Microsoft Specialist Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Microsoft Specialist daily rate in Manchester is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 95 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.22% 0.066% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.069% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 £381 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% - -
75th Percentile £444 £394 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £438 £388 £525
% change year-on-year +12.90% -26.19% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Microsoft Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Microsoft Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Specialist in Manchester

Microsoft Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Specialist in Manchester

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Microsoft Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Microsoft Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Web Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) BCP
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (50.00%) Web Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware