Microsoft Contracts in Cumbria

Microsoft
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 27 47 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.85% 18.15% 22.81%
As % of the Vendors category 22.31% 58.75% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 7
10th Percentile £370 £423 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +14.44% -21.74%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £517
90th Percentile - £650 £570
North West median daily rate £438 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +17.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 36 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.26 - -
Median hourly rate £27.13 £10.95 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +147.72% -54.38% +1.05%
75th Percentile £28.99 £11.38 -
90th Percentile £37.63 £38.43 -
North West median hourly rate £27.13 £14.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +87.07% -45.28% +45.80%

All Vendors
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 121 80 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 62.05% 30.89% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 32 16
10th Percentile £378 £276 £369
25th Percentile £422 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £426
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +19.13% -14.80%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £478
90th Percentile £638 £584 £517
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 37 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.26 - -
Median hourly rate £31.76 £10.95 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +190.05% -54.38% -55.35%
75th Percentile £58.58 £11.38 -
90th Percentile £81.63 £40.68 -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Cumbria

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Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Barrow-in-Furness -3 13 £470 -6.75% 5
Carlisle +2 1 £425 -29.17% 7
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 16 (59.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (29.63%) Skype for Business
3 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (14.81%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.70%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (44.44%) DHCP
1 12 (44.44%) DNS
2 8 (29.63%) Skype
3 6 (22.22%) WAN
4 5 (18.52%) LAN
4 5 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (14.81%) PSTN
5 4 (14.81%) SMTP
5 4 (14.81%) VLAN
5 4 (14.81%) VPN
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (3.70%) Firewall
6 1 (3.70%) NetScaler
General
1 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Military
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Collaboration Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Exchange Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Support
5 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) CAD Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Deployment Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) SCCM Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) SharePoint Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Blackberry
1 4 (14.81%) Handset
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) VMS
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server
3 5 (18.52%) Android
4 4 (14.81%) Windows 10
4 4 (14.81%) Windows 7
4 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) ITSM
2 10 (37.04%) ITIL
3 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (25.93%) DevOps
5 6 (22.22%) Agile
5 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (18.52%) Problem Management
6 5 (18.52%) Service Management
7 4 (14.81%) Disk Encryption
7 4 (14.81%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (14.81%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
8 2 (7.41%) Migration
8 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
9 1 (3.70%) CAD
9 1 (3.70%) Information Security
9 1 (3.70%) Load Balancing
9 1 (3.70%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
1 4 (14.81%) VB
1 4 (14.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (59.26%) Security Cleared
2 14 (51.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.81%) BitLocker
3 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) WSUS
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (14.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) VMware
2 4 (14.81%) Clearswift
2 4 (14.81%) Ribbon
2 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) Apple
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Meraki
3 1 (3.70%) Nintex
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto