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 16 October 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
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 156 61 77
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 23.78% 17.09% 15.98%
As % of the Vendors category 44.44% 32.11% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 41 53
10th Percentile £190 £190 £203
25th Percentile £322 £204 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £208 £325
Median % change year-on-year +119.28% -36.15% +4.00%
75th Percentile £538 £288 £438
90th Percentile £608 £500 £520
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.27 £53.90
25th Percentile £13.38 £17.60 £55.25
Median hourly rate £14.25 £24.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% -60.00% +118.18%
75th Percentile £16.29 £30.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £21.00 £31.66 £82.50
South East median hourly rate £19.50 £18.42 £56.75
% change year-on-year +5.89% -67.55% +224.26%

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 351 190 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 53.51% 53.22% 50.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 137 163
10th Percentile £204 £198 £203
25th Percentile £381 £204 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +14.71% -15.00%
75th Percentile £599 £550 £525
90th Percentile £662 £632 £598
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.91% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 6 6
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.49 £45.00
25th Percentile £15.46 £19.20 £52.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £27.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +159.26% -53.04% -5.56%
75th Percentile - £32.08 £66.63
90th Percentile - £55.14 £77.75
South East median hourly rate £35.22 £20.00 £57.25
% change year-on-year +76.10% -65.07% +10.18%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +3 23 £495 +130.23% 15
Guildford 0 15 £420 +20.00% 22
Redhill - 15 £413 - 10
Staines -8 11 £325 - 4
Reigate -2 8 - - 6
Egham 0 7 £461 - 6
Woking - 6 £363 - 18
Esher 0 5 £182 -63.60%
Epsom - 4 £609 - 9
Addlestone - 2 - - 1
Thames Ditton - 2 £600 - 2
Camberley +1 1 - - 6
Caterham 0 1 - - 1
Warlingham 0 1 - -
Weybridge - 1 £140 - 3
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 26 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.56%) Confluence
2 4 (2.56%) IIS
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (14.10%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (7.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.56%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.92%) Chatbot
7 2 (1.28%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.92%) Primavera
3 1 (0.64%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.64%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (25.64%) Azure
2 39 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 31 (19.87%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (8.97%) AWS
5 11 (7.05%) Power Automate
6 10 (6.41%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (6.41%) PowerApps
7 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (5.13%) GCP
8 8 (5.13%) SaaS
9 6 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (3.21%) Azure Functions
10 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (3.21%) Serverless
11 4 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.56%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (2.56%) GitHub
12 3 (1.92%) Azure API Management
12 3 (1.92%) Azure Storage
12 3 (1.92%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.77%) Firewall
2 8 (5.13%) DHCP
2 8 (5.13%) DNS
3 7 (4.49%) VPN
4 6 (3.85%) Intranet
4 6 (3.85%) LAN
4 6 (3.85%) SD-WAN
4 6 (3.85%) WAN
4 6 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.21%) VLAN
6 2 (1.28%) SMTP
6 2 (1.28%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.64%) DNSSEC
7 1 (0.64%) Network Security
7 1 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.18%) Power BI
2 10 (6.41%) Oracle Database
3 7 (4.49%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.21%) MySQL
4 5 (3.21%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.92%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.28%) Power Query
7 1 (0.64%) EDMS
7 1 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.64%) Metadata
7 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (5.77%) JIRA
2 3 (1.92%) Android Studio
2 3 (1.92%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (1.92%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.92%) Xcode
General
1 57 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.62%) Finance
3 15 (9.62%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.97%) Legal
5 11 (7.05%) Marketing
6 10 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.49%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.21%) Arabic Language
10 5 (3.21%) French Language
11 4 (2.56%) Retail
12 3 (1.92%) Local Government
13 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.64%) Back Office
14 1 (0.64%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (16.03%) Analyst
2 20 (12.82%) Architect
3 18 (11.54%) Developer
4 15 (9.62%) Administrator
4 15 (9.62%) Consultant
5 10 (6.41%) IT Analyst
5 10 (6.41%) Security Analyst
5 10 (6.41%) Support Engineer
6 8 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (5.13%) IT Support
6 8 (5.13%) Senior
7 7 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
7 7 (4.49%) Content Manager
7 7 (4.49%) CRM Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Data Analyst
7 7 (4.49%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 7 (4.49%) Power Platform Consultant
8 5 (3.21%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.21%) Power Apps Developer
8 5 (3.21%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.13%) .NET
2 7 (4.49%) AngularJS
2 7 (4.49%) REST
3 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (3.85%) React
4 4 (2.56%) CSS
5 3 (1.92%) Ajax
5 3 (1.92%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.92%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.28%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.28%) Django
6 2 (1.28%) HTML
6 2 (1.28%) SPFx
7 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.64%) HTML5
7 1 (0.64%) OAuth
7 1 (0.64%) OpenID
7 1 (0.64%) SOAP
7 1 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.90%) Management Information System
2 16 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.05%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.05%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.41%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.21%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.21%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.56%) CMDB
6 4 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.56%) Mobile Payment
6 4 (2.56%) Smartcard
7 3 (1.92%) AS400
7 3 (1.92%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.92%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.92%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.28%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.10%) Windows
2 19 (12.18%) Linux
3 10 (6.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (4.49%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.56%) Unix
6 3 (1.92%) Android
7 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (18.59%) Agile
3 20 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (11.54%) ITIL
6 17 (10.90%) Analytics
6 17 (10.90%) TOGAF
7 16 (10.26%) Computer Science
7 16 (10.26%) Migration
8 15 (9.62%) Data Governance
8 15 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (8.97%) AI
9 14 (8.97%) DevOps
10 13 (8.33%) CRM
10 13 (8.33%) Customer Service
10 13 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (8.33%) Data Modelling
10 13 (8.33%) Project Delivery
11 12 (7.69%) Data Analysis
11 12 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.97%) SQL
2 12 (7.69%) Python
3 10 (6.41%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.49%) C#
5 5 (3.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (2.56%) Java
7 3 (1.92%) Perl
7 3 (1.92%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.28%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.28%) VBA
9 1 (0.64%) Bash
9 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (15.38%) Degree
2 11 (7.05%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.56%) CCSP
5 4 (2.56%) CISA
5 4 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.56%) CISM
5 4 (2.56%) CISSP
5 4 (2.56%) CLAS
5 4 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.56%) CREST Certified
5 4 (2.56%) IISP
6 3 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.64%) ACCA
8 1 (0.64%) CIMA
8 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.62%) GDPR
2 13 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.49%) QA
4 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.21%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.56%) GRC
6 4 (2.56%) ISO 31000
6 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 4 (2.56%) NIST
6 4 (2.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.92%) ISO 19650
8 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.64%) PMO
9 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (3.21%) vSphere
3 4 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.56%) ISA Server
4 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.64%) Docker
5 1 (0.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.56%) CASB
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (9.62%) Oracle
2 11 (7.05%) ServiceNow
3 9 (5.77%) Cisco
4 8 (5.13%) Google
4 8 (5.13%) VMware
5 7 (4.49%) Commvault
5 7 (4.49%) Splunk
5 7 (4.49%) Veeam
6 6 (3.85%) Meraki
7 5 (3.21%) BT
7 5 (3.21%) CheckPoint
7 5 (3.21%) Databricks
7 5 (3.21%) NetApp
7 5 (3.21%) SAP
7 5 (3.21%) SolarWinds
7 5 (3.21%) Xerox
8 4 (2.56%) Centrify
8 4 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.56%) Qualys
8 4 (2.56%) Tripwire