Microsoft
Wales > North Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in North Wales 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 10 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 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 2 | 4 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +2 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in North Wales | - | 18.75% | 28.57% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | 33.33% | 50.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £156 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £181 | £158 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £213 | £183 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +16.44% | -8.75% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £244 | £228 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £238 |
| Wales median daily rate | £300 | £515 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.75% | -1.90% | +23.24% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £19.00 | - |
| Wales median hourly rate | £16.00 | £19.00 | £18.06 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.79% | +5.20% | -0.80% |
All Vendors
North Wales
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 North Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales | 40.00% | 56.25% | 57.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £271 | £184 | £158 |
| 25th Percentile | £292 | £189 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £331 | £219 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.43% | +9.38% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £367 | £242 | £363 |
| 90th Percentile | £387 | £243 | £383 |
| Wales median daily rate | £375 | £513 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.83% | +2.50% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £14.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £19.00 | £14.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +31.03% | -47.27% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £14.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Wales median hourly rate | £21.76 | £39.50 | £24.53 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.92% | +61.03% | +3.28% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales
Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in North Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in North Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in North Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in North Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in North Wales.