Microsoft Engineer Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 51 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 7 10 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.39% 1.85% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 2.07% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £280 - -
25th Percentile £288 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £564 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.81% - -
75th Percentile £313 £565 -
90th Percentile £320 £575 -
North West median daily rate £363 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -34.09% +29.41% +17.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 471 482 484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.09% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 334 269
10th Percentile £276 £263 £183
25th Percentile £390 £390 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.85% +11.11% +0.11%
75th Percentile £571 £575 £538
90th Percentile £620 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 19 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.45 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.54 £16.79 £16.49
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.15 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +10.24% +17.32%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £44.25 £45.15 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.74 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.15% +53.70% +11.73%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in Cheshire

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Cheshire

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Cheshire

Microsoft Engineer
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 Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Northwich - 5 - -
Warrington +4 2 £300 -7.69%
Microsoft Engineer
North West

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Cheshire region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) Hyper-V
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (71.43%) SLA
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (42.86%) Veeam
4 2 (28.57%) WAAS
4 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 10

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) WAAS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Hyper-V
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Veeam