Microsoft
Manchester > Cheadle
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheadle 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 7 November 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 7 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cheadle | - | - | 8.33% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | - | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £155 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £160 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -57.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £165 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Manchester median daily rate | £446 | £466 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.34% | +9.71% | - |
All Vendors
Cheadle
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 Cheadle.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheadle | 50.00% | - | 8.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £481 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £509 | - | £155 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | £160 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -71.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £591 | - | £165 |
| 90th Percentile | £619 | - | - |
| Manchester median daily rate | £460 | £490 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.12% | -1.01% | +1.54% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheadle
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheadle.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheadle
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheadle citing Microsoft.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cheadle
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheadle citing Microsoft.
