Microsoft Contracts in Salford

Microsoft
Manchester > Salford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Salford 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 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Salford 35.00% 7.69% 5.00%
As % of the Vendors category 58.33% 28.57% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £700 £248 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 £255 £525
Median % change year-on-year +180.78% -51.43% +108.96%
75th Percentile £726 £263 £538
90th Percentile £735 - -
Manchester median daily rate £438 £451 £475
% change year-on-year -3.05% -5.00% +18.75%

All Vendors
Salford

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 Salford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12 7 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Salford 60.00% 26.92% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 6
10th Percentile £435 - -
25th Percentile £656 £248 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £708 £255 £463
Median % change year-on-year +177.65% -44.86% +23.33%
75th Percentile £735 £263 £534
90th Percentile £816 - £581
Manchester median daily rate £474 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.25% - +1.01%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Salford.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Salford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Salford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Salford.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Salford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Salford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Salford.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Salford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (100.00%) Legal
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Google