Microsoft Contracts in Durham

Microsoft
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 4 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 9 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 14.29% 12.50% 21.88%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 42.86% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 11
10th Percentile - - £155
25th Percentile £288 £163 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £175 £238
Median % change year-on-year +120.00% -26.32% +53.92%
75th Percentile £470 £188 £254
90th Percentile - £209 £265
North East median daily rate £350 £230 £238
% change year-on-year +52.17% -3.16% -44.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.13 - -
Median hourly rate £18.75 £20.77 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% - -
75th Percentile £19.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £36.18 £20.77 £49.00
% change year-on-year +74.19% -57.61% +188.24%

All Vendors
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18 21 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 42.86% 29.17% 56.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 27
10th Percentile £288 - £228
25th Percentile £296 £163 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £175 £413
Median % change year-on-year +167.14% -57.58% +142.65%
75th Percentile £536 £675 £538
90th Percentile £549 - £595
North East median daily rate £438 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -7.89% -9.52% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £10.97 -
25th Percentile £18.13 £11.44 -
Median hourly rate £18.75 £16.11 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% - -
75th Percentile £19.38 £20.77 -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £35.44 £17.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +102.49% -64.29% +184.06%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Durham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Durham

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Durham

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Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Durham 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
Darlington - 4 £470 - 2
Stockton-on-Tees +2 2 £300 +30.43% 9
Microsoft
North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (50.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
1 3 (50.00%) React
1 3 (50.00%) SPFx
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
1 3 (50.00%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (33.33%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow