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 15 July 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 114 38 97
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 19.49% 13.38% 15.65%
As % of the Vendors category 38.91% 23.75% 32.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 26 63
10th Percentile £204 £189 £205
25th Percentile £325 £205 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £400
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -37.50% +8.84%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £499
90th Percentile £563 £572 £525
South East median daily rate £475 £473 £474
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.40% +2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 19
10th Percentile £19.40 £17.73 -
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.25 £11.71
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -61.21%
75th Percentile £23.38 £30.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £23.60 £31.66 £54.90
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £28.00
% change year-on-year +102.43% -42.66% +47.37%

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 293 160 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 50.09% 56.34% 48.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 124 214
10th Percentile £206 £198 £247
25th Percentile £381 £295 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +8.83% -10.00%
75th Percentile £581 £552 £525
90th Percentile £654 £625 £663
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 8 21
10th Percentile £19.40 £19.49 -
25th Percentile £58.43 £23.31 £11.71
Median hourly rate £70.00 £26.33 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +165.86% -34.18% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £30.69 £45.00
90th Percentile - £78.05 £57.50
South East median hourly rate £53.25 £19.91 £53.00
% change year-on-year +167.45% -62.43% +17.78%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 17 £510 +137.21% 6
Guildford -3 16 £420 +15.86% 30
Egham - 10 £461 - 1
Staines -9 9 £310 -27.06% 2
Redhill - 7 £400 - 10
Woking +1 3 £525 -4.55% 35
Weybridge - 2 £163 -
Epsom - 1 £425 - 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 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (23.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (13.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (6.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.51%) SAP Business One
2 4 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.88%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 44 (38.60%) Azure
2 20 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 17 (14.91%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (5.26%) AWS
7 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (4.39%) SaaS
9 4 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.51%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.63%) GCP
10 3 (2.63%) Sauce Labs
11 2 (1.75%) Azure AI
11 2 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.75%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.79%) DHCP
1 18 (15.79%) DNS
2 11 (9.65%) Kerberos
3 7 (6.14%) Firewall
4 6 (5.26%) VPN
5 5 (4.39%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (3.51%) LAN
6 4 (3.51%) SD-WAN
6 4 (3.51%) VLAN
6 4 (3.51%) WAN
7 3 (2.63%) Network Security
7 3 (2.63%) SMTP
8 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.88%) DNSSEC
9 1 (0.88%) Intranet
9 1 (0.88%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.88%) WebEx
9 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.77%) Power BI
2 4 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.51%) MySQL
2 4 (3.51%) Oracle Database
2 4 (3.51%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (9.65%) JIRA
2 3 (2.63%) Android Studio
2 3 (2.63%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (2.63%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.63%) Xcode
General
1 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.89%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (6.14%) Finance
4 7 (6.14%) Legal
4 7 (6.14%) Marketing
4 7 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.39%) Arabic Language
6 5 (4.39%) French Language
6 5 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.51%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.88%) Automotive
10 1 (0.88%) Publishing
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (14.04%) Analyst
2 12 (10.53%) Consultant
3 9 (7.89%) Developer
3 9 (7.89%) Support Engineer
4 8 (7.02%) Business Analyst
4 8 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Architect
5 7 (6.14%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) IT Analyst
5 7 (6.14%) Power Platform Consultant
5 7 (6.14%) Senior
6 6 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Content Manager
6 6 (5.26%) CRM Manager
6 6 (5.26%) IT Business Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 5 (4.39%) IT Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) IT Support
7 5 (4.39%) Technical Support
8 4 (3.51%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.65%) LDAP
2 7 (6.14%) AngularJS
2 7 (6.14%) CSS
3 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (4.39%) .NET
5 4 (3.51%) React
6 3 (2.63%) Ajax
6 3 (2.63%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.75%) REST
8 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.88%) CSS3
8 1 (0.88%) Django
8 1 (0.88%) HTML
8 1 (0.88%) HTML5
8 1 (0.88%) MDX
8 1 (0.88%) Node.js
8 1 (0.88%) OAuth
8 1 (0.88%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.88%) OpenID
8 1 (0.88%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Replication
2 8 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.39%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.51%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.51%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (3.51%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.75%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.88%) CMDB
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.30%) Windows
2 9 (7.89%) Linux
3 5 (4.39%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.51%) Unix
5 3 (2.63%) Android
5 3 (2.63%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (20.18%) Agile
2 23 (20.18%) Migration
3 19 (16.67%) Analytics
4 16 (14.04%) ITIL
5 13 (11.40%) Computer Science
5 13 (11.40%) Validation
6 12 (10.53%) Data Analysis
6 12 (10.53%) Project Delivery
7 11 (9.65%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (9.65%) Data Governance
7 11 (9.65%) Digital Identity
7 11 (9.65%) Project Management
7 11 (9.65%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (8.77%) AI
8 10 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (8.77%) ERP
9 9 (7.89%) Actionable Insight
9 9 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (7.02%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.91%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.02%) Python
3 6 (5.26%) SQL
4 5 (4.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (4.39%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.51%) C#
5 4 (3.51%) Java
5 4 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (2.63%) Perl
7 1 (0.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (21.05%) Degree
2 22 (19.30%) Security Cleared
3 19 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.51%) ACCA
5 4 (3.51%) CIMA
6 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.63%) PMP
7 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.51%) Data Quality
1 4 (3.51%) GDPR
1 4 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 3 (2.63%) QA
3 2 (1.75%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 21 (18.42%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.51%) vSphere
3 1 (0.88%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
3 1 (0.88%) Firmware
3 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (9.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.51%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.88%) SCCM
5 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (7.89%) ServiceNow
2 8 (7.02%) SAP
3 7 (6.14%) Oracle
4 5 (4.39%) Cisco
4 5 (4.39%) VMware
5 4 (3.51%) BT
5 4 (3.51%) CheckPoint
5 4 (3.51%) Commvault
5 4 (3.51%) Meraki
5 4 (3.51%) NetApp
5 4 (3.51%) SolarWinds
5 4 (3.51%) Veeam
5 4 (3.51%) Xerox
5 4 (3.51%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.63%) Google
6 3 (2.63%) Splunk
7 2 (1.75%) Databricks
8 1 (0.88%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.88%) Okta
8 1 (0.88%) Tenable