Microsoft Contracts in Barrow-in-Furness

Microsoft
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 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 21 July 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
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 25 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 13 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 9.35% 4.91% 4.55%
As % of the Vendors category 17.57% 26.67% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £452 £439 £430
25th Percentile £454 £464 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +0.80% -
75th Percentile £480 £579 £588
90th Percentile £485 £623 £610
Cumbria median daily rate £458 £504 £425
% change year-on-year -9.23% +18.59% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £25.31 - -
25th Percentile £25.38 - -
Median hourly rate £29.27 £10.95 -
Median % change year-on-year +167.31% - -
75th Percentile £31.41 £26.39 -
90th Percentile £38.59 - -
Cumbria median hourly rate £29.27 £10.95 -
% change year-on-year +167.31% - -

All Vendors
Barrow-in-Furness

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 Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 74 30 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 53.24% 18.40% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 15 11
10th Percentile £396 £421 -
25th Percentile £447 £483 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% +14.44% -33.33%
75th Percentile £614 £528 £501
90th Percentile £639 £612 £538
Cumbria median daily rate £488 £511 £450
% change year-on-year -4.60% +13.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 1
10th Percentile £25.32 - -
25th Percentile £25.82 £10.95 -
Median hourly rate £29.27 £26.39 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -52.75% +28.82%
75th Percentile £40.39 £55.79 -
90th Percentile £50.98 £63.23 -
Cumbria median hourly rate £29.27 £10.95 £55.85
% change year-on-year +167.31% -80.39% +20.44%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Barrow-in-Furness

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Barrow-in-Furness

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Barrow-in-Furness

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Barrow-in-Furness

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (46.15%) Skype for Business
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (7.69%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Skype
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) LAN
2 3 (23.08%) PSTN
2 3 (23.08%) SMTP
2 3 (23.08%) VLAN
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
2 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Collaboration Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Project Controller
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) CAD Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
1 3 (23.08%) Handset
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Android
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Problem Management
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Disk Encryption
2 3 (23.08%) ITSM
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Service Management
2 3 (23.08%) SFIA
3 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
3 2 (15.38%) CAD
3 2 (15.38%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.69%) Coaching
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) PLM
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
1 3 (23.08%) VB
1 3 (23.08%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Clearswift
1 3 (23.08%) Ribbon
1 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Nintex