Microsoft Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 12 January 2026, 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
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 11 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 112 28 33
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 14.27% 10.18% 7.38%
As % of the Vendors category 27.59% 18.30% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 19 20
10th Percentile £282 £169 £152
25th Percentile £351 £342 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £475 £431
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% +10.14% -17.86%
75th Percentile £523 £532 £595
90th Percentile £568 £602 £635
Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £410 £440
% change year-on-year +6.76% -6.76% +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.63
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year - +56.86% +24.51%
75th Percentile - - £14.66
90th Percentile - - £17.86
Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.78 £20.00 £14.41
% change year-on-year -11.13% +38.84% -33.00%

All Vendors
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 406 153 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 51.72% 55.64% 48.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 92 124
10th Percentile £312 £213 £309
25th Percentile £413 £259 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +0.24% +2.50%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £600
90th Percentile £675 £664 £711
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £483
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.55% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £12.44 -
25th Percentile - £13.49 £12.63
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year - +26.98% +5.20%
75th Percentile - £18.58 £20.00
90th Percentile - £19.43 £42.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £49.50 £20.00 £14.41
% change year-on-year +147.50% +38.84% -33.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in South Yorkshire

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Sheffield -4 110 £446 -5.56% 54
Doncaster - 2 £200 - 16
Microsoft
Yorkshire

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 18 (16.07%) SharePoint
2 15 (13.39%) Confluence
3 13 (11.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.57%) CICS
5 3 (2.68%) CMS
5 3 (2.68%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.89%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.89%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.89%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 10 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.89%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.89%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 31 (27.68%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (14.29%) Azure
3 14 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
3 14 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 11 (9.82%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.82%) OpenShift
5 8 (7.14%) GCP
5 8 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 7 (6.25%) AWS
6 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (4.46%) CloudBees
7 5 (4.46%) Rubrik
8 3 (2.68%) GitHub
8 3 (2.68%) ShareGate
9 2 (1.79%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.79%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.89%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.89%) IaaS
10 1 (0.89%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.36%) Kerberos
2 3 (2.68%) Firewall
2 3 (2.68%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.79%) DKIM
3 2 (1.79%) DMARC
3 2 (1.79%) DNS
3 2 (1.79%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (1.79%) iSCSI
3 2 (1.79%) NAS
3 2 (1.79%) SAN
3 2 (1.79%) SMTP
3 2 (1.79%) VPN
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.89%) FCoE
4 1 (0.89%) Internet
4 1 (0.89%) LAN
4 1 (0.89%) Multicast
4 1 (0.89%) Network Security
4 1 (0.89%) WAN
4 1 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.14%) Power BI
2 4 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.68%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.68%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.68%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.79%) Metadata
4 2 (1.79%) Power Query
4 2 (1.79%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.89%) MySQL
5 1 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (14.29%) JIRA
2 11 (9.82%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.36%) Git
3 6 (5.36%) GitLab
4 3 (2.68%) ChangeMan
4 3 (2.68%) Postman
5 2 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.89%) Babel
6 1 (0.89%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.89%) webpack
General
1 50 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 47 (41.96%) Finance
3 23 (20.54%) Banking
4 12 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.82%) Legal
6 6 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.57%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Billing
9 2 (1.79%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.79%) Law
10 1 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (20.54%) Architect
2 17 (15.18%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 15 (13.39%) Analyst
4 9 (8.04%) Project Manager
5 7 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
5 7 (6.25%) Developer
6 6 (5.36%) Lead
6 6 (5.36%) Planning Manager
6 6 (5.36%) Technical Manager
7 5 (4.46%) Data Engineer
7 5 (4.46%) Data Protection Engineer
7 5 (4.46%) Senior
7 5 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support
9 3 (2.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Business Analyst
9 3 (2.68%) Product Owner
9 3 (2.68%) Service Analyst
9 3 (2.68%) Support Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.93%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (5.36%) LDAP
3 5 (4.46%) OAuth
3 5 (4.46%) SAML
4 4 (3.57%) OpenID
5 3 (2.68%) .NET
5 3 (2.68%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.79%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.79%) Middleware
6 2 (1.79%) OpenCV
6 2 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.79%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.79%) Regular Expression
6 2 (1.79%) REST
6 2 (1.79%) SpaCy
6 2 (1.79%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.89%) HTML
7 1 (0.89%) jQuery
7 1 (0.89%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.82%) Onboarding
2 10 (8.93%) Product Ownership
3 9 (8.04%) Data Centre
4 8 (7.14%) Mainframe
5 5 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.79%) CMDB
7 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.79%) IVR
7 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.79%) Replication
8 1 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.89%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.89%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.82%) Windows
2 5 (4.46%) Linux
3 2 (1.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.89%) MVS
4 1 (0.89%) Solaris
4 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.89%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (21.43%) DevOps
2 21 (18.75%) Agile
2 21 (18.75%) CI/CD
2 21 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (16.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 16 (14.29%) Migration
5 13 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (10.71%) Decision-Making
6 12 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (9.82%) E-Discovery
7 11 (9.82%) Incident Response
7 11 (9.82%) Project Management
7 11 (9.82%) Records Management
7 11 (9.82%) Risk Management
8 10 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.93%) Identity Access Management
8 10 (8.93%) Scrum
9 9 (8.04%) Information Governance
10 8 (7.14%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.96%) Python
2 12 (10.71%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.25%) Bash
3 7 (6.25%) SQL
4 4 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.68%) COBOL
5 3 (2.68%) Java
5 3 (2.68%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.79%) C#
6 2 (1.79%) VBA
7 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.89%) JCL
7 1 (0.89%) REXX
Qualifications
1 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (4.46%) CISM
2 5 (4.46%) CISSP
2 5 (4.46%) Degree
3 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.68%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.68%) PMP
4 2 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.89%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.89%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.89%) OCP
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.89%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.61%) GDPR
2 5 (4.46%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.57%) FINRA
3 4 (3.57%) MiFID
4 3 (2.68%) PMO
4 3 (2.68%) SLA
5 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.89%) Basel III
6 1 (0.89%) NIST
6 1 (0.89%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (11.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.79%) Docker
3 2 (1.79%) NFS
3 2 (1.79%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.89%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.89%) KVM
4 1 (0.89%) SRDF
4 1 (0.89%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.89%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (15.18%) Ansible
2 13 (11.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (5.36%) Terraform
4 5 (4.46%) NetBackup
5 4 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (2.68%) CA Endevor
6 3 (2.68%) Grafana
6 3 (2.68%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.68%) Puppet
7 2 (1.79%) Data Guard
7 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.79%) SCCM
7 2 (1.79%) yum
8 1 (0.89%) Control-M
8 1 (0.89%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.89%) IBM Guardium
8 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.89%) Nessus
8 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (4.46%) Commvault
1 5 (4.46%) Oracle
1 5 (4.46%) Red Hat
1 5 (4.46%) Veritas
2 4 (3.57%) CyberArk
3 3 (2.68%) Google
3 3 (2.68%) Pure Storage
3 3 (2.68%) VMware
4 2 (1.79%) BiZZdesign
4 2 (1.79%) Centrify
4 2 (1.79%) EMC
4 2 (1.79%) Genesys
4 2 (1.79%) MuleSoft
4 2 (1.79%) Thycotic
5 1 (0.89%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (0.89%) Cisco
5 1 (0.89%) NetApp
5 1 (0.89%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.89%) Sonatype