Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Burnley

Microsoft
Lancashire > Burnley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Burnley 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 29 August 2026, 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
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in Burnley 11.11% 100.00% 25.00%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 100.00% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £400 £450 £545
% change year-on-year -11.11% -17.36% +31.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.09 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £13.34 - £27.50
75th Percentile £13.59 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £17.00 £63.40 £36.84
% change year-on-year -73.19% +72.10% -20.23%

All Vendors
Burnley

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 Burnley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Burnley 33.33% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £28.98
25th Percentile £13.09 - £33.08
Median hourly rate £13.34 - £35.36
75th Percentile £13.59 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £21.82 £51.16 £35.36
% change year-on-year -57.35% +44.68% -23.43%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Burnley

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Burnley

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Burnley

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Burnley citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Burnley

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Burnley citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burnley 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec
1 1 (50.00%) Veeam
1 1 (50.00%) VMware