Microsoft Contract Job Trends 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 4 October 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
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 13 7 15
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 20.00% 16.28% 23.08%
As % of the Vendors category 37.14% 36.84% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 15
10th Percentile £512 £167 £228
25th Percentile £525 £188 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £225 £550
Median % change year-on-year +211.11% -59.09% +109.52%
75th Percentile £708 £820 £734
90th Percentile - £823 £850
East Midlands median daily rate £375 £375 £425
% change year-on-year - -11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.32 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £17.00 £13.16
% change year-on-year +47.94% +29.18% -17.10%

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 35 19 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 53.85% 44.19% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 30
10th Percentile £154 £177 £246
25th Percentile £180 £188 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +47.14% -6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £608 £646 £671
90th Percentile £708 £822 £749
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £468 £484
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.36% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £18.36 - -
25th Percentile £18.60 £18.16 -
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.32 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile - £18.48 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.25 £17.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +25.00% +9.68% -11.73%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincolnshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
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 4 October 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 -2 2 £528 +7.65% 14
Brigg - 1 - -
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Functions
2 5 (38.46%) Serverless
3 4 (30.77%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (30.77%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (30.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (30.77%) Power Automate
3 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 4 (30.77%) PowerApps
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (7.69%) Big Data
1 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Agriculture
2 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
1 8 (61.54%) Dynamics 365 Developer
1 8 (61.54%) Integration Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) HR Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Express.js
1 1 (7.69%) MERN Stack
1 1 (7.69%) Node.js
1 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Fabric
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Analytics
2 4 (30.77%) Log Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (7.69%) Cutover Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Demand Forecasting
5 1 (7.69%) Microservices
5 1 (7.69%) Presales
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
2 4 (30.77%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MBA
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Databricks