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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 73 49 99
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 17.18% 12.10% 15.52%
As % of the Vendors category 32.16% 22.69% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 33 78
10th Percentile £200 £204 £158
25th Percentile £204 £223 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £325 £311
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +4.42% -30.83%
75th Percentile £481 £438 £544
90th Percentile £500 £520 £618
South East median daily rate £475 £460 £465
% change year-on-year +3.26% -1.07% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £18.74 £20.50 -
25th Percentile £20.45 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £23.30 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% -40.00% +114.29%
75th Percentile £26.15 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £27.86 £24.50 -
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £27.71 £23.22
% change year-on-year -36.83% +19.34% +25.49%

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 227 216 330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 53.41% 53.33% 51.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 145 262
10th Percentile £204 £203 £188
25th Percentile £220 £260 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £573 £525 £590
90th Percentile £678 £591 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £513
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 10
10th Percentile £29.00 £20.30 £37.38
25th Percentile £57.50 - £47.07
Median hourly rate £83.82 £24.18 £65.13
Median % change year-on-year +246.65% -62.88% +44.74%
75th Percentile £90.09 £24.59 £76.53
90th Percentile - £29.25 -
South East median hourly rate £22.25 £42.50 £56.40
% change year-on-year -47.65% -24.65% +111.00%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +8 7 £500 -4.76% 5
Weybridge -1 6 £207 -58.60% 2
Redhill +8 4 £475 +35.71% 2
Guildford -2 4 £238 - 17
Epsom -1 3 £288 +36.90% 2
Staines -1 3 - - 4
Camberley - 3 £443 - 4
Egham - 3 - - 5
Esher - 2 £500 - 2
Reigate +2 1 £250 -17.56% 7
Woking 0 1 £475 +11.76% 10
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - -
Horley - 1 - -
Farnham - 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 7 (9.59%) Mattermost
1 7 (9.59%) Skype for Business
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (4.11%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.77%) SaaS
2 20 (27.40%) Sauce Labs
3 18 (24.66%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (23.29%) Azure
5 8 (10.96%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.85%) AWS
7 2 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.74%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.74%) GCP
7 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.74%) Serverless
8 1 (1.37%) Azure API Management
8 1 (1.37%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.37%) GitHub
8 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (24.66%) Wireless
2 7 (9.59%) Skype
3 5 (6.85%) DHCP
3 5 (6.85%) DNS
4 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.74%) VLAN
5 2 (2.74%) WebEx
6 1 (1.37%) Firewall
6 1 (1.37%) Symposium
6 1 (1.37%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (31.51%) Relational Database
2 21 (28.77%) MySQL
3 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.74%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.74%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.37%) Big Data
5 1 (1.37%) Metadata
5 1 (1.37%) Power BI
5 1 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (28.77%) Browser DevTools
2 20 (27.40%) Android Studio
2 20 (27.40%) Eclipse
2 20 (27.40%) Xcode
General
1 45 (61.64%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.81%) Finance
3 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.37%) Electronics
6 1 (1.37%) German Language
6 1 (1.37%) Marketing
6 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (42.47%) Support Engineer
2 23 (31.51%) Technical Support
3 22 (30.14%) Technical Engineer
3 22 (30.14%) Technical Support Engineer
4 21 (28.77%) UX Engineer
5 17 (23.29%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 12 (16.44%) Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) Messaging Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) Messaging Support
7 7 (9.59%) Messaging Support Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) IT Support
9 4 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support
9 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) IT Engineer
10 3 (4.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (4.11%) Accountant
10 3 (4.11%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (28.77%) Ajax
1 21 (28.77%) AngularJS
1 21 (28.77%) CSS
1 21 (28.77%) GraphQL
1 21 (28.77%) React
2 3 (4.11%) .NET
3 1 (1.37%) ADO
3 1 (1.37%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.37%) PySpark
3 1 (1.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (28.77%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.85%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.74%) CMDB
3 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.74%) Life Science
3 2 (2.74%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) FPGA
4 1 (1.37%) iPhone
4 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.37%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 38 (52.05%) Windows
2 30 (41.10%) Linux
3 23 (31.51%) Unix
4 20 (27.40%) Android
5 7 (9.59%) Windows 10
6 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.37%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.14%) User Experience
2 21 (28.77%) Mobile Application Development
3 20 (27.40%) OO
4 14 (19.18%) ITIL
5 12 (16.44%) ITSM
6 10 (13.70%) Customer Service
6 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (12.33%) Validation
8 8 (10.96%) Time Management
9 7 (9.59%) B2B
9 7 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.59%) Information Security
9 7 (9.59%) Problem Management
10 6 (8.22%) Change Control
11 5 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 4 (5.48%) Accounts Payable
13 3 (4.11%) Data Modelling
13 3 (4.11%) DevOps
13 3 (4.11%) Patch Management
13 3 (4.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 24 (32.88%) Python
2 23 (31.51%) JavaScript
3 21 (28.77%) Java
3 21 (28.77%) Perl
4 12 (16.44%) SQL
5 10 (13.70%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.74%) C#
7 1 (1.37%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.59%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (5.48%) ACCA
2 4 (5.48%) CIMA
2 4 (5.48%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.74%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) CCNA
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.37%) HNC
5 1 (1.37%) HND
5 1 (1.37%) MCSE
5 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.37%) PMP
5 1 (1.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (30.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) HP SiteScope
1 7 (9.59%) SCOM
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.22%) SCCM
3 3 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.37%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 28 (38.36%) Splunk
2 21 (28.77%) Oracle
3 19 (26.03%) ServiceNow
4 7 (9.59%) Cisco
4 7 (9.59%) Remedy
5 3 (4.11%) Citrix
6 2 (2.74%) Databricks
6 2 (2.74%) Google
7 1 (1.37%) Ab Initio
7 1 (1.37%) Informatica
7 1 (1.37%) NetApp
7 1 (1.37%) Okta
7 1 (1.37%) Sage
7 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.37%) SAP
7 1 (1.37%) VMware