Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Microsoft Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 15 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 2.54% - 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% - 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile £596 - -
25th Percentile £675 - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £485
75th Percentile £725 - £533
90th Percentile - - £580
South West median daily rate £700 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +47.37% -5.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 537 420 723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 88.24% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 293 517
10th Percentile £400 £340 £300
25th Percentile £511 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +0.18%
75th Percentile £713 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 22
10th Percentile £16.16 - £14.36
25th Percentile £20.09 £12.79 £42.20
Median hourly rate £24.00 £17.39 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +38.05% -64.34% -25.57%
75th Percentile £25.15 £60.00 £55.63
90th Percentile - - £69.50
South West median hourly rate £36.00 £65.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -44.62% +12.09% -10.78%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Engineer in Wiltshire

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Corsham - 13 £700 -
Swindon - 2 £400 -
Microsoft Engineer
South West

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (93.33%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (93.33%) PowerShell
2 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
3 13 (86.67%) DHCP
3 13 (86.67%) DNS
3 13 (86.67%) DV Cleared
3 13 (86.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 13 (86.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (86.67%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (86.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (86.67%) Skype
3 13 (86.67%) Skype for Business
3 13 (86.67%) TCP/IP
4 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (13.33%) SIEM
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Anomaly Detection
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (6.67%) Behavioural Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Data Governance
6 1 (6.67%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
6 1 (6.67%) GDPR
6 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 13 (86.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (86.67%) SharePoint
1 13 (86.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) DHCP
1 13 (86.67%) DNS
1 13 (86.67%) Skype
1 13 (86.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 13 (86.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (13.33%) SIEM
3 1 (6.67%) Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Anomaly Detection
3 1 (6.67%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (6.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (6.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (6.67%) SOAR
3 1 (6.67%) Threat Detection
3 1 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (86.67%) DV Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm