Microsoft Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 134 140
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.076% 0.037% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.039% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £481 - -
25th Percentile £491 £208 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £215 £350
Median % change year-on-year +144.19% -38.57% -
75th Percentile £553 £223 £388
90th Percentile £559 - £508
England median daily rate £600 £565 £475
% change year-on-year +6.19% +18.95% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,362 2,532 2,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.33% 93.16% 94.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,543 1,598 1,944
10th Percentile £214 £250 £220
25th Percentile £358 £374 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £573 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 112 108
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.60 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.19 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.59 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% +5.29% +15.72%
75th Percentile £31.00 £42.35 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.44 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Microsoft Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Specialist in the Midlands

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Microsoft Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Microsoft Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
West Midlands -10 1 £550 +155.81% 2
East Midlands - 1 £500 -
Microsoft Specialist
England

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 Midlands region featuring Microsoft Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PBX
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) PBX
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft