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 6 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 1
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 13 15 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 10.74% 8.06% 27.16%
As % of the Vendors category 27.08% 20.83% 54.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 30
10th Percentile £288 - £263
25th Percentile £419 £200 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £225 £550
Median % change year-on-year +116.89% -59.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £511 £325 £600
90th Percentile £601 £423 £636
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £18.24
25th Percentile - - £21.22
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £46.05
Hampshire median hourly rate £43.00 £14.00 £21.22
% change year-on-year +207.14% -34.02% +28.61%

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 72 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 39.67% 38.71% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 37 58
10th Percentile £175 £200 £263
25th Percentile £320 £280 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.41% -19.05% +8.81%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £599
90th Percentile £649 £634 £636
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £27.88 £18.24
25th Percentile - £45.31 £21.22
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - +140.74% +30.12%
75th Percentile - £76.25 -
90th Percentile - £78.50 £46.05
Hampshire median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.92% +9.24% +162.50%

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 6 July 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 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (46.15%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 6 (46.15%) Internet
2 6 (46.15%) VPN
3 5 (38.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MSI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Military
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) IT Manager
1 7 (53.85%) IT Services Manager
1 7 (53.85%) Service Manager
2 5 (38.46%) Senior
2 5 (38.46%) Senior IT Manager
2 5 (38.46%) Senior Manager
2 5 (38.46%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration and Release Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Network Services Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Release and Configuration Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Release Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Service Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Case Management
2 7 (53.85%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (46.15%) Analytics
3 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (46.15%) Contract Management
3 6 (46.15%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (46.15%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (38.46%) Server Management
5 4 (30.77%) Antivirus Management
5 4 (30.77%) Storage Management
6 3 (23.08%) Security Patching
7 2 (15.38%) Change Management
7 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) Design for Test
7 2 (15.38%) ISMS
7 2 (15.38%) ITIL
7 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
8 1 (7.69%) ITSM
8 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C#
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CISMP
3 2 (15.38%) GSEC
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (30.77%) SCCM