Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Microsoft
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 22 November 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
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 26 7 14
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 20.31% 8.54% 16.87%
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% 36.84% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 5 9
10th Percentile - £128 £185
25th Percentile £525 £130 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £250 £200
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% +25.00% -57.89%
75th Percentile £694 £400 £350
90th Percentile £750 - £433
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £449 £425
% change year-on-year +5.79% +5.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £16.15 - -
25th Percentile £16.88 - £17.75
Median hourly rate £19.17 - £18.50
75th Percentile £21.88 - £19.25
90th Percentile £22.85 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £29.73 £21.50
% change year-on-year +0.93% +38.26% +43.33%

All Vendors
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 52 19 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 40.63% 23.17% 43.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 11 28
10th Percentile £463 £130 £200
25th Percentile £525 £266 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £300 £538
Median % change year-on-year +91.67% -44.19% +13.16%
75th Percentile £650 £460 £656
90th Percentile £750 £520 £690
West Midlands median daily rate £510 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.00% +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £16.15 £20.20 -
25th Percentile £16.88 £27.67 £17.75
Median hourly rate £19.17 £43.10 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.52% +132.95% +15.84%
75th Percentile £21.88 £60.54 £19.25
90th Percentile £22.85 £69.22 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £30.23 £23.00
% change year-on-year -0.74% +31.41% +39.39%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Worcestershire

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Malvern - 19 £650 - 2
Worcester -11 2 £450 +12.50% 10
Kidderminster - 2 £263 - 2
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 4 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (57.69%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) AWS
2 8 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (26.92%) Azure Key Vault
3 7 (26.92%) GitHub
3 7 (26.92%) GitHub Actions
3 7 (26.92%) Serverless
4 5 (19.23%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (26.92%) Redis
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) GitLab
2 5 (19.23%) Git
3 4 (15.38%) Bitbucket
3 4 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Aeronautics
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Backend Developer
1 7 (26.92%) Developer
1 7 (26.92%) Python Developer
2 5 (19.23%) Administrator
2 5 (19.23%) AWS Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) JIRA Administrator
4 1 (3.85%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (3.85%) Senior
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Configuration Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Technician
4 1 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) FastAPI
1 7 (26.92%) Flask
1 7 (26.92%) GraphQL
1 7 (26.92%) gRPC
1 7 (26.92%) REST
1 7 (26.92%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (34.62%) Agile
2 9 (34.62%) Cloud Security
2 9 (34.62%) Containerisation
2 9 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (30.77%) DevOps
3 8 (30.77%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 7 (26.92%) Change Control
4 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 7 (26.92%) Microservices
5 6 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 6 (23.08%) ITIL
6 5 (19.23%) Data Analysis
7 4 (15.38%) Business Continuity
7 4 (15.38%) Change Management
7 4 (15.38%) Coaching
7 4 (15.38%) Data Management
7 4 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (15.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
2 7 (26.92%) Go
2 7 (26.92%) Python
2 7 (26.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 19 (73.08%) SC Cleared
3 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (30.77%) AWS Certification
4 8 (30.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 8 (30.77%) DV Cleared
5 6 (23.08%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 13 (50.00%) Docker
2 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (15.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (26.92%) Grafana
2 7 (26.92%) Prometheus
3 6 (23.08%) Ansible
4 5 (19.23%) SCCM
4 5 (19.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Atlassian
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) SAP