Microsoft Contracts in Worcester

Microsoft
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcester 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 4 June 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
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 7 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 4 3 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcester 16.00% 9.68% 41.46%
As % of the Vendors category 25.00% 33.33% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 16
10th Percentile - £220 £206
25th Percentile - £250 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £300 £525
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -42.86% +90.91%
75th Percentile - £350 £600
90th Percentile - £380 £675
Worcestershire median daily rate £900 £200 £450
% change year-on-year +350.00% -55.56% +56.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.36 £16.54
Median hourly rate - £11.73 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year - -30.76% -
75th Percentile - £12.09 £17.33
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate - £10.50 £16.94
% change year-on-year - -38.00% +34.09%

All Vendors
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16 9 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 64.00% 29.03% 73.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 25
10th Percentile £110 £230 £245
25th Percentile £145 £275 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -15.79% +40.74%
75th Percentile £900 £520 £575
90th Percentile - - £675
Worcestershire median daily rate £625 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +28.21% +2.63% +49.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £16.38 £22.59 £16.78
25th Percentile - £39.43 £17.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £70.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -74.10% +295.03% -
75th Percentile - £72.50 -
90th Percentile £22.05 - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £18.13 £11.73 £17.72
% change year-on-year +54.63% -33.83% +25.99%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Worcester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Worcester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Worcester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory