Microsoft Contract Job Trends in North Wales

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 28 November 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
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 18 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 32.14% 16.13% 47.37%
As % of the Vendors category 78.26% 62.50% 69.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile - - £152
25th Percentile £155 - £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £400 £331
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +20.75% +85.06%
75th Percentile £166 - £522
90th Percentile £170 - £544
Wales median daily rate £298 £270 £319
% change year-on-year +10.19% -15.23% -22.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile - £30.73 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.82 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £33.64 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 £35.46 -
90th Percentile - £36.55 -
Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £25.60 £90.00
% change year-on-year -17.97% -71.56% +462.50%

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 23 8 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 41.07% 25.81% 68.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 7
10th Percentile - - £158
25th Percentile £155 - £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £400 £237
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +68.78% -10.40%
75th Percentile £166 - £506
90th Percentile £170 - £543
Wales median daily rate £375 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile - £30.73 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.82 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £33.64 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 £35.46 -
90th Percentile £28.20 £36.55 -
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £30.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -31.67% +25.44% +40.68%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in North Wales

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in North Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in North Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Wrexham - 9 £160 - 1
Conwy - 6 - -
Flintshire -1 3 - - 4
Microsoft
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (44.44%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (77.78%) Public Sector
3 11 (61.11%) Finance
4 8 (44.44%) Electronics
4 8 (44.44%) Manufacturing
4 8 (44.44%) Marketing
4 8 (44.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Desktop Support
1 8 (44.44%) IT Support
2 6 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (16.67%) Accountant
3 3 (16.67%) Project Accountant
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Power BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Mobile App
2 6 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Android
1 8 (44.44%) Mac OS
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Migration
2 9 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 8 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (44.44%) Customer Service
3 8 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (44.44%) Infrastructure Management
3 8 (44.44%) ITIL
3 8 (44.44%) Logistics
3 8 (44.44%) Programme Management
3 8 (44.44%) Service Delivery
3 8 (44.44%) Software Licensing
4 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (16.67%) CRM
6 1 (5.56%) Analytics
6 1 (5.56%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.56%) Data Strategy
6 1 (5.56%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) SAP
2 8 (44.44%) Cisco