Microsoft Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 20 June 2024, 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
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 96 84 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.65% 16.54% 15.04%
As % of the Vendors category 37.50% 34.29% 35.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 48 36
10th Percentile £158 £251 £163
25th Percentile £344 £388 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% -3.63%
75th Percentile £623 £565 £520
90th Percentile £689 £641 £544
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £425
% change year-on-year - +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 14
10th Percentile £10.98 £13.33 £9.99
25th Percentile £11.75 £17.50 £10.20
Median hourly rate £15.64 £22.00 £13.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.90% +58.33% -14.49%
75th Percentile £17.72 £22.53 £21.78
90th Percentile £17.73 - £25.20
North West median hourly rate £14.50 £24.27 £17.50
% change year-on-year -40.24% +38.66% -11.05%

All Vendors
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 256 245 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 47.06% 48.23% 42.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 149 124
10th Percentile £269 £275 £166
25th Percentile £400 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% +8.11% +5.71%
75th Percentile £602 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £600 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 24
10th Percentile £11.00 £11.11 £9.90
25th Percentile £13.25 £14.00 £10.20
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year -20.44% +53.18% -52.81%
75th Percentile £17.73 £22.53 £22.27
90th Percentile £25.77 £26.02 £27.95
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £29.30 £21.39
% change year-on-year -45.19% +36.98% -5.98%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cheshire over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

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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 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Warrington +1 26 £165 -67.00% 22
Knutsford -3 15 £568 +0.44% 3
Northwich - 13 - - 4
Crewe +7 9 £590 +7.27% 2
Macclesfield -9 8 £285 -28.88% 4
Wilmslow 0 4 £363 +25.00% 1
Chester +7 2 - - 11
Winsford - 2 - - 1
Microsoft
North West

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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 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.21%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.17%) IBM Notes
4 2 (2.08%) IIS
5 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (36.46%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (8.33%) CATIA
4 2 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (8.33%) DELMIA
1 8 (8.33%) Teamcenter
2 2 (2.08%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 24 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (16.67%) Azure
3 7 (7.29%) AWS
3 7 (7.29%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.25%) SaaS
5 5 (5.21%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.13%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.04%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.04%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.33%) Firewall
2 3 (3.13%) WAAS
3 2 (2.08%) WAN
4 1 (1.04%) DNS
4 1 (1.04%) LAN
4 1 (1.04%) Skype
4 1 (1.04%) VPN
4 1 (1.04%) Wireless
4 1 (1.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.13%) Power BI
3 1 (1.04%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 30 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.50%) Finance
4 4 (4.17%) Banking
4 4 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.13%) Automotive
5 3 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.08%) Legal
6 2 (2.08%) Local Government
6 2 (2.08%) Publishing
7 1 (1.04%) Advertising
7 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.04%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 8 (8.33%) Analyst
1 8 (8.33%) Author
1 8 (8.33%) Lead
1 8 (8.33%) Support Team Leader
1 8 (8.33%) Technical Author
2 7 (7.29%) Administrator
2 7 (7.29%) Team Leader
3 6 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 5 (5.21%) Consultant
4 5 (5.21%) Developer
4 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (5.21%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.17%) 1st Line Engineer
5 4 (4.17%) Architect
5 4 (4.17%) Security Manager
5 4 (4.17%) Security Project Manager
5 4 (4.17%) Senior
6 3 (3.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (3.13%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) .NET
1 3 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.08%) CSS
2 2 (2.08%) HTML
2 2 (2.08%) Java EE
2 2 (2.08%) JSON
2 2 (2.08%) REST
2 2 (2.08%) RESTful
2 2 (2.08%) Spring
2 2 (2.08%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.08%) XHTML
3 1 (1.04%) Google Maps API
3 1 (1.04%) Ionic Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (4.17%) Management Information System
1 4 (4.17%) Public Cloud
1 4 (4.17%) Security Posture
2 3 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.13%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.08%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.08%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.04%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.04%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.04%) Life Science
4 1 (1.04%) PKI
4 1 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (27.08%) Windows
2 11 (11.46%) Windows 10
3 5 (5.21%) Apple iOS
3 5 (5.21%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.08%) Linux
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.92%) Customer Service
2 14 (14.58%) Computer Science
3 12 (12.50%) Workflow
4 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (8.33%) Change Management
5 8 (8.33%) Configuration Management
5 8 (8.33%) Content Strategy
5 8 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (8.33%) PLM
5 8 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (8.33%) SDLC
5 8 (8.33%) Time Management
6 7 (7.29%) Agile
6 7 (7.29%) Application Security
6 7 (7.29%) Cloud Security
6 7 (7.29%) Decision-Making
7 6 (6.25%) Data Strategy
7 6 (6.25%) Pricing Strategy
7 6 (6.25%) Security Monitoring
7 6 (6.25%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.46%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.33%) SQL
3 5 (5.21%) Java
4 4 (4.17%) Python
5 3 (3.13%) C#
5 3 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.04%) Bash
6 1 (1.04%) C++
6 1 (1.04%) Go
Qualifications
1 23 (23.96%) Degree
2 12 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.29%) CISSP
6 6 (6.25%) CISA
6 6 (6.25%) CISM
6 6 (6.25%) Master's Degree
6 6 (6.25%) MBA
7 2 (2.08%) CCNA
7 2 (2.08%) CCNP
7 2 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.08%) HND
7 2 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.04%) MCSE
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.71%) SLA
2 4 (4.17%) NIST
3 1 (1.04%) GRC
3 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.04%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 10 (10.42%) SCCM
2 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.04%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.04%) systemd
5 1 (1.04%) yum
Vendors
1 24 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 12 (12.50%) VMware
3 8 (8.33%) Siemens
4 6 (6.25%) Apple
4 6 (6.25%) SAP
5 4 (4.17%) Lotus
5 4 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.17%) Veeam
6 3 (3.13%) Cisco
7 2 (2.08%) Facebook
7 2 (2.08%) Fujitsu
7 2 (2.08%) IBM
7 2 (2.08%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (2.08%) Nintex
7 2 (2.08%) Pega
7 2 (2.08%) Proofpoint
7 2 (2.08%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.08%) Tanium
7 2 (2.08%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.04%) Ubiquiti