Microsoft Contracts in the South West

Microsoft
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 3 July 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
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 260 502 552
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 14.48% 15.26% 15.93%
As % of the Vendors category 32.83% 36.40% 41.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 328 418
10th Percentile £200 £180 £205
25th Percentile £220 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £613
90th Percentile £633 £725 £693
England median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 47 22
10th Percentile £18.13 £12.50 £15.61
25th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 £18.53
Median hourly rate £18.87 £27.52 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.42% +6.85% -26.43%
75th Percentile £33.38 £52.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £37.50 £65.00 £57.33
England median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £22.00
% change year-on-year +40.10% -27.00% +25.71%

All Vendors
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 792 1,379 1,333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.10% 41.93% 38.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 872 976
10th Percentile £217 £208 £275
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £714
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 194 72
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.54 £17.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £37.50 £49.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £56.49 £59.90
Median % change year-on-year -42.47% -5.69% +28.25%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.50 £24.65 £32.15
% change year-on-year +3.45% -23.33% +48.57%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South West over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the South West over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the South West

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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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Bristol +3 97 £235 -53.00% 355
Wiltshire -9 54 £550 +4.76% 136
Gloucestershire +3 35 £278 -45.76% 301
Somerset -2 27 £280 -44.00% 281
Dorset 0 20 £425 +129.97% 120
Devon -4 15 £500 +11.11% 189
Cornwall +8 3 £525 +133.33% 13
Avon - 2 £275 - 95
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 43 (16.54%) SharePoint
2 34 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.46%) Confluence
4 7 (2.69%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.38%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 55 (21.15%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.38%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.77%) Primavera
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (21.54%) Azure
3 23 (8.85%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (4.62%) AWS
5 12 (4.62%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.23%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.85%) PowerApps
8 9 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.92%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.15%) Akamai
12 3 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.15%) Google Sheets
12 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.15%) SaaS
13 2 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.54%) VPN
2 14 (5.38%) DNS
2 14 (5.38%) Skype
3 13 (5.00%) DHCP
4 11 (4.23%) Firewall
5 6 (2.31%) LAN
5 6 (2.31%) Unified Communications
5 6 (2.31%) VLAN
5 6 (2.31%) WAN
6 5 (1.92%) Network Security
7 4 (1.54%) VoIP
8 3 (1.15%) SSL
8 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.77%) SAN
9 2 (0.77%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.38%) BGP
10 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.38%) OSPF
10 1 (0.38%) SMTP
10 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.00%) Power BI
2 8 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.77%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.77%) Metadata
5 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (0.77%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.38%) MS Access
6 1 (0.38%) MySQL
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (6.92%) JIRA
2 6 (2.31%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.15%) Git
4 2 (0.77%) DBeaver
4 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.38%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.38%) MSI
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 108 (41.54%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.85%) Finance
3 42 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (13.08%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.69%) Legal
6 12 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.08%) Military
8 7 (2.69%) Electronics
8 7 (2.69%) Local Government
8 7 (2.69%) Marketing
8 7 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.31%) Banking
9 6 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Law
10 3 (1.15%) Retail
11 2 (0.77%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.38%) Aviation
12 1 (0.38%) Billing
12 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (18.46%) Support Engineer
2 46 (17.69%) Desktop Support
3 41 (15.77%) Analyst
4 29 (11.15%) Desktop Engineer
5 27 (10.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 25 (9.62%) IT Support
7 21 (8.08%) Architect
7 21 (8.08%) IT Engineer
8 19 (7.31%) Developer
8 19 (7.31%) Support Analyst
9 14 (5.38%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 14 (5.38%) Senior
10 13 (5.00%) Deskside Support
10 13 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (4.23%) Deskside Analyst
11 11 (4.23%) Deskside Support Analyst
11 11 (4.23%) Lead
11 11 (4.23%) Technology Support Analyst
12 9 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (3.08%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.69%) .NET
1 7 (2.69%) CSS
1 7 (2.69%) HTML
2 4 (1.54%) .NET Core
2 4 (1.54%) SailPoint
3 3 (1.15%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.15%) REST
3 3 (1.15%) Web Services
4 2 (0.77%) Node.js
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.38%) EDI
5 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.38%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) LDAP
5 1 (0.38%) ODBC
5 1 (0.38%) OpenID
5 1 (0.38%) React
5 1 (0.38%) RESTful
5 1 (0.38%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.23%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.69%) PKI
3 9 (3.46%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.92%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.54%) iPad
7 4 (1.54%) iPhone
7 4 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.54%) Replication
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.77%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.77%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.77%) Digital Wallet
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.38%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 98 (37.69%) Windows
2 46 (17.69%) Windows 10
3 26 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 25 (9.62%) Windows 7
5 13 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.92%) Linux
8 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.38%) Solaris
8 1 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (23.08%) ITIL
2 49 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (16.92%) Customer Service
4 37 (14.23%) Agile
5 32 (12.31%) Service Management
6 27 (10.38%) ITSM
7 22 (8.46%) Break/Fix
8 20 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
9 19 (7.31%) Customer Experience
10 17 (6.54%) Project Management
10 17 (6.54%) Service Delivery
11 16 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (6.15%) Mathematics
12 14 (5.38%) Analytics
13 13 (5.00%) DevOps
13 13 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 12 (4.62%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (4.62%) Critical Thinking
14 12 (4.62%) Decision-Making
14 12 (4.62%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.92%) SQL
2 29 (11.15%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.00%) Python
4 6 (2.31%) C#
4 6 (2.31%) VBA
5 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.77%) Java
6 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.38%) C++
7 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.38%) VB
7 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.38%) VB6
7 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 113 (43.46%) Security Cleared
2 92 (35.38%) SC Cleared
3 36 (13.85%) DV Cleared
4 27 (10.38%) Degree
5 26 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (6.54%) Dell Certification
7 12 (4.62%) MCSE
8 9 (3.46%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (3.08%) A+ Certification
9 8 (3.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.92%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.54%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.54%) MCSA
11 4 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.15%) MCP
13 2 (0.77%) ACCA
13 2 (0.77%) CIMA
14 1 (0.38%) OCA
14 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.46%) SLA
2 13 (5.00%) PMO
3 10 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.31%) GDPR
5 4 (1.54%) NIST
5 4 (1.54%) QA
6 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) GAAP
7 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.38%) IFRS
7 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.38%) NCSC
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 65 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (2.31%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.77%) Docker
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.38%) vSphere
7 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (8.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.62%) SCCM
3 9 (3.46%) WSUS
4 7 (2.69%) Terraform
5 4 (1.54%) OPNET
6 3 (1.15%) AppManager
6 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.77%) Ansible
7 2 (0.77%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.77%) Puppet
7 2 (0.77%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.38%) MIIS
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.38%) QRadar
8 1 (0.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 23 (8.85%) VMware
3 17 (6.54%) Dell
3 17 (6.54%) HP
4 13 (5.00%) SAP
5 12 (4.62%) Oracle
6 8 (3.08%) Apple
6 8 (3.08%) Citrix
6 8 (3.08%) Google
6 8 (3.08%) Veeam
7 7 (2.69%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.69%) Cisco
8 5 (1.92%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.54%) F5
9 4 (1.54%) Ivanti
9 4 (1.54%) McAfee
10 2 (0.77%) Aruba
10 2 (0.77%) Meraki
10 2 (0.77%) Qualys
10 2 (0.77%) SolarWinds