Microsoft Developer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in the West Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 109 120
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.11% 0.10% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £516
25th Percentile £575 - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -14.89% -
75th Percentile £625 - £641
90th Percentile - - £669
England median daily rate £546 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -0.68% +10.00% -6.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,643 1,781 1,956
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.44% 93.29% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 1,151 1,331
10th Percentile £235 £231 £228
25th Percentile £375 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £582 £624 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 63 58
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.62 £14.42
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.63 £17.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.07 £33.74 £30.78
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Microsoft Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Developer in the West Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Solihull - 2 £600 - 1
Microsoft Developer
England

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Microsoft Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft