Microsoft Contracts in Liverpool

Microsoft
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool 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 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 30 33 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 21.58% 17.93% 22.64%
As % of the Vendors category 34.48% 38.37% 48.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 45
10th Percentile - £159 £235
25th Percentile £133 £205 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £236 £438
Median % change year-on-year +37.57% -46.00% +34.62%
75th Percentile £466 £400 £538
90th Percentile £545 £494 £680
Merseyside median daily rate £233 £311 £475
% change year-on-year -25.30% -34.47% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £14.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.28% -17.14% +65.29%
75th Percentile - £18.27 £18.88
90th Percentile - £18.90 £19.10
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £14.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +20.28% -17.14% +55.49%

All Vendors
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 87 86 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 62.59% 46.74% 46.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 28 90
10th Percentile £143 £156 £303
25th Percentile £169 £200 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £253 £470
Median % change year-on-year +98.02% -46.28% +1.08%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £550
90th Percentile £647 £494 £650
Merseyside median daily rate £475 £295 £475
% change year-on-year +61.02% -37.89% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 5
10th Percentile - £14.50 £16.21
25th Percentile - £14.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -8.57% +44.30%
75th Percentile - £18.08 £18.75
90th Percentile - £23.77 £19.05
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +9.00% -8.57% +34.62%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Liverpool

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Liverpool

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Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Liverpool over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Liverpool

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Liverpool

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
3 5 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) LAN
1 3 (10.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Essbase
1 2 (6.67%) Metadata
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Banking
3 3 (10.00%) Billing
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (16.67%) IT Support
4 4 (13.33%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Service Management Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Business IT Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Coordinator
6 2 (6.67%) Essbase Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) IT Security Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) IT Technician
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) MDX
1 2 (6.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (60.00%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.67%) Android
3 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (13.33%) Time Management
5 3 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (10.00%) CRM
5 3 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (10.00%) IT Asset Management
5 3 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.67%) Analytics
6 2 (6.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (6.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (6.67%) Data Integration
6 2 (6.67%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (6.67%) Metadata Management
6 2 (6.67%) Migration
6 2 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (6.67%) Planning and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (13.33%) A+ Certification
2 4 (13.33%) MCP
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) SCCM
1 3 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.33%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (13.33%) Bomgar
2 4 (13.33%) iManage
3 2 (6.67%) Dell
3 2 (6.67%) HP
3 2 (6.67%) Oracle
3 2 (6.67%) Varonis
4 1 (3.33%) Adobe
4 1 (3.33%) Apple