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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft 7 33 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 6.03% 25.98% 12.89%
As % of the Vendors category 14.89% 49.25% 40.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 22
10th Percentile £262 £155 £136
25th Percentile £303 £180 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £200 £500
Median % change year-on-year +93.75% -60.00% +17.02%
75th Percentile £478 £538 £619
90th Percentile £484 £550 £648
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 47 67 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 40.52% 52.76% 31.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 40 50
10th Percentile £207 £180 £162
25th Percentile £322 £281 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £488 £506
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -3.70% +1.25%
75th Percentile £601 £550 £608
90th Percentile £619 £638 £650
Wiltshire median daily rate £585 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +8.74% +2.48% -4.55%

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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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Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Microsoft

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Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Swindon over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Swindon

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Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Microsoft

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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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Apple Pay
1 2 (28.57%) Google Pay
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Banking Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Banking Business Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Build Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata Management
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Apple
1 2 (28.57%) Google
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) LogRhythm
2 1 (14.29%) NetApp