Microsoft Contracts in the South East

Microsoft
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 April 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
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 450 843 910
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 15.18% 14.94% 15.16%
As % of the Vendors category 28.90% 30.91% 31.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 570 627
10th Percentile £218 £194 £181
25th Percentile £363 £267 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% -2.37% +8.24%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.81% -2.25% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 68 40
10th Percentile £13.53 £11.71 £15.73
25th Percentile £14.20 £12.54 £18.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.54 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -33.45% +11.39% +5.90%
75th Percentile £20.00 £54.06 £37.88
90th Percentile £26.50 £61.60 £59.71
England median hourly rate £22.18 £15.00 £21.12
% change year-on-year +47.87% -28.96% +14.14%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,557 2,727 2,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.51% 48.34% 48.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,045 1,670 2,012
10th Percentile £246 £213 £205
25th Percentile £408 £375 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.10% +5.37%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £611
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £515 £538
% change year-on-year +1.94% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 179 118
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.93 £18.20
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.29 £20.66
Median hourly rate £24.83 £47.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.73% +5.56% +125.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £58.63
90th Percentile £75.66 £67.02 £75.75
England median hourly rate £29.00 £22.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.89% -35.71% +74.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Thames Valley -5 226 £500 +8.70% 382
Berkshire -7 145 £500 +5.26% 217
Hampshire +2 132 £525 -12.50% 189
Buckinghamshire +1 60 £465 +3.59% 107
Surrey -12 26 £466 +16.38% 135
West Sussex 0 24 £422 -6.22% 55
Kent +1 23 £305 -19.31% 88
Oxfordshire 0 21 £250 -44.44% 84
East Sussex +10 15 £550 +8.91% 49
Home Counties +3 1 - -
Sussex - 1 £500 - 21
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 46 (10.22%) SharePoint
2 31 (6.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (6.44%) Confluence
4 7 (1.56%) CMS
4 7 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (1.56%) IIS
5 6 (1.33%) Apache
5 6 (1.33%) Drupal
5 6 (1.33%) WordPress
6 4 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.89%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (0.89%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.67%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.67%) Mule
7 3 (0.67%) Mule ESB
7 3 (0.67%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (0.67%) Tomcat
Applications
1 72 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.44%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.22%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 10 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.44%) SAP ECC
5 2 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.22%) Primavera
6 1 (0.22%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.22%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.22%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 175 (38.89%) Azure
2 114 (25.33%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (11.33%) Power Platform
4 40 (8.89%) AWS
5 29 (6.44%) Entra ID
6 28 (6.22%) SaaS
7 24 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (4.89%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (4.44%) PaaS
10 16 (3.56%) IaaS
10 16 (3.56%) OpenShift
11 15 (3.33%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.67%) Serverless
13 11 (2.44%) Power Automate
14 10 (2.22%) GCP
15 9 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (1.78%) Azure AKS
16 8 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (1.56%) Azure Functions
17 7 (1.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 49 (10.89%) Firewall
2 42 (9.33%) VPN
3 27 (6.00%) DNS
4 20 (4.44%) Internet
5 19 (4.22%) DHCP
5 19 (4.22%) Network Security
5 19 (4.22%) WAN
6 17 (3.78%) SAN
7 14 (3.11%) LAN
8 13 (2.89%) MPLS
9 11 (2.44%) SMTP
10 10 (2.22%) Ethernet
10 10 (2.22%) Wireless
11 9 (2.00%) ATM
11 9 (2.00%) Frame Relay
11 9 (2.00%) GPRS
11 9 (2.00%) GSM
11 9 (2.00%) SDH
11 9 (2.00%) SSL
11 9 (2.00%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 32 (7.11%) Power BI
3 23 (5.11%) Big Data
4 14 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.11%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.00%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.00%) Metadata
7 8 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.33%) MySQL
9 6 (1.33%) Power Query
10 5 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.67%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.67%) Redis
12 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 2 (0.44%) NewSQL
13 2 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (6.89%) JIRA
2 18 (4.00%) Visual Studio
3 15 (3.33%) Git
4 8 (1.78%) ERwin
4 8 (1.78%) PowerDesigner
5 6 (1.33%) Bitbucket Server
6 5 (1.11%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.89%) MSI
8 2 (0.44%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.44%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.44%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.44%) Moq
8 2 (0.44%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.22%) AdminStudio
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.22%) Toad
General
1 174 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 70 (15.56%) Finance
3 54 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 38 (8.44%) Telecoms
6 19 (4.22%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.89%) Marketing
10 12 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.78%) Automotive
12 7 (1.56%) Legal
13 6 (1.33%) Retail
14 5 (1.11%) Electronics
14 5 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.89%) Banking
15 4 (0.89%) Billing
15 4 (0.89%) Local Government
15 4 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (11.56%) Analyst
1 52 (11.56%) Architect
2 50 (11.11%) Developer
3 47 (10.44%) Senior
4 37 (8.22%) Support Engineer
5 35 (7.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (4.00%) Consultant
7 17 (3.78%) Service Analyst
8 16 (3.56%) Delphi Developer
8 16 (3.56%) Desktop Engineer
8 16 (3.56%) Service Desk Analyst
9 13 (2.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (2.89%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (2.89%) IT Manager
9 13 (2.89%) Service Manager
10 12 (2.67%) Desktop Support
10 12 (2.67%) IT Services Manager
10 12 (2.67%) Lead
11 11 (2.44%) Infrastructure Architect
11 11 (2.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.33%) SAML
2 12 (2.67%) .NET
2 12 (2.67%) AngularJS
2 12 (2.67%) Web Services
3 10 (2.22%) HTML
3 10 (2.22%) SOAP
4 9 (2.00%) CSS
4 9 (2.00%) OAuth
4 9 (2.00%) PySpark
4 9 (2.00%) RESTful
5 8 (1.78%) JSON
5 8 (1.78%) OpenID
5 8 (1.78%) XML
6 7 (1.56%) .NET Core
7 6 (1.33%) Ajax
7 6 (1.33%) CodeIgniter
7 6 (1.33%) jQuery
7 6 (1.33%) LAMP
7 6 (1.33%) REST
8 4 (0.89%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.33%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.78%) Public Cloud
5 16 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.56%) PKI
6 11 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.22%) Clustering
7 10 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (2.00%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.78%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.56%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.33%) Legacy Code
11 6 (1.33%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (1.33%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.11%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 144 (32.00%) Windows
2 52 (11.56%) Linux
3 47 (10.44%) Windows Server
4 23 (5.11%) Windows 10
5 21 (4.67%) Unix
6 15 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.11%) Ubuntu
8 11 (2.44%) CentOS
8 11 (2.44%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (1.33%) Android
9 6 (1.33%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.44%) AIX
11 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (16.22%) Agile
3 52 (11.56%) Migration
4 51 (11.33%) ITIL
5 47 (10.44%) DevOps
6 45 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 40 (8.89%) Analytics
8 39 (8.67%) Project Management
9 36 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 33 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (7.11%) Customer Service
12 31 (6.89%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (5.78%) CI/CD
14 24 (5.33%) Roadmaps
15 23 (5.11%) Data Modelling
15 23 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (4.89%) Root Cause Analysis
17 21 (4.67%) Data Security
18 19 (4.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 77 (17.11%) SQL
2 62 (13.78%) PowerShell
3 35 (7.78%) Python
4 32 (7.11%) C#
4 32 (7.11%) Java
5 17 (3.78%) PL/SQL
6 16 (3.56%) Delphi
7 15 (3.33%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.78%) Bash
8 8 (1.78%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.33%) Bicep
9 6 (1.33%) PHP
9 6 (1.33%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.89%) R
11 3 (0.67%) C++
11 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.67%) VBA
11 3 (0.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 114 (25.33%) Security Cleared
2 73 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 47 (10.44%) Degree
4 41 (9.11%) DV Cleared
5 35 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.11%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.11%) CISSP
7 14 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.67%) CCNP
9 11 (2.44%) CISM
10 10 (2.22%) ISEB
10 10 (2.22%) ISTQB
10 10 (2.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (2.00%) MCSE
12 7 (1.56%) CCNA
13 6 (1.33%) A+ Certification
14 5 (1.11%) MCP
14 5 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.67%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.33%) SLA
2 8 (1.78%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.56%) NIST
4 6 (1.33%) GDPR
5 4 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.89%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.89%) NCSC
5 4 (0.89%) PMO
6 3 (0.67%) GRC
6 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.44%) QA
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 103 (22.89%) Active Directory
2 43 (9.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.33%) vSphere
4 13 (2.89%) Docker
5 10 (2.22%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.78%) BitLocker
7 8 (1.78%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.33%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.11%) XenApp
10 5 (1.11%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.89%) DFS Replication
11 4 (0.89%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 3 (0.67%) Brightmail
12 3 (0.67%) ISA Server
12 3 (0.67%) NFS
13 2 (0.44%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (9.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (6.89%) Terraform
3 26 (5.78%) Ansible
3 26 (5.78%) Kubernetes
4 25 (5.56%) SCCM
5 16 (3.56%) vCenter Server
6 11 (2.44%) Nessus
6 11 (2.44%) SCOM
7 10 (2.22%) Puppet
8 9 (2.00%) WSUS
9 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Clustering
10 7 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (1.11%) Nagios
11 5 (1.11%) vMotion
12 4 (0.89%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.67%) CloudHub
13 3 (0.67%) SCSM
13 3 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.44%) Cisco Prime
15 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 60 (13.33%) VMware
2 25 (5.56%) Oracle
3 23 (5.11%) Cisco
4 22 (4.89%) SAP
5 21 (4.67%) ServiceNow
6 19 (4.22%) HP
7 16 (3.56%) Databricks
8 11 (2.44%) Apple
8 11 (2.44%) Dell
8 11 (2.44%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.22%) Citrix
10 9 (2.00%) Juniper
10 9 (2.00%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.00%) Splunk
11 8 (1.78%) Google
12 7 (1.56%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.33%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.33%) Veeam
13 6 (1.33%) Zend
14 5 (1.11%) Symantec