Microsoft Contracts in West Sussex

Microsoft
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 9 May 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 22 51 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 15.07% 20.24% 14.05%
As % of the Vendors category 22.92% 32.90% 22.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 43 33
10th Percentile £230 £200 £173
25th Percentile £325 £419 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £450 £263
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +71.43% -46.15%
75th Percentile £423 £504 £438
90th Percentile £469 £585 £494
South East median daily rate £480 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +3.23% -2.11% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £15.00 £13.37 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year +12.19% -39.67% +3.60%
South East median hourly rate £15.00 £20.25 £20.24
% change year-on-year -25.93% +0.07% +22.64%

All Vendors
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 96 155 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 65.75% 61.51% 62.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 113 155
10th Percentile £203 £320 £181
25th Percentile £339 £412 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +8.89%
75th Percentile £531 £515 £586
90th Percentile £608 £588 £678
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 3
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.15 -
25th Percentile £16.95 £20.75 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% -21.40%
75th Percentile £36.25 £24.25 £22.64
90th Percentile £81.15 £31.25 £22.93
South East median hourly rate £24.83 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -50.34% +11.11% +130.53%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in West Sussex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in West Sussex

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Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in West Sussex over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in West Sussex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in West Sussex

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Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Crawley +5 7 £350 +75.00% 21
Horsham - 7 £422 - 12
Worthing -5 6 £425 -5.56% 10
Burgess Hill +2 1 - - 1
Chichester - 1 - - 3
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
3 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
4 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.64%) Power Automate
4 3 (13.64%) PowerApps
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (4.55%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (4.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.55%) SAN
2 1 (4.55%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
2 4 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (9.09%) Big Data
3 2 (9.09%) Data Lake
3 2 (9.09%) Metadata
3 2 (9.09%) NewSQL
3 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 2 (9.09%) Power BI
4 1 (4.55%) Data Mining
4 1 (4.55%) OLAP
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle Database
4 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) Toad
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Aviation
3 2 (9.09%) Billing
3 2 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Support Technician
3 2 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Bid Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Data Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Support
3 2 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (9.09%) IT Technician
3 2 (9.09%) Platform Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) ICT Support
4 1 (4.55%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Middleware
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 2 (9.09%) Replication
2 1 (4.55%) CMDB
2 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Android
2 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.55%) Unix
2 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Migration
1 6 (27.27%) Validation
2 5 (22.73%) Data Security
2 5 (22.73%) ETL
3 4 (18.18%) CRM
3 4 (18.18%) Data Mapping
3 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (13.64%) Data Ingestion
4 3 (13.64%) Data Management
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
5 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.09%) ETRM
5 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) Java
3 3 (13.64%) Python
4 2 (9.09%) Scala
5 1 (4.55%) Bash
5 1 (4.55%) C#
5 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.09%) A+ Certification
3 2 (9.09%) MCSA
4 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.55%) ISEB
4 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
1 2 (9.09%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) Dell
2 2 (9.09%) Ivanti
2 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Cognos
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) webMethods