Microsoft Graph Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Graph API
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Microsoft Graph skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 129 139
Rank change year-on-year -23 +10 +24
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Graph 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.074% 0.048% 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.34% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - -
75th Percentile £319 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £530 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -18.54% +4.00% +25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

Microsoft Graph falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 590 388 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 21.76% 18.49% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 271 429
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £385 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £565 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £660
England median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 3 29
10th Percentile £52.50 - £44.23
25th Percentile £53.75 £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +41.84% +2.62%
75th Percentile £77.50 £76.63 £66.25
90th Percentile £86.90 £83.15 £79.20
England median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%

Microsoft Graph
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Microsoft Graph job vacancy trend in the North West

Microsoft Graph
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Graph.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Graph
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Graph within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
Manchester - 1 - - 2
Lancashire - 1 £313 -
Microsoft Graph
England

Microsoft Graph
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Performance Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Discovery
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft