Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Sussex

Microsoft
South East > Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sussex 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 21 November 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
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 10 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sussex 52.63% 13.04% -
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% 30.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £411 - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £380 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.71% - -
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile £524 - -
South East median daily rate £469 £475 £473
% change year-on-year -1.19% +0.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.50 - -
Median hourly rate £13.00 - -
75th Percentile £13.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.55 £53.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -66.89% +152.38% +13.51%

All Vendors
Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 10 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex 52.63% 43.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £411 £417 -
25th Percentile £428 £472 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.19% - -
75th Percentile £503 £577 -
90th Percentile £524 £666 -
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.31% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.50 - -
Median hourly rate £13.00 - -
75th Percentile £13.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.36% +8.09% +68.54%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Sussex

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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:

Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) IT Assistant
1 8 (80.00%) IT Support
1 8 (80.00%) IT Support Assistant
1 8 (80.00%) Support Assistant
1 8 (80.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Automation Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
1 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 8 (80.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared