Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Microsoft Engineer
Cheshire > Warrington

As of 30 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Warrington.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 1.20% - 2.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% - 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £280
25th Percentile - - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £300
75th Percentile - - £313
90th Percentile - - £320
Cheshire median daily rate - - £300

All Contract IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Warrington with a recognized job title 73 55 83
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.95% 93.22% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 31 50
10th Percentile £213 £203 £165
25th Percentile £355 £281 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £522 £500
90th Percentile £568 £575 £541
Cheshire median daily rate £449 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.58% -5.00% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 10
10th Percentile - - £13.68
25th Percentile £15.50 - £16.13
Median hourly rate £19.00 - £26.33
75th Percentile £24.37 - £32.23
90th Percentile £67.25 - £48.00
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.43 £24.00 £26.66
% change year-on-year -6.54% -9.98% +50.96%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in Warrington

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Warrington.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Warrington

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 30 January 2026, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Warrington region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CA Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ARM Templates
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) CA Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft