The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Uxbridge 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 28 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
28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
9 |
8 |
5 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
-3 |
0 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft |
3 |
2 |
5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Uxbridge |
15.79% |
7.69% |
12.82% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
21.43% |
13.33% |
31.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
1 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£136 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£513 |
£140 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£450 |
£525 |
£150 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-14.29% |
+250.00% |
-64.91% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£538 |
£441 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£441 |
| Hillingdon median daily rate |
£315 |
£475 |
£275 |
| % change year-on-year |
-33.68% |
+72.73% |
-34.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
- |
- |
| Hillingdon median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£100.00 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
-75.00% |
- |
- |
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 Uxbridge.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
14 |
15 |
16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Uxbridge |
73.68% |
57.69% |
41.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11 |
10 |
7 |
| 10th Percentile |
£388 |
£396 |
£137 |
| 25th Percentile |
£400 |
£510 |
£145 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£425 |
£550 |
£427 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-22.73% |
+28.81% |
-0.12% |
| 75th Percentile |
£450 |
£588 |
£558 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£596 |
£675 |
| Hillingdon median daily rate |
£425 |
£475 |
£600 |
| % change year-on-year |
-10.53% |
-20.83% |
+40.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
- |
- |
| Hillingdon median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£77.50 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
-67.74% |
- |
- |
