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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 15 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 9.38% 10.00% 9.14%
As % of the Vendors category 25.86% 23.91% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 14
10th Percentile - £288 -
25th Percentile £170 £419 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £488 £225
Median % change year-on-year -48.77% +116.89% -59.09%
75th Percentile £315 £511 £416
90th Percentile £539 £601 £611
Hampshire median daily rate £544 £504 £600
% change year-on-year +7.94% -16.04% +41.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.21 - -
Median hourly rate £12.29 - -
75th Percentile £12.44 - -
90th Percentile £25.95 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £16.00 £19.97 £14.00
% change year-on-year -19.88% +42.64% -24.32%

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 58 46 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 36.25% 41.82% 41.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 26 33
10th Percentile £126 £175 £200
25th Percentile £190 £318 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £494 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +1.33% -7.14%
75th Percentile £629 £600 £634
90th Percentile £691 £644 £680
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £580
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 4
10th Percentile - - £27.88
25th Percentile £12.21 - £45.31
Median hourly rate £12.36 - £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +206.31%
75th Percentile £46.23 - £76.25
90th Percentile £88.00 - £78.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £28.00 £52.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -46.67% -8.46% +4.27%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Southampton

Microsoft
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

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Southampton over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Southampton

Microsoft
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

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Southampton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Southampton over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Southampton

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (6.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support
2 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) IT Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Operations Manager
3 1 (6.67%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Project Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Life Science
2 1 (6.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Android
2 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (20.00%) Data Entry
2 3 (20.00%) Data Management
2 3 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (20.00%) Time Management
3 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (13.33%) ERP
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Data Validation
4 1 (6.67%) Document Management
4 1 (6.67%) Test Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Use Case
4 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.67%) User Experience
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Meraki
1 1 (6.67%) Sage
1 1 (6.67%) SAP
1 1 (6.67%) Siemens