15 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.69% 0.25% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.27% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 4
10th Percentile £596 £438 £491
25th Percentile £675 £475 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £556
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.62% -
75th Percentile £725 £738 £625
90th Percentile - £760 -
England median daily rate £610 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +22.00% +11.11% -16.28%

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 1,960 2,215 3,003
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.54% 92.45% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,344 1,991
10th Percentile £225 £228 £263
25th Percentile £389 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £710
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 177 310
10th Percentile £14.68 £12.79 £17.69
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.97 £40.85
Median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% +15.06% -10.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.75 £82.59
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Engineer in the South West

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Microsoft Engineer
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 Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Wiltshire - 14 £700 -
Somerset - 1 £350 - 3
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 17 November 2025, Microsoft Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (93.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (93.33%) PowerShell
2 14 (93.33%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
3 13 (86.67%) DHCP
3 13 (86.67%) DNS
3 13 (86.67%) DV Cleared
3 13 (86.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 13 (86.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (86.67%) Skype
3 13 (86.67%) Skype for Business
3 13 (86.67%) TCP/IP
4 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) SIEM
6 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
6 1 (6.67%) Azure
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Data Governance
6 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (6.67%) Incident Response
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (6.67%) Migration

Microsoft Engineer 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 14 (93.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (86.67%) SharePoint
2 13 (86.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) DHCP
1 13 (86.67%) DNS
1 13 (86.67%) Skype
1 13 (86.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (86.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (13.33%) SIEM
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (6.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Patch Management
4 1 (6.67%) Security Hardening
4 1 (6.67%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (6.67%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (86.67%) DV Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
1 1 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm