Microsoft Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 163 180 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 17.01% 12.53% 14.25%
As % of the Vendors category 36.30% 34.62% 39.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 126 190
10th Percentile £205 £282 £188
25th Percentile £348 £400 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £535 £584 £563
90th Percentile £612 £650 £638
North West median daily rate £425 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 14
10th Percentile - £11.79 £14.04
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £15.72
Median hourly rate £20.26 £18.02 £17.58
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% +2.52% +13.42%
75th Percentile £22.55 £26.50 £19.43
90th Percentile £22.63 £33.75 £27.93
North West median hourly rate £23.61 £16.05 £22.53
% change year-on-year +47.06% -28.75% +33.59%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 449 520 662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 46.87% 36.21% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 349 463
10th Percentile £278 £325 £278
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £703 £664 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £481
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.95% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 43 23
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.08 £14.54
25th Percentile £14.20 £13.31 £16.19
Median hourly rate £22.63 £25.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +26.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £39.38 £38.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.00 £43.50
North West median hourly rate £30.52 £16.06 £28.20
% change year-on-year +90.01% -43.05% +40.54%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +4 13 £190 -63.81% 42
Stockport +2 8 £400 - 22
Salford - 6 £550 - 15
Oldham -2 2 £200 -42.86% 6
Altrincham - 1 £525 - 22
Wigan - 1 £375 - 17
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
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 14 (8.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.98%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.68%) Confluence
4 3 (1.84%) SAS
5 2 (1.23%) CICS
5 2 (1.23%) JBoss
6 1 (0.61%) Apache
6 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (13.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.07%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (4.29%) Kondor
2 6 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.23%) Finacle
3 2 (1.23%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 43 (26.38%) Azure
2 26 (15.95%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (11.66%) Power Platform
4 11 (6.75%) AWS
5 10 (6.13%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.13%) GCP
6 7 (4.29%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.68%) IaaS
7 6 (3.68%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.68%) SaaS
8 5 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.84%) Google Sheets
11 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.23%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.23%) Lucidchart
11 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.98%) Network Security
2 12 (7.36%) Firewall
3 8 (4.91%) DHCP
3 8 (4.91%) VPN
4 7 (4.29%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.68%) DNS
5 6 (3.68%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.61%) DMZ
6 1 (0.61%) H.323
6 1 (0.61%) Internet
6 1 (0.61%) IPsec
6 1 (0.61%) LAN
6 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.61%) SSL
6 1 (0.61%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.61%) WAN
6 1 (0.61%) WebEx
6 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.75%) Power BI
3 5 (3.07%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.84%) Metadata
5 3 (1.84%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.23%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.23%) Dremio
6 2 (1.23%) MySQL
6 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.23%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.23%) Tableau
7 1 (0.61%) Big Data
7 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.29%) JIRA
2 4 (2.45%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.84%) Git
3 3 (1.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (1.23%) Babel
4 2 (1.23%) eggPlant
4 2 (1.23%) Hudson
4 2 (1.23%) Subversion
4 2 (1.23%) webpack
5 1 (0.61%) ERwin
5 1 (0.61%) GitLab
5 1 (0.61%) Gradle
5 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.61%) JUnit
5 1 (0.61%) Maven
5 1 (0.61%) Selenium
5 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 42 (25.77%) Finance
3 33 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (14.11%) Public Sector
5 15 (9.20%) Banking
6 9 (5.52%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.91%) Legal
7 8 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.45%) French Language
9 3 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.84%) Law
9 3 (1.84%) Marketing
9 3 (1.84%) Military
9 3 (1.84%) Retail
10 2 (1.23%) Back Office
10 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (23.93%) Analyst
2 20 (12.27%) Architect
3 17 (10.43%) IT Support
4 16 (9.82%) Developer
5 11 (6.75%) Senior
5 11 (6.75%) Support Engineer
6 10 (6.13%) IT Engineer
6 10 (6.13%) Support Analyst
7 9 (5.52%) Administrator
8 8 (4.91%) Desktop Support
8 8 (4.91%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.29%) Support Specialist
10 6 (3.68%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.68%) IT Support Specialist
10 6 (3.68%) SAP Administrator
10 6 (3.68%) SAP Support
10 6 (3.68%) SOC Analyst
11 5 (3.07%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 5 (3.07%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.91%) .NET
2 7 (4.29%) REST
3 4 (2.45%) SOAP
4 3 (1.84%) JSON
5 2 (1.23%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.23%) CSS
5 2 (1.23%) HTML
5 2 (1.23%) HTML5
5 2 (1.23%) ISPF
5 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.23%) OAuth
5 2 (1.23%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.23%) React
5 2 (1.23%) RESTful
5 2 (1.23%) XML
6 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.61%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.61%) PySpark
6 1 (0.61%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.61%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.91%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (2.45%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.84%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.84%) Derivative
5 2 (1.23%) CMDB
5 2 (1.23%) Credit Derivative
5 2 (1.23%) Digital Wallet
5 2 (1.23%) EMV
5 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.23%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.23%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.23%) NHS
5 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (23.31%) Windows
2 11 (6.75%) Linux
2 11 (6.75%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.29%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.68%) Unix
5 2 (1.23%) zOS
6 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (13.50%) Agile
2 22 (13.50%) Change Management
3 20 (12.27%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (12.27%) Project Management
4 19 (11.66%) ITIL
5 17 (10.43%) Analytics
6 16 (9.82%) Customer Service
6 16 (9.82%) ITSM
6 16 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (9.20%) Service Management
8 12 (7.36%) Risk Management
9 11 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (6.13%) Computer Science
10 10 (6.13%) High Availability
10 10 (6.13%) Migration
10 10 (6.13%) Project Delivery
10 10 (6.13%) Workflow
11 9 (5.52%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.66%) SQL
2 11 (6.75%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.13%) Python
4 5 (3.07%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.07%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (2.45%) C#
6 3 (1.84%) Java
7 2 (1.23%) C++
7 2 (1.23%) JCL
7 2 (1.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.61%) CLIST
8 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.61%) R
8 1 (0.61%) REXX
8 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (14.11%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.04%) Degree
3 17 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 16 (9.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.75%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.45%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.45%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.84%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.23%) GCIA
9 2 (1.23%) GCIH
10 1 (0.61%) CCNA
10 1 (0.61%) CCNP
10 1 (0.61%) CISM
10 1 (0.61%) CISSP
10 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) QA
2 5 (3.07%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.07%) GDPR
2 5 (3.07%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.45%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.45%) SLA
4 3 (1.84%) Basel III
4 3 (1.84%) MiFID
4 3 (1.84%) PMO
5 2 (1.23%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.23%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.23%) PSD2
5 2 (1.23%) SEPA
6 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.61%) GRC
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.61%) NCSC
6 1 (0.61%) NIST
6 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (11.04%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.68%) vSphere
4 2 (1.23%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.61%) Docker
5 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (10.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.07%) SCCM
3 2 (1.23%) Ansible
3 2 (1.23%) CA Endevor
3 2 (1.23%) Sysdig
4 1 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.61%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (9.82%) Google
2 10 (6.13%) VMware
3 9 (5.52%) Oracle
3 9 (5.52%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.29%) SAP
5 5 (3.07%) Databricks
5 5 (3.07%) Sybase
6 3 (1.84%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.84%) IBM
6 3 (1.84%) Veeam
7 2 (1.23%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.23%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.23%) Dell
7 2 (1.23%) FIS
7 2 (1.23%) Meraki
7 2 (1.23%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.23%) Murex
7 2 (1.23%) Splunk
7 2 (1.23%) Zscaler