Microsoft Contract Job Trends 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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 9 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 14 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 5.51% 8.43% 28.41%
As % of the Vendors category 15.56% 25.00% 50.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 33
10th Percentile £266 £184 £263
25th Percentile £364 £213 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £353 £575
Median % change year-on-year +31.09% -38.61% +15.00%
75th Percentile £494 £409 £640
90th Percentile £504 £449 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £537 £550 £457
% change year-on-year -2.36% +20.35% -8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.40
25th Percentile - - £21.63
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £43.75 £32.71 £21.35
% change year-on-year +33.77% +53.19% +29.39%

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 45 56 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 35.43% 33.73% 56.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 40 76
10th Percentile £315 £235 £263
25th Percentile £450 £359 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -16.67% +5.53%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £623
90th Percentile £649 £634 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £519
% change year-on-year -8.70% +10.73% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £18.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £55.00 £21.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £60.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +122.22% +21.35%
75th Percentile £27.50 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +150.00%

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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Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Southampton over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Southampton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft

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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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MSI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration and Release Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Release and Configuration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Release Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Security Patching
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) ISMS
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CISMP
2 2 (28.57%) GSEC
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune