Microsoft Contracts in Merseyside

Microsoft
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 35 39 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 20.83% 17.11% 29.24%
As % of the Vendors category 36.46% 39.00% 59.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 24 77
10th Percentile £133 £161 £274
25th Percentile £149 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £311 £500
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% -37.75% +25.00%
75th Percentile £413 £424 £688
90th Percentile £532 £494 £700
North West median daily rate £438 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +17.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £14.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.28% -17.14% +55.49%
75th Percentile - £18.27 £18.88
90th Percentile - £18.90 £19.10
North West median hourly rate £27.13 £14.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +87.07% -45.28% +45.80%

All Vendors
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 96 100 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 57.14% 43.86% 48.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 37 124
10th Percentile £143 £162 £302
25th Percentile £172 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £275 £495
Median % change year-on-year +68.18% -44.44% +15.12%
75th Percentile £575 £438 £626
90th Percentile £638 £494 £700
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 20 5
10th Percentile - - £16.21
25th Percentile - £14.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -8.57% +34.62%
75th Percentile - £18.27 £18.75
90th Percentile - £23.46 £19.05
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Merseyside

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Merseyside

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Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Merseyside over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Merseyside

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Merseyside

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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Liverpool +2 31 £250 +5.82% 117
Prescot - 3 £215 -
Bootle +1 1 £250 -44.44%
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (31.43%) Entra ID
3 9 (25.71%) Azure
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) Firewall
1 6 (17.14%) LAN
2 3 (8.57%) Internet
2 3 (8.57%) iSCSI
2 3 (8.57%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (8.57%) Unified Communications
2 3 (8.57%) WAN
2 3 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (8.57%) Wireless
3 1 (2.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.71%) Essbase
2 2 (5.71%) Metadata
3 1 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (31.43%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Banking
4 3 (8.57%) Billing
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) IT Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (14.29%) IT Support
3 5 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Support Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Service Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Service Management Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Support
6 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) IT Security Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) MDX
1 2 (5.71%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) IVR
2 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (62.86%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Windows 10
3 5 (14.29%) Android
4 3 (8.57%) Linux
4 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.71%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
3 9 (25.71%) ITIL
4 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (11.43%) Information Security
4 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
4 4 (11.43%) Time Management
5 3 (8.57%) BCP
5 3 (8.57%) Cloud Security
5 3 (8.57%) CRM
5 3 (8.57%) Customer Experience
5 3 (8.57%) IT Asset Management
5 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
5 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (5.71%) Analytics
6 2 (5.71%) Metadata Management
6 2 (5.71%) Migration
6 2 (5.71%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.43%) A+ Certification
2 4 (11.43%) MCP
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (45.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (8.57%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) SCCM
2 3 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.86%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) ServiceNow
2 4 (11.43%) Apple
2 4 (11.43%) Bomgar
2 4 (11.43%) iManage
3 2 (5.71%) Dell
3 2 (5.71%) HP
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 2 (5.71%) Varonis
4 1 (2.86%) Adobe