Microsoft Developer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Developer
England > North of England

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in the North of England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 163 195
Rank change year-on-year -10 +32 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 8 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.20% 0.098% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.11% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £429 £515 -
25th Percentile £456 £519 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +29.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £581 £438
90th Percentile £540 £585 -
England median daily rate £546 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -0.68% +10.00% -9.09%

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 3,674 3,744 4,834
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 91.83% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,437 2,073 3,266
10th Percentile £238 £273 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £663 £663 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.52% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 231 208
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.35 £17.72 £17.65
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +44.25% +6.22%
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.90 £64.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -44.11% -1.92% +73.48%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Developer in the North of England

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Developer in the North of England

Microsoft Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Microsoft Developer
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 Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West -9 5 £494 -10.23% 1
North East - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £475 -
Microsoft Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Microsoft Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Power Platform
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
3 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) PowerApps
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
4 3 (37.50%) Confluence
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
4 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (25.00%) OpenEdge
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (25.00%) MySQL
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
6 1 (12.50%) JIRA
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared

Microsoft Developer 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) OpenEdge
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Power Platform
2 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) PowerApps
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) SFIA
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft