Microsoft Contracts in Wiltshire

Microsoft
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 63 213 274
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 13.94% 22.56% 24.91%
As % of the Vendors category 26.36% 50.35% 53.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 163 245
10th Percentile £215 £208 £225
25th Percentile £220 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £628 £575 £669
90th Percentile £710 £725 £719
South West median daily rate £470 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -6.00% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £14.45 -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - £14.54 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - -32.37% -68.86%
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £15.95 £32.50
% change year-on-year +16.09% -50.94% -7.14%

All Vendors
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 239 423 514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 52.88% 44.81% 46.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 332 445
10th Percentile £295 £250 £318
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -2.27% +8.91%
75th Percentile £638 £651 £650
90th Percentile £705 £775 £720
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.34% -2.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 14
10th Percentile - £13.99 £60.00
25th Percentile £12.59 - £61.81
Median hourly rate £15.55 £14.54 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -77.80% -2.86%
75th Percentile £18.60 £26.32 £77.50
90th Percentile £18.76 £30.25 £85.25
South West median hourly rate £40.84 £47.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -14.02% -24.60% +33.74%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Wiltshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Wiltshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Wiltshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Wiltshire

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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 within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Corsham -10 28 £586 +8.26% 5
Salisbury -11 10 £220 -45.00% 13
Swindon -14 6 £470 +161.11% 22
Melksham -1 1 - - 3
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 16 (25.40%) SharePoint
2 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (15.87%) Confluence
4 9 (14.29%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.59%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 23 (36.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.59%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.59%) Primavera
1 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.52%) Azure
3 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.76%) Power Automate
3 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.76%) PowerApps
4 2 (3.17%) Apple Pay
4 2 (3.17%) Google Pay
4 2 (3.17%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.59%) AWS
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.46%) Skype
2 10 (15.87%) DHCP
2 10 (15.87%) DNS
3 6 (9.52%) Unified Communications
4 4 (6.35%) SSL
5 2 (3.17%) Firewall
5 2 (3.17%) iSCSI
5 2 (3.17%) SAN
5 2 (3.17%) VPN
6 1 (1.59%) BGP
6 1 (1.59%) LAN
6 1 (1.59%) OSPF
6 1 (1.59%) SMTP
6 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.59%) VLAN
6 1 (1.59%) VoIP
6 1 (1.59%) VSAN
6 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.17%) Metadata
2 2 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.17%) Power BI
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (15.87%) JIRA
2 5 (7.94%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.59%) Git
3 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.59%) MSI
General
1 39 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Finance
4 4 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Military
6 2 (3.17%) Banking
6 2 (3.17%) Legal
6 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Electronics
7 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.59%) Marketing
7 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (20.63%) Architect
2 9 (14.29%) IT Support
3 7 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) IT Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Technical Architect
5 4 (6.35%) Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Applications Architect
6 3 (4.76%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Windows Support Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) 1st Line Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.17%) Flash
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.59%) Middleware
3 1 (1.59%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) PKI
2 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.17%) Clustering
4 2 (3.17%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (3.17%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.59%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (61.90%) Windows
2 22 (34.92%) Windows 10
3 19 (30.16%) Windows Server
4 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.17%) Linux
5 2 (3.17%) VMS
5 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) Service Management
2 21 (33.33%) ITIL
3 16 (25.40%) Agile
4 13 (20.63%) Software Licensing
5 12 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (15.87%) Critical Thinking
7 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (11.11%) Information Security
8 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (11.11%) System Testing
8 7 (11.11%) Waterfall
9 6 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
10 4 (6.35%) Change Control
10 4 (6.35%) Computer Science
10 4 (6.35%) Cryptography
10 4 (6.35%) NsoIT
11 3 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (4.76%) PRINCE2
11 3 (4.76%) Programme Management
11 3 (4.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 9 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 54 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 42 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 31 (49.21%) DV Cleared
4 14 (22.22%) Degree
5 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (12.70%) MCSA
7 7 (11.11%) MCSE
8 6 (9.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (6.35%) Master's Degree
10 3 (4.76%) CCNP
10 3 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (3.17%) CCNA
11 2 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.59%) IIBA
12 1 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) QA
2 1 (1.59%) NCSC
2 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 8 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (9.52%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.17%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.59%) Docker
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.52%) OPNET
3 5 (7.94%) SCCM
3 5 (7.94%) WSUS
4 3 (4.76%) SCOM
4 3 (4.76%) vCenter Server
5 2 (3.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (3.17%) Ansible
6 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (1.59%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.59%) Puppet
6 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) VMware
2 9 (14.29%) Atlassian
3 6 (9.52%) Cisco
3 6 (9.52%) Veeam
4 4 (6.35%) Apple
4 4 (6.35%) Oracle
5 3 (4.76%) Google
5 3 (4.76%) Remedy
5 3 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.76%) SAP
6 2 (3.17%) Juniper
6 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.17%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.59%) Aruba
7 1 (1.59%) Broadcom
7 1 (1.59%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.59%) HP