Microsoft Contracts in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lincolnshire 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 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 14 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 17.14% 24.56% 26.04%
As % of the Vendors category 35.29% 58.33% 37.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 24
10th Percentile - £154 £575
25th Percentile £175 £257 £587
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £625 £655
Median % change year-on-year -71.20% -4.58% +234.61%
75th Percentile £185 £681 £715
90th Percentile - £788 -
East Midlands median daily rate £418 £400 £370
% change year-on-year +4.38% +8.11% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £15.42 £22.52 -
25th Percentile £15.91 £26.30 -
Median hourly rate £16.93 £34.28 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.62% - -
75th Percentile £18.13 £43.93 -
90th Percentile £18.74 £48.71 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.77 £14.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -20.00% +66.67%

All Vendors
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17 24 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 48.57% 42.11% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 60
10th Percentile £213 £161 £305
25th Percentile £269 £325 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +140.00%
75th Percentile £825 £638 £690
90th Percentile - £775 £716
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 4
10th Percentile £17.27 - £25.03
25th Percentile £18.34 £12.28 £32.56
Median hourly rate £18.82 £20.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -48.05% -
75th Percentile £22.30 £21.46 £40.25
90th Percentile £37.23 £39.73 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £14.16 £14.00 £20.20
% change year-on-year +1.11% -30.69% +26.25%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Lincolnshire

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Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Lincoln +1 1 - - 20
Brigg - 1 - -
Immingham - 1 £180 - 1
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Police
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) HR Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Lead Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Support
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) iPhone
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Demand Forecasting
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MBA
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Citrix
1 1 (16.67%) Ivanti