Microsoft Contracts in Macclesfield

Microsoft
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield 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 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft 4 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 8.89% 5.45% 21.28%
As % of the Vendors category 13.33% 12.00% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile - £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +75.61%
75th Percentile - £488 £478
90th Percentile - - £606
Cheshire median daily rate £433 £520 £463
% change year-on-year -16.83% +12.43% +17.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £17.67 - -
25th Percentile £18.12 - £10.55
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £11.05
75th Percentile - - £11.55
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £12.82 £11.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +16.55% -37.14% +71.57%

All Vendors
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 30 25 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 66.67% 45.45% 51.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 14
10th Percentile £406 £459 £354
25th Percentile £500 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% +15.00% +15.76%
75th Percentile £684 £569 £531
90th Percentile £700 £585 £561
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £17.67 - -
25th Percentile £18.12 - £10.55
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £11.05
75th Percentile - - £11.55
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £18.31 £14.75 £22.53
% change year-on-year +24.14% -34.53% +80.53%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Macclesfield

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Angular Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (75.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (75.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (25.00%) API Development
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Apple
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) SAP