Microsoft Contracts in Swindon

Microsoft
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Swindon 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 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 2 13
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 31 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 6.12% 25.20% 10.30%
As % of the Vendors category 11.54% 44.93% 35.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 16
10th Percentile £277 £146 £168
25th Percentile £393 £165 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £180 £200
Median % change year-on-year +161.11% -10.00% -55.56%
75th Percentile £550 £238 £481
90th Percentile £663 £448 £513
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.36 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate - £14.54 £21.50
% change year-on-year - -32.37% -68.86%

All Vendors
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 52 69 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 53.06% 56.10% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 55
10th Percentile £368 £141 £200
25th Percentile £452 £180 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £370 £500
Median % change year-on-year +48.65% -26.00% -
75th Percentile £614 £563 £550
90th Percentile £738 £850 £638
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £538 £558
% change year-on-year +6.98% -3.59% +10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £15.55 £14.54 £65.50
% change year-on-year +6.95% -77.80% -2.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Swindon

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Swindon.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Swindon

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Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Swindon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Swindon

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Swindon.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Swindon

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Apple Pay
1 2 (33.33%) Google Pay
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Banking Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Banking Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Deskside Support
3 1 (16.67%) Deskside Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Wallet
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Metadata Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MCP
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) Apple
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow