Microsoft Contract Job Trends 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 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 26 29 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 17.45% 15.68% 21.00%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 34.94% 44.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 19
10th Percentile £174 £154 £183
25th Percentile £400 £213 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £249 £270
Median % change year-on-year +70.85% -7.87% -40.00%
75th Percentile £500 £419 £464
90th Percentile £530 £534 £508
Merseyside median daily rate £425 £250 £338
% change year-on-year +70.00% -25.93% -21.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £19.90 -
25th Percentile - £22.58 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £27.06 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.54% +54.60% +40.00%
75th Percentile - £31.53 £18.75
90th Percentile - £34.21 £19.20
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £27.06 £17.50
% change year-on-year -35.54% +54.60% +27.27%

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 78 83 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 52.35% 44.86% 47.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 49
10th Percentile £213 £173 £220
25th Percentile £400 £213 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £295 £413
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% -28.48% -11.29%
75th Percentile £634 £484 £525
90th Percentile £775 £590 £602
Merseyside median daily rate £500 £295 £413
% change year-on-year +69.49% -28.48% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile - £21.69 -
25th Percentile - £27.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £36.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.56% +105.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £38.00 £18.75
90th Percentile - £39.20 £19.20
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £36.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -51.56% +105.71% +16.67%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Liverpool over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Liverpool

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Microsoft

Microsoft
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 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.85%) Chatbot
3 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
4 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.85%) IaaS
6 1 (3.85%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) DHCP
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
2 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.85%) VoIP
2 1 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Power BI
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.69%) Star Schema
4 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Banking
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Local Government
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Military
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) Support Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) IT Support
4 5 (19.23%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Applications Support
5 4 (15.38%) Applications Support Analyst
5 4 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) IT Analyst
5 4 (15.38%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Developer
7 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Security Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Senior
7 1 (3.85%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) IVR
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.85%) Android
3 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Fintech
2 6 (23.08%) Information Security
3 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
3 5 (19.23%) CRM
3 5 (19.23%) Server Hardening
4 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
5 3 (11.54%) Analytics
5 3 (11.54%) Data Governance
5 3 (11.54%) Data Management
5 3 (11.54%) ETL
5 3 (11.54%) Migration
6 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 2 (7.69%) Mathematics
6 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) Korn
3 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.85%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (19.23%) Azure Certification
3 4 (15.38%) A+ Certification
3 4 (15.38%) MCP
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
5 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.85%) MCSA
6 1 (3.85%) MCSE
6 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) PaperCut
1 1 (3.85%) QRadar
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Darktrace
2 4 (15.38%) Zscaler
3 3 (11.54%) Varonis
4 2 (7.69%) Capita
5 1 (3.85%) Adobe
5 1 (3.85%) Apple
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle