Microsoft Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £426 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 109 134
Rank change year-on-year +14 +25 -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 2 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.14% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.34% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile £383 £525 £213
25th Percentile £394 £535 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +29.41% -
75th Percentile £447 £564 £503
90th Percentile £451 £580 £539
North West median daily rate £363 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -34.09% +29.41% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,378 1,759 2,557
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 96.28% 97.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 956 1,305 1,990
10th Percentile £313 £313 £229
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £586 £594 £575
90th Percentile £691 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 45 66
10th Percentile £12.02 £15.08 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.76 £27.70 £18.12
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +52.91% +11.61%
75th Percentile £64.38 £48.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £24.10
% change year-on-year -12.21% +27.61% +33.04%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in Manchester

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Manchester

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Manchester

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Oldham - 1 £400 -
Microsoft Engineer
North West

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCTS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft