Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Microsoft Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Derbyshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 148 77 160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.89% 89.53% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 43 110
10th Percentile £185 £169 £145
25th Percentile £348 £225 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £350 £255
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% +37.08% -43.26%
75th Percentile £538 £506 £450
90th Percentile £569 £581 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.24% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 27
10th Percentile £16.35 £21.92 £14.60
25th Percentile £16.69 £23.59 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +36.46% +4.64%
75th Percentile £25.36 - £21.88
90th Percentile £51.25 £24.37 £26.15
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.50 £24.18 £17.71
% change year-on-year -19.35% +36.57% -8.17%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. 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
Derby - 1 £500 -
Microsoft Engineer
East Midlands

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Derbyshire region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft