Microsoft Contract Job Trends in West Malling

Microsoft
Kent > West Malling

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Malling 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 4 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 3 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in West Malling 33.33% 42.86% 28.57%
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% 100.00% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £607 £548 £491
25th Percentile £607 £570 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £615 £523
Median % change year-on-year - +17.70% +27.44%
75th Percentile £636 £655 £534
90th Percentile £645 £675 £537
Kent median daily rate £400 £325 £523
% change year-on-year +23.08% -37.80% +161.25%

All Vendors
West Malling

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 West Malling.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Malling 66.67% 42.86% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £607 £548 £443
25th Percentile £609 £570 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £615 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +17.70% +49.29%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £534
90th Percentile £644 £675 £536
Kent median daily rate £450 £450 £365
% change year-on-year - +23.29% +4.29%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in West Malling

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in West Malling

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in West Malling

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in West Malling

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Malling 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Project Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) DFS Replication
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware