Microsoft Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 93 88 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 18.56% 16.33% 13.75%
As % of the Vendors category 35.23% 36.21% 32.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 60 37
10th Percentile £158 £200 £148
25th Percentile £190 £325 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +5.88% +9.68%
75th Percentile £621 £585 £538
90th Percentile £689 £650 £554
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £404
% change year-on-year -5.26% +17.72% +10.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 4
10th Percentile £11.00 - £10.13
25th Percentile £13.25 - £10.47
Median hourly rate £17.11 £18.82 £12.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +44.94% -61.81%
75th Percentile £17.72 - £16.17
90th Percentile - - £17.72
North West median hourly rate £14.50 £26.25 £19.18
% change year-on-year -44.76% +36.90% -15.71%

All Vendors
Cheshire

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 264 243 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 52.69% 45.08% 42.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 161 128
10th Percentile £274 £230 £194
25th Percentile £400 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +16.13%
75th Percentile £582 £565 £538
90th Percentile £625 £630 £632
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 17
10th Percentile £11.00 £12.35 £9.90
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £11.21
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.82 £15.31
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +22.93% -58.90%
75th Percentile - £22.41 £20.00
90th Percentile £23.11 £32.96 £25.40
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £19.62
% change year-on-year -57.17% +91.11% -28.64%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Warrington +1 29 £165 -61.18% 38
Northwich -1 12 £488 +195.45% 6
Macclesfield -11 12 £122 -63.85% 6
Crewe +9 8 £590 +7.27% 3
Knutsford +2 8 £676 +19.65%
Wilmslow 0 6 £350 +20.69% 6
Winsford - 2 - - 3
Chester +7 1 - - 22
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.30%) IBM Notes
4 2 (2.15%) IIS
Applications
1 38 (40.86%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (16.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (8.60%) CATIA
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.15%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (8.60%) DELMIA
1 8 (8.60%) Teamcenter
2 2 (2.15%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 30 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (10.75%) Azure
3 7 (7.53%) OneDrive
4 6 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.23%) AWS
7 2 (2.15%) GitHub
7 2 (2.15%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.15%) SaaS
8 1 (1.08%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.08%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.60%) Firewall
2 6 (6.45%) WAAS
3 3 (3.23%) VPN
4 2 (2.15%) DMZ
5 1 (1.08%) Broadband
5 1 (1.08%) DNS
5 1 (1.08%) LAN
5 1 (1.08%) Skype
5 1 (1.08%) WAN
5 1 (1.08%) Wireless
5 1 (1.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.23%) Power BI
3 1 (1.08%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) JIRA
General
1 36 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.38%) Finance
3 5 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (4.30%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.15%) Banking
6 2 (2.15%) Legal
7 1 (1.08%) Automotive
7 1 (1.08%) French Language
7 1 (1.08%) German Language
7 1 (1.08%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.08%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.08%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (9.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 9 (9.68%) Administrator
1 9 (9.68%) Lead
2 8 (8.60%) Analyst
2 8 (8.60%) Author
2 8 (8.60%) IT Engineer
2 8 (8.60%) Support Team Leader
2 8 (8.60%) Technical Author
3 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Engineer
3 7 (7.53%) Senior
3 7 (7.53%) Team Leader
4 6 (6.45%) 1st Line Engineer
5 5 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (5.38%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 5 (5.38%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (4.30%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.30%) Security Manager
6 4 (4.30%) Security Project Manager
6 4 (4.30%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) .NET
1 2 (2.15%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.15%) CSS
1 2 (2.15%) HTML
1 2 (2.15%) JSON
1 2 (2.15%) REST
1 2 (2.15%) XHTML
2 1 (1.08%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
1 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (3.23%) Virtual Team
2 2 (2.15%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.15%) Life Science
2 2 (2.15%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.08%) Insider Threat
3 1 (1.08%) PKI
3 1 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (34.41%) Windows
2 18 (19.35%) Windows 10
3 9 (9.68%) Apple iOS
4 8 (8.60%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.96%) Customer Service
2 10 (10.75%) Asset Management
2 10 (10.75%) Software Deployment
2 10 (10.75%) Workflow
3 9 (9.68%) Agile
3 9 (9.68%) Computer Science
4 8 (8.60%) Configuration Management
4 8 (8.60%) Content Strategy
4 8 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (8.60%) PLM
4 8 (8.60%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (8.60%) SDLC
4 8 (8.60%) Time Management
5 7 (7.53%) Application Security
5 7 (7.53%) Cloud Security
5 7 (7.53%) Decision-Making
5 7 (7.53%) Service Management
6 6 (6.45%) Business Development
6 6 (6.45%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.60%) SQL
3 3 (3.23%) Python
4 2 (2.15%) C#
4 2 (2.15%) Java
4 2 (2.15%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (18.28%) Degree
2 15 (16.13%) SC Cleared
2 15 (16.13%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (7.53%) CISSP
5 6 (6.45%) CISA
5 6 (6.45%) CISM
5 6 (6.45%) Master's Degree
5 6 (6.45%) MBA
6 2 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.43%) SLA
2 2 (2.15%) PMO
3 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (27.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.45%) Hyper-V
2 6 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (16.13%) SCCM
2 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (9.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 25 (26.88%) ServiceNow
2 13 (13.98%) VMware
3 9 (9.68%) Apple
4 8 (8.60%) Siemens
5 6 (6.45%) SAP
6 4 (4.30%) Lotus
6 4 (4.30%) Veeam
7 2 (2.15%) Facebook
7 2 (2.15%) Fujitsu
7 2 (2.15%) IBM
7 2 (2.15%) Nintex
7 2 (2.15%) Pega
7 2 (2.15%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.08%) Cisco
8 1 (1.08%) Dell
8 1 (1.08%) Google
8 1 (1.08%) Meraki
8 1 (1.08%) Sophos
8 1 (1.08%) Symantec
8 1 (1.08%) Ubiquiti