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 September 2025, 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 61 99 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 17.78% 18.40% 18.47%
As % of the Vendors category 31.44% 35.74% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 63 110
10th Percentile £190 £203 £158
25th Percentile £204 £253 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% +7.69% -11.86%
75th Percentile £481 £472 £525
90th Percentile £538 £525 £650
South East median daily rate £450 £465 £455
% change year-on-year -3.23% +2.15% +1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 2
10th Percentile £16.27 - £28.88
25th Percentile £17.60 £11.71 £32.81
Median hourly rate £24.00 £45.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +9.09% +135.71%
75th Percentile £30.00 £49.00 £50.31
90th Percentile £31.66 £62.50 £54.63
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £45.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -62.22% +157.14% +6.06%

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 194 277 370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 56.56% 51.49% 48.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 187 287
10th Percentile £204 £213 £195
25th Percentile £233 £275 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £600
90th Percentile £600 £593 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 11
10th Percentile £16.27 £11.71 £36.25
25th Percentile £17.60 £18.16 £43.55
Median hourly rate £24.00 £45.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -17.43% +21.11%
75th Percentile £30.00 £56.38 £74.21
90th Percentile £31.66 £66.35 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £51.96
% change year-on-year -67.10% +10.37% +159.80%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 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 September 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Surrey over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Surrey

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 September 2025. 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 0 9 £215 -57.00% 10
Guildford -7 5 £425 +41.67% 31
Camberley - 5 £481 - 3
Staines +1 4 £425 +107.32% 3
Reigate -1 3 £500 +89.39% 9
Woking +3 1 £550 +29.41% 24
Warlingham 0 1 £163 -18.75%
Caterham 0 1 £163 -18.75% 1
Egham - 1 - - 2
Horley - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £235 -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (16.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.48%) Mattermost
2 7 (11.48%) Skype for Business
3 6 (9.84%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (27.87%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (4.92%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (19.67%) SaaS
3 11 (18.03%) Azure
4 10 (16.39%) Sauce Labs
5 5 (8.20%) AWS
6 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.28%) GCP
7 2 (3.28%) GitHub
7 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.64%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.64%) IaaS
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.64%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.67%) Wireless
2 7 (11.48%) Skype
3 4 (6.56%) Firewall
4 3 (4.92%) VPN
5 2 (3.28%) DHCP
5 2 (3.28%) DNS
5 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.64%) FTP
6 1 (1.64%) Network Security
6 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.64%) Symposium
6 1 (1.64%) VoIP
6 1 (1.64%) WAN
6 1 (1.64%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) MySQL
1 11 (18.03%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (18.03%) Browser DevTools
2 10 (16.39%) Android Studio
2 10 (16.39%) Eclipse
2 10 (16.39%) Xcode
3 1 (1.64%) Git
3 1 (1.64%) Toad
3 1 (1.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (60.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Finance
3 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.64%) Electronics
5 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.64%) Local Government
5 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (37.70%) Support Engineer
2 14 (22.95%) Technical Support
3 12 (19.67%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (19.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 11 (18.03%) Analyst
4 11 (18.03%) UX Engineer
5 10 (16.39%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 9 (14.75%) Support Analyst
7 8 (13.11%) Desktop Engineer
7 8 (13.11%) Desktop Support
7 8 (13.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 7 (11.48%) Messaging Analyst
8 7 (11.48%) Messaging Support
8 7 (11.48%) Messaging Support Analyst
9 6 (9.84%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (9.84%) IT Support
10 5 (8.20%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 5 (8.20%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
10 5 (8.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (8.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.03%) Ajax
1 11 (18.03%) AngularJS
1 11 (18.03%) CSS
1 11 (18.03%) GraphQL
1 11 (18.03%) React
2 1 (1.64%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.64%) ADO
2 1 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.64%) PySpark
2 1 (1.64%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Mobile App
2 4 (6.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.28%) CMDB
3 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.64%) FPGA
4 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.64%) Life Science
4 1 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (47.54%) Windows
2 20 (32.79%) Linux
3 13 (21.31%) Unix
4 10 (16.39%) Android
5 7 (11.48%) Windows 10
6 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
7 2 (3.28%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.28%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.64%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.15%) ITIL
2 14 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (21.31%) User Experience
4 12 (19.67%) Customer Service
5 11 (18.03%) ITSM
5 11 (18.03%) Mobile Application Development
6 10 (16.39%) OO
7 8 (13.11%) Validation
8 7 (11.48%) B2B
8 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.48%) Information Security
8 7 (11.48%) Problem Management
9 5 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.20%) Migration
9 5 (8.20%) Patch Management
9 5 (8.20%) Risk Management
9 5 (8.20%) Service Management
10 4 (6.56%) Accounts Payable
10 4 (6.56%) Agile
10 4 (6.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) Java
1 12 (19.67%) Python
2 11 (18.03%) JavaScript
2 11 (18.03%) Perl
3 10 (16.39%) SQL
4 7 (11.48%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.64%) Bash
5 1 (1.64%) Bicep
5 1 (1.64%) Korn
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Degree
1 8 (13.11%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.56%) ACCA
3 4 (6.56%) CIMA
3 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.28%) CCNA
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.28%) MCSE
6 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.64%) CIPD
6 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.64%) HNC
6 1 (1.64%) HND
6 1 (1.64%) MCP
6 1 (1.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.64%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (1.64%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.64%) XenApp
2 1 (1.64%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) HP SiteScope
1 7 (11.48%) SCOM
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.92%) SCCM
2 3 (4.92%) Terraform
3 2 (3.28%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) Splunk
2 11 (18.03%) Oracle
2 11 (18.03%) ServiceNow
3 10 (16.39%) Cisco
4 7 (11.48%) Remedy
5 3 (4.92%) Apple
5 3 (4.92%) Google
5 3 (4.92%) SAP
6 2 (3.28%) Citrix
6 2 (3.28%) Meraki
7 1 (1.64%) Adobe
7 1 (1.64%) Dell KACE
7 1 (1.64%) Okta
7 1 (1.64%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.64%) Sage
7 1 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.64%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.64%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.64%) VMware
7 1 (1.64%) Workday