Microsoft Contracts in Southampton

Microsoft
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 12 1
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 14 13 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 13.08% 7.69% 25.66%
As % of the Vendors category 29.17% 18.31% 54.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 26
10th Percentile £273 - £244
25th Percentile £381 £200 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £215 £550
Median % change year-on-year +102.33% -60.91% +12.82%
75th Percentile - £394 £595
90th Percentile £570 £680 £608
Hampshire median daily rate £506 £600 £543
% change year-on-year -15.63% +10.50% +20.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £25.65
25th Percentile - - £32.31
Median hourly rate - - £39.75
75th Percentile - - £47.31
90th Percentile - - £54.18
Hampshire median hourly rate £19.97 £15.00 £19.74
% change year-on-year +33.13% -23.99% +19.61%

All Vendors
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 48 71 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 44.86% 42.01% 46.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 29 51
10th Percentile £175 £200 £225
25th Percentile £315 £350 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £554
90th Percentile £635 £687 £619
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £31.75 £25.65
25th Percentile - £55.00 £32.31
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year - +50.94% +77.46%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £47.31
90th Percentile - £78.00 £54.18
Hampshire median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £52.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +10.29% +160.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Southampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Southampton over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 8 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (42.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) VPN
2 7 (50.00%) Firewall
3 6 (42.86%) Internet
4 5 (35.71%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Military
1 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 7 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
1 7 (50.00%) Service Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Senior
2 5 (35.71%) Senior IT Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Service Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Support
4 2 (14.29%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Network Services Manager
5 1 (7.14%) PMO Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Case Management
1 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (42.86%) Analytics
2 6 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (42.86%) Contract Management
2 6 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (42.86%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (35.71%) Server Management
4 4 (28.57%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (28.57%) Storage Management
5 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (14.29%) Design for Test
6 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
7 1 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
7 1 (7.14%) Document Management
7 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.14%) Project Management
7 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
3 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Commvault
1 3 (21.43%) Dell
1 3 (21.43%) HP
1 3 (21.43%) VMware