Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 May 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
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 94 28 88
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 18.04% 9.49% 14.94%
As % of the Vendors category 37.75% 18.92% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 17 53
10th Percentile £200 £188 £221
25th Percentile £220 £250 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £481 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.44% +13.18% +10.39%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £500
90th Percentile £563 £575 £535
South East median daily rate £475 £478 £465
% change year-on-year -0.52% +2.69% +1.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 19
10th Percentile - £20.38 £11.47
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.94 £11.71
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.75 £12.54
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +89.47% -69.61%
75th Percentile £23.75 £26.25 £45.00
90th Percentile - £28.50 £46.00
South East median hourly rate £30.75 £15.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +105.00% -33.33% +12.50%

All Vendors
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 249 148 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 47.79% 50.17% 47.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 111 202
10th Percentile £204 £188 £255
25th Percentile £325 £303 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +3.26% +2.22%
75th Percentile £563 £549 £538
90th Percentile £654 £598 £672
South East median daily rate £513 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +0.99% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 21
10th Percentile £19.35 £21.25 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £24.18 £11.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £24.66 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +163.58% +54.13% -64.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £28.63 £45.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £30.00 £50.00
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £24.66 £47.50
% change year-on-year +92.78% -48.08% +5.56%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Surrey

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Surrey over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Surrey

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 18 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leatherhead +1 18 £505 +36.49% 5
Egham - 11 £461 - 3
Weybridge -1 8 £165 -67.00%
Epsom - 7 £425 - 3
Guildford -7 6 £400 -11.11% 14
Redhill - 5 £463 - 3
Woking +2 1 £525 -4.55% 9
Horley - 1 - - 1
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (19.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (13.83%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (7.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (6.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.26%) SAP Business One
1 4 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (48.94%) Azure
2 26 (27.66%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (26.60%) Entra ID
4 14 (14.89%) Power Platform
5 7 (7.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.38%) GitHub
6 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (6.38%) SaaS
6 6 (6.38%) Sauce Labs
7 5 (5.32%) Azure API Management
7 5 (5.32%) Azure Functions
7 5 (5.32%) Azure Storage
7 5 (5.32%) Serverless
8 4 (4.26%) AWS
8 4 (4.26%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (4.26%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (20.21%) DHCP
1 19 (20.21%) DNS
2 12 (12.77%) Kerberos
3 8 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (6.38%) VLAN
5 5 (5.32%) Firewall
5 5 (5.32%) VPN
6 4 (4.26%) LAN
6 4 (4.26%) SD-WAN
6 4 (4.26%) WAN
7 3 (3.19%) Network Security
7 3 (3.19%) SMTP
8 2 (2.13%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.13%) WebEx
9 1 (1.06%) Intranet
9 1 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.38%) MySQL
1 6 (6.38%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (5.32%) Power BI
3 3 (3.19%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.13%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.06%) Metadata
5 1 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (6.38%) Android Studio
1 6 (6.38%) Browser DevTools
1 6 (6.38%) Eclipse
1 6 (6.38%) Xcode
2 5 (5.32%) JIRA
General
1 23 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.57%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (7.45%) Finance
4 6 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.26%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.06%) Automotive
7 1 (1.06%) Marketing
7 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.06%) Publishing
7 1 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (15.96%) Support Engineer
2 12 (12.77%) Analyst
3 11 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (9.57%) Consultant
5 7 (7.45%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
5 7 (7.45%) Power Platform Consultant
5 7 (7.45%) Technical Engineer
5 7 (7.45%) Technical Support
5 7 (7.45%) Technical Support Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.38%) IT Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) UX Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Azure Software Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) IT Support
7 5 (5.32%) Software Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Financial Accountant
8 4 (4.26%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Junior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.77%) LDAP
2 9 (9.57%) CSS
3 6 (6.38%) Ajax
3 6 (6.38%) AngularJS
3 6 (6.38%) GraphQL
3 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (6.38%) React
4 5 (5.32%) .NET
4 5 (5.32%) ARM Templates
4 5 (5.32%) REST
5 1 (1.06%) MDX
5 1 (1.06%) OAuth
5 1 (1.06%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.06%) OpenID
5 1 (1.06%) PySpark
5 1 (1.06%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.77%) Replication
2 8 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.38%) Mobile App
4 5 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.32%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.26%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.13%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.13%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.06%) CMDB
7 1 (1.06%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.06%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (30.85%) Windows
2 8 (8.51%) Linux
3 7 (7.45%) Unix
3 7 (7.45%) Windows 10
3 7 (7.45%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.38%) Android
5 4 (4.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.34%) Migration
2 17 (18.09%) ITIL
3 14 (14.89%) Analytics
3 14 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.77%) Agile
4 12 (12.77%) Digital Identity
4 12 (12.77%) User Experience
5 11 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (10.64%) Data Analysis
6 10 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (10.64%) Validation
7 9 (9.57%) AI
7 9 (9.57%) Change Control
7 9 (9.57%) Computer Science
7 9 (9.57%) Customer Service
7 9 (9.57%) Data Pipeline
7 9 (9.57%) Project Management
8 8 (8.51%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (8.51%) ERP
8 8 (8.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.28%) PowerShell
2 13 (13.83%) Python
3 11 (11.70%) JavaScript
4 9 (9.57%) SQL
5 6 (6.38%) Java
5 6 (6.38%) Perl
6 5 (5.32%) C#
7 4 (4.26%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (3.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.96%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.89%) Degree
4 4 (4.26%) ACCA
4 4 (4.26%) CIMA
4 4 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.19%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.19%) PMP
6 1 (1.06%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.13%) GDPR
4 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (32.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.26%) vSphere
4 1 (1.06%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.06%) Firmware
4 1 (1.06%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (12.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (6.38%) SCCM
4 4 (4.26%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (6.38%) Databricks
1 6 (6.38%) Oracle
1 6 (6.38%) SAP
1 6 (6.38%) Splunk
2 5 (5.32%) Cisco
2 5 (5.32%) NetApp
2 5 (5.32%) VMware
3 4 (4.26%) BT
3 4 (4.26%) CheckPoint
3 4 (4.26%) Commvault
3 4 (4.26%) Meraki
3 4 (4.26%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.26%) SolarWinds
3 4 (4.26%) Veeam
3 4 (4.26%) Xerox
3 4 (4.26%) Zscaler
4 3 (3.19%) Citrix
5 2 (2.13%) Google
6 1 (1.06%) Foundry
6 1 (1.06%) Qualys