Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Microsoft
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wakefield 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 19 August 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
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 8.00% 12.50% 34.48%
As % of the Vendors category 40.00% 33.33% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £284 - -
25th Percentile £287 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £314 - -
75th Percentile £339 - -
90th Percentile £342 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.26% -10.48%

All Vendors
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5 3 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 20.00% 37.50% 41.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - £565 £552
25th Percentile £225 £588 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £625 £558
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +12.11% +23.89%
75th Percentile £344 £663 £561
90th Percentile £400 £685 £564
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.85%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Ticket Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) SOTI
1 1 (50.00%) Xerox