Microsoft Contract Job Trends 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 2 January 2026, 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
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 34 30 32
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 13.93% 23.26% 15.53%
As % of the Vendors category 23.61% 35.29% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 26 17
10th Percentile £194 £170 £143
25th Percentile £205 £241 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £428 £290
Median % change year-on-year -50.40% +47.72% -28.92%
75th Percentile £480 £484 £500
90th Percentile £511 £525 £706
South East median daily rate £475 £454 £465
% change year-on-year +4.63% -2.37% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £12.34
25th Percentile £13.50 - £12.48
Median hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £12.81
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +17.10% -41.05%
75th Percentile £14.50 - £13.23
90th Percentile - - £13.42
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £27.71 £22.00
% change year-on-year -36.83% +25.93% +18.92%

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 144 85 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 59.02% 65.89% 55.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 63 84
10th Percentile £205 £188 £200
25th Percentile £343 £356 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.86% -3.66%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £518
90th Percentile £720 £620 £678
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £511
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.29% +2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £16.20 - £12.34
25th Percentile £20.25 - £12.48
Median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £12.81
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +17.10% -41.05%
75th Percentile £34.00 - £13.23
90th Percentile £34.60 - £13.42
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £56.23
% change year-on-year -47.06% -24.42% +110.36%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in West Sussex over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in West Sussex

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

Microsoft
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 2 January 2026. 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 -1 14 £210 -55.79% 17
Worthing -10 11 £500 +26.98% 3
Burgess Hill 0 2 £286 - 2
Shoreham-by-Sea - 2 £400 - 1
Chichester -3 1 £294 -48.87% 3
Haywards Heath - 1 £213 -
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 6 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 4 (11.76%) AWS
3 4 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (11.76%) GCP
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.88%) Collibra
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (5.88%) Nutanix
4 2 (5.88%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) DHCP
1 4 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (5.88%) Firewall
3 1 (2.94%) BIG-IP
3 1 (2.94%) MGCP
3 1 (2.94%) SCCP
3 1 (2.94%) Telepresence
3 1 (2.94%) VoIP
3 1 (2.94%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 12 (35.29%) Oracle Database
3 6 (17.65%) Power BI
4 3 (8.82%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.88%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (5.88%) Metadata
General
1 10 (29.41%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Back Office
3 2 (5.88%) Front Office
3 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Applications Support
1 12 (35.29%) ERP Support
2 4 (11.76%) Analyst
2 4 (11.76%) Engagement Manager
2 4 (11.76%) SAP Engagement Manager
2 4 (11.76%) SAP Manager
2 4 (11.76%) Senior
2 4 (11.76%) Senior Engagement Manager
2 4 (11.76%) Senior Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Administrator
3 3 (8.82%) Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Data Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Data Quality Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Quality Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Service Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Middleware
2 1 (2.94%) PySpark
2 1 (2.94%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
2 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (5.88%) Linux
3 2 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.94%) Android
4 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) ERP
2 9 (26.47%) Data Management
3 7 (20.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (17.65%) Agile
4 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (17.65%) DevOps
4 6 (17.65%) Waterfall
5 5 (14.71%) Change Management
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (11.76%) AI
6 4 (11.76%) Budget Management
6 4 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 4 (11.76%) Project Planning
6 4 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
6 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) QA
2 4 (11.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) SCCM
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Oracle
2 7 (20.59%) SAP
3 5 (14.71%) ServiceNow
4 3 (8.82%) VMware
5 2 (5.88%) Citrix
5 2 (5.88%) Databricks
5 2 (5.88%) Informatica
5 2 (5.88%) Talend
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco
6 1 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.94%) F5
6 1 (2.94%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.94%) Zscaler