Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Engineer
England > North of England

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 161 175
Rank change year-on-year -47 +14 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.042% 0.056% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.061% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £310 - £290
25th Percentile £325 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £325
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% -40.91%
75th Percentile £375 £425 £450
90th Percentile £390 - -
England median daily rate £575 £525 £466
% change year-on-year +9.52% +12.60% -15.23%

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 4,404 3,261 4,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 92.09% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,930 1,884 2,898
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £569 £592
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 162 232
10th Percentile £16.75 £15.23 £14.10
25th Percentile £20.09 £18.00 £17.37
Median hourly rate £31.50 £24.50 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -16.95% +37.21%
75th Percentile £56.57 £42.25 £46.88
90th Percentile £70.16 £64.50 £63.75
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Microsoft Engineer
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 Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 December 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 -19 1 £300 -25.00% 4
North East - 1 £400 -
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Behavioural Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) SOAR
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft