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 10 September 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
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 142 59 101
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 22.58% 17.10% 18.46%
As % of the Vendors category 43.03% 30.26% 36.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 40 63
10th Percentile £190 £190 £203
25th Percentile £325 £204 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £243 £350
Median % change year-on-year +85.57% -30.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £538 £486 £469
90th Percentile £589 £541 £525
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 11
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.27 -
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.60 £11.71
Median hourly rate £14.13 £24.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.15% -46.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £15.31 £30.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £21.20 £31.66 £62.50
South East median hourly rate £21.35 £17.30 £45.00
% change year-on-year +23.41% -61.56% +157.14%

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 330 195 277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 52.46% 56.52% 50.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 144 187
10th Percentile £204 £204 £213
25th Percentile £400 £246 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +14.71% -10.53%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £525
90th Percentile £656 £600 £575
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £516
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.15% +3.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 6 14
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.49 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.20 £18.16
Median hourly rate £67.47 £26.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +159.50% -42.22% -3.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £29.50 £56.38
90th Percentile - £31.39 £66.35
South East median hourly rate £38.72 £20.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +93.60% -65.13% +10.37%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 25 £500 +132.56% 18
Guildford -2 17 £420 -1.18% 35
Redhill - 11 £413 - 15
Staines -9 10 £318 -25.29% 4
Egham 0 9 £461 - 2
Woking +1 6 £363 -34.09% 23
Reigate -2 4 - - 12
Esher - 3 £182 - 2
Addlestone - 2 - - 2
Thames Ditton - 2 £600 -
Camberley +5 1 - - 8
Caterham 0 1 - - 1
Warlingham 0 1 - -
Epsom - 1 - - 5
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 16 (11.27%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.82%) Confluence
4 2 (1.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 30 (21.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (19.01%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (9.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (4.23%) MS Visio
5 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (4.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.82%) SAP Business One
2 4 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 38 (26.76%) Azure
2 31 (21.83%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (21.83%) Power Platform
3 13 (9.15%) AWS
4 10 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (6.34%) Power Automate
6 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (4.93%) SaaS
8 6 (4.23%) GCP
8 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (3.52%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.52%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.52%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.11%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (2.11%) Sauce Labs
11 2 (1.41%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.93%) DHCP
1 7 (4.93%) DNS
1 7 (4.93%) Firewall
2 6 (4.23%) Intranet
2 6 (4.23%) VPN
3 4 (2.82%) LAN
3 4 (2.82%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.82%) VLAN
3 4 (2.82%) WAN
3 4 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.11%) Network Security
4 3 (2.11%) SMTP
5 2 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.70%) DNSSEC
6 1 (0.70%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.68%) Power BI
2 10 (7.04%) Oracle Database
3 7 (4.93%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.52%) MySQL
4 5 (3.52%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.70%) Power Query
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (7.75%) JIRA
2 3 (2.11%) Android Studio
2 3 (2.11%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (2.11%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.11%) Xcode
General
1 49 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.86%) Public Sector
4 13 (9.15%) Finance
4 13 (9.15%) Legal
5 10 (7.04%) Marketing
6 9 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.52%) Arabic Language
9 5 (3.52%) French Language
9 5 (3.52%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.82%) General Ledger
11 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Back Office
12 1 (0.70%) Law
12 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (19.72%) Analyst
2 19 (13.38%) Architect
3 17 (11.97%) Developer
4 12 (8.45%) Administrator
4 12 (8.45%) Consultant
5 11 (7.75%) IT Analyst
5 11 (7.75%) Security Analyst
6 10 (7.04%) Support Engineer
7 8 (5.63%) Senior
8 7 (4.93%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.93%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (4.93%) Content Manager
8 7 (4.93%) CRM Manager
8 7 (4.93%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Power Platform Consultant
9 6 (4.23%) IT Support
10 5 (3.52%) IT Business Analyst
10 5 (3.52%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) AngularJS
1 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (4.23%) React
3 5 (3.52%) .NET
4 4 (2.82%) CSS
4 4 (2.82%) REST
5 3 (2.11%) Ajax
5 3 (2.11%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.41%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.41%) Django
6 2 (1.41%) HTML
6 2 (1.41%) OAuth
6 2 (1.41%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.41%) OpenID
6 2 (1.41%) SPFx
7 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.70%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (0.70%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.70%) HTML5
7 1 (0.70%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.04%) Enterprise Cloud
3 8 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.23%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.23%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.52%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (3.52%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.11%) CMDB
6 3 (2.11%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.41%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.41%) Mobile Payment
7 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.41%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.70%) FMCG
8 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.20%) Windows
2 17 (11.97%) Linux
3 10 (7.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (4.23%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.82%) Unix
6 3 (2.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (19.01%) Agile
3 19 (13.38%) Analytics
3 19 (13.38%) ITIL
3 19 (13.38%) Migration
4 18 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (11.97%) Computer Science
6 16 (11.27%) Data Governance
7 15 (10.56%) TOGAF
8 14 (9.86%) Data Analysis
8 14 (9.86%) ERP
8 14 (9.86%) Project Delivery
9 13 (9.15%) Project Management
9 13 (9.15%) Validation
10 12 (8.45%) AI
10 12 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (8.45%) Data Modelling
10 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (8.45%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.04%) SQL
2 8 (5.63%) Python
3 7 (4.93%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.82%) C#
5 4 (2.82%) Java
5 4 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (2.82%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.11%) Perl
7 2 (1.41%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.41%) VBA
8 1 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (19.01%) Degree
2 12 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.82%) ACCA
6 4 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.82%) CIMA
7 3 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.41%) CCSP
8 2 (1.41%) CISA
8 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.41%) CISM
8 2 (1.41%) CISSP
8 2 (1.41%) CLAS
8 2 (1.41%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.41%) IISP
8 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.04%) GDPR
3 6 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (4.23%) QA
4 5 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.11%) ISO 19650
5 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (1.41%) GRC
6 2 (1.41%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.41%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.41%) NIST
6 2 (1.41%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.70%) PMO
7 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.82%) vSphere
3 2 (1.41%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.70%) Docker
4 1 (0.70%) Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.41%) CASB
4 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (9.86%) Oracle
2 9 (6.34%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.63%) SAP
4 7 (4.93%) Cisco
5 6 (4.23%) Google
6 5 (3.52%) Splunk
6 5 (3.52%) VMware
7 4 (2.82%) BT
7 4 (2.82%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.82%) Commvault
7 4 (2.82%) Meraki
7 4 (2.82%) NetApp
7 4 (2.82%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.82%) Veeam
7 4 (2.82%) Xerox
8 3 (2.11%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.41%) Centrify
9 2 (1.41%) Databricks
9 2 (1.41%) Qualys
9 2 (1.41%) Tripwire