Microsoft Consultant Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Consultant
England > North of England

The median Microsoft Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 188 215
Rank change year-on-year +25 +27 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.091% 0.021% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.023% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £453 - £446
25th Percentile £456 - £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.76%
75th Percentile £531 - £588
90th Percentile £558 - £700
England median daily rate £463 £600 £513
% change year-on-year -22.92% +17.07% -8.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,086 4,427 5,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 93.10% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,777 3,913
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £367 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -4.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £580 £595
90th Percentile £645 £672 £679
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 393 160
10th Percentile £12.84 £11.01 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.53 £18.76
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.18 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +27.74% -37.20% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.69 £45.88 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.40 £60.00 £65.78
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Microsoft Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Microsoft Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Consultant in the North of England

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Consultant in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in the North of England

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Consultant in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in the North of England

Microsoft Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Yorkshire +7 1 £475 - 2
North East - 1 £550 - 1
North West - 1 £450 - 11
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Microsoft Consultant 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 North of England region featuring Microsoft Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Two-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft