Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Stratford-upon-Avon

Microsoft
Warwickshire > Stratford-upon-Avon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stratford-upon-Avon 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 October 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 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Stratford-upon-Avon 29.17% 16.67% 40.00%
As % of the Vendors category 63.64% 33.33% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £328 - -
25th Percentile £488 £475 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +53.85% -40.91%
75th Percentile £663 £525 £434
90th Percentile £725 - £609
Warwickshire median daily rate £475 £575 £331
% change year-on-year -17.39% +73.58% -24.29%

All Vendors
Stratford-upon-Avon

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 Stratford-upon-Avon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 11 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stratford-upon-Avon 45.83% 50.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 4
10th Percentile £391 £493 -
25th Percentile £450 £519 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £325
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +76.92% -40.91%
75th Percentile £597 £613 £434
90th Percentile £725 £628 £609
Warwickshire median daily rate £523 £582 £500
% change year-on-year -10.15% +16.30% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stratford-upon-Avon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Stratford-upon-Avon

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Daily Rate Trend in Stratford-upon-Avon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stratford-upon-Avon citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stratford-upon-Avon citing Microsoft

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stratford-upon-Avon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Stratford-upon-Avon over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Stratford-upon-Avon

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stratford-upon-Avon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stratford-upon-Avon citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stratford-upon-Avon citing Microsoft

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stratford-upon-Avon 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (42.86%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Azure Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Service Continuity Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Software Licensing Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Software Licensing Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Software Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Software Asset Management
1 2 (28.57%) Software Licensing
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
2 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Product Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe
1 2 (28.57%) IBM
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle