Microsoft Contracts in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 35.29% 10.34% 6.67%
As % of the Vendors category 60.00% 25.00% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £383 £333 -
25th Percentile £394 £363 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £190
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +123.68% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £488 £195
90th Percentile - £518 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £258 £300 £175
% change year-on-year -14.17% +71.43% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.25 - -
Median hourly rate £12.50 £10.93 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.36% - -
75th Percentile £12.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £12.50 £24.22 -
% change year-on-year -48.38% - -

All Vendors
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 10 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 58.82% 41.38% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 13
10th Percentile £388 £157 £263
25th Percentile - £264 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £299 £520
Median % change year-on-year +33.78% -42.50% +89.09%
75th Percentile £466 £388 £663
90th Percentile £488 £549 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £400 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.25 - -
Median hourly rate £13.14 £10.93 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% - -
75th Percentile £13.78 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £13.14 £15.61 £49.75
% change year-on-year -15.80% -68.63% +155.13%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Mimecast
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 4 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Messaging Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Management
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) PLM
1 4 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
1 4 (66.67%) System Testing
1 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 3 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
3 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Proofpoint