Microsoft Copilot Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Copilot
North East > Tyne and Wear

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Copilot 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.45% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £385 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - -
75th Percentile £435 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £410 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Copilot falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 155 98 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 35.15% 39.20% 25.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 62 42
10th Percentile £229 £325 £163
25th Percentile £363 £363 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £412
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +21.36% -28.35%
75th Percentile £545 £612 £547
90th Percentile £600 £648 £625
North East median daily rate £450 £500 £407
% change year-on-year -10.00% +22.85% -29.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £42.80 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.89%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £16.50
90th Percentile £61.89 - -
North East median hourly rate £55.00 - £20.77
% change year-on-year - - -41.90%

Microsoft Copilot
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Copilot relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Microsoft Copilot job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Copilot
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Copilot within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 6 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £410 - 3
Microsoft Copilot
North East

Microsoft Copilot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft