Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Halifax

Microsoft
West Yorkshire > Halifax

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Halifax 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 6 December 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
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Halifax 12.00% - -
As % of the Vendors category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £408 £500
% change year-on-year +22.55% -18.40% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £200.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £36.75 -
% change year-on-year -42.04% - -

All Vendors
Halifax

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 Halifax.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12 1 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax 48.00% 33.33% 51.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile - - £513
25th Percentile - £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% -9.09% +17.33%
75th Percentile £359 £525 £731
90th Percentile £455 - £738
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £200.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £77.50 £36.75 £26.78
% change year-on-year +110.88% +37.23% +24.56%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Halifax

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Halifax

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Halifax

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Halifax

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Halifax 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune