Microsoft Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 350 389
Rank change year-on-year -23 +39 +85
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 20 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.047% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.051% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 8
10th Percentile £405 £487 £356
25th Percentile £434 £511 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £506
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £688
90th Percentile £605 £623 -
UK median daily rate £475 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,356 13,848 18,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.36% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,265 12,022
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,646 795 1,208
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.08 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Microsoft Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Developer in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
North of England -43 11 £470 -14.55% 1
North West -23 7 £425 -24.44% 1
Midlands -34 7 £600 +27.66%
East Midlands - 5 £550 -
Yorkshire -38 4 £474 +0.80%
West Midlands -31 2 £600 +27.66%
Scotland - 1 £550 -
East of England - 1 - -
Microsoft Developer
UK

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Microsoft Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (45.00%) Power Platform
3 8 (40.00%) CRM
3 8 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (40.00%) Power Automate
3 8 (40.00%) PowerApps
4 7 (35.00%) DevOps
5 5 (25.00%) .NET
5 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (25.00%) HTML
5 5 (25.00%) Power BI
5 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (20.00%) C#
6 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 4 (20.00%) Degree
6 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (20.00%) SQL
7 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
7 3 (15.00%) Agile
7 3 (15.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 3 (15.00%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (15.00%) JSON
7 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (10.00%) Analytics
8 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Azure
1 9 (45.00%) Dynamics 365
1 9 (45.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (40.00%) Power Automate
2 8 (40.00%) PowerApps
3 4 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (5.00%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) .NET
1 5 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (15.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (15.00%) JSON
3 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Low-Code
2 2 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Data Fabric
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) CRM
2 7 (35.00%) DevOps
3 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (10.00%) Analytics
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
7 1 (5.00%) Cost Optimisation
7 1 (5.00%) Customer Experience
7 1 (5.00%) Data Pipeline
7 1 (5.00%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.00%) Design Patterns
7 1 (5.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (5.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (5.00%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) C#
1 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Bicep
3 1 (5.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft