Microsoft
Lancashire > Skelmersdale
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Skelmersdale 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 February 2026, 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 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Skelmersdale | - | - | 33.33% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | - | 50.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £350 | £500 | £360 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +38.89% | -47.64% |
All Vendors
Skelmersdale
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 Skelmersdale.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Skelmersdale | - | - | 66.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £440 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -26.97% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £445 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £550 | £531 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.53% | +6.25% | -4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Skelmersdale
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Skelmersdale.
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Daily Rate Trend in Skelmersdale
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Skelmersdale citing Microsoft.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Skelmersdale
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Skelmersdale citing Microsoft.
