Microsoft Clustering Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Windows Clustering
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Microsoft Clustering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Clustering 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.20% - 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.55% - 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £566 - £490
25th Percentile £572 - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £597 - £675
90th Percentile £599 - -
North West median daily rate £450 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +99.39%

All Systems Management Skills
Manchester

Microsoft Clustering falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 129 136 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 12.85% 11.12% 17.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 92 254
10th Percentile £274 £280 £356
25th Percentile £401 £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £609 £613 £598
90th Percentile £700 £650 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile £31.58 £32.85 £16.99
25th Percentile £50.66 £37.88 £18.50
Median hourly rate £70.75 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.95% +137.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £87.13 £76.38 £39.60
90th Percentile £91.85 £92.95 £64.00
North West median hourly rate £63.40 £46.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +37.29% +8.66% +116.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Clustering in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Clustering in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Clustering in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft