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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 63 206 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 14.48% 21.19% 25.90%
As % of the Vendors category 28.38% 44.78% 53.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 155 250
10th Percentile £217 £203 £250
25th Percentile £228 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £613 £579 £650
90th Percentile £687 £725 £719
South West median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
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 £18.69 £17.07 £41.25
% change year-on-year +9.52% -58.63% +17.86%

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 222 460 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 51.03% 47.33% 48.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 361 456
10th Percentile £220 £256 £322
25th Percentile £461 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -2.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £647
90th Percentile £688 £775 £719
South West median daily rate £511 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -0.58% -2.05% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 11
10th Percentile £18.62 £13.76 £60.00
25th Percentile £18.78 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £14.54 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.78% -77.80% +19.09%
75th Percentile £21.29 £30.25 £77.50
90th Percentile £25.65 - £87.50
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £47.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -30.53% -23.39% +37.35%

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 28 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Wiltshire

Microsoft
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 28 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 £585 +7.34% 5
Salisbury -11 9 £220 -45.00% 8
Swindon -12 6 £350 +94.44% 189
Melksham -1 1 - - 1
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
5 1 (1.59%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (34.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.59%) InfoPath
4 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 5 (7.94%) 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%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
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 3 (4.76%) Firewall
4 3 (4.76%) SSL
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 4 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.17%) Metadata
3 2 (3.17%) Power BI
4 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 37 (58.73%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Finance
4 4 (6.35%) Military
4 4 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Banking
5 2 (3.17%) Legal
5 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Electronics
6 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.59%) Marketing
6 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (20.63%) Architect
2 9 (14.29%) IT Support
3 7 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Technical Architect
5 5 (7.94%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (6.35%) Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Applications Architect
7 3 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Windows Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Wintel Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) 1st Line Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Administrator
8 2 (3.17%) Banking Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Banking Business Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.17%) Flash
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.59%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) PKI
2 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.17%) Clustering
3 2 (3.17%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.17%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.59%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (65.08%) Windows
2 22 (34.92%) Windows 10
3 21 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 9 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (14.29%) 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%) Solaris
6 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Service Management
2 20 (31.75%) ITIL
3 15 (23.81%) Agile
4 12 (19.05%) Software Licensing
5 11 (17.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (15.87%) Critical Thinking
7 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (11.11%) System Testing
8 7 (11.11%) Waterfall
9 6 (9.52%) Information Security
10 5 (7.94%) Identity Access Management
11 4 (6.35%) Customer Requirements
11 4 (6.35%) Migration
11 4 (6.35%) NsoIT
11 4 (6.35%) Workflow
12 3 (4.76%) Computer Science
12 3 (4.76%) Cryptography
12 3 (4.76%) Programme Management
12 3 (4.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.87%) PowerShell
1 10 (15.87%) SQL
2 1 (1.59%) Java
2 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 54 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 43 (68.25%) SC Cleared
3 30 (47.62%) DV Cleared
4 13 (20.63%) Degree
5 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (12.70%) MCSA
7 7 (11.11%) MCSE
8 6 (9.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (4.76%) CCNP
9 3 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (4.76%) Master's Degree
10 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (3.17%) CCNA
11 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
11 1 (1.59%) IIBA
11 1 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (1.59%) MCP
11 1 (1.59%) OCA
11 1 (1.59%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) GDPR
1 1 (1.59%) NCSC
1 1 (1.59%) QA
1 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (30.16%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.87%) 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%) 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%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (1.59%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.59%) Puppet
6 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) VMware
2 9 (14.29%) Atlassian
3 6 (9.52%) Cisco
3 6 (9.52%) Veeam
4 5 (7.94%) Oracle
5 4 (6.35%) Apple
6 3 (4.76%) Remedy
6 3 (4.76%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.76%) SAP
7 2 (3.17%) Google
7 2 (3.17%) Juniper
7 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.17%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.59%) Aruba
8 1 (1.59%) Broadcom
8 1 (1.59%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.59%) HP
8 1 (1.59%) Red Hat