Microsoft
Cheshire > Warrington
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warrington 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 31 December 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 31 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +3 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 29 | 18 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Warrington | 34.52% | 29.51% | 22.35% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 58.00% | 64.29% | 55.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £163 | £250 | £152 |
| 25th Percentile | £243 | £319 | £244 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £394 | £401 | £343 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.69% | +16.93% | -14.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £450 | £456 | £360 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £488 | £425 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £420 | £438 | £360 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +21.53% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £16.35 | - | £12.53 |
| 75th Percentile | £20.63 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £23.74 | - | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £18.31 | £22.09 | £17.14 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.11% | +28.88% | +22.43% |
All Vendors
Warrington
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 Warrington.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 50 | 28 | 34 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington | 59.52% | 45.90% | 40.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 17 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | £288 | £146 |
| 25th Percentile | £181 | £325 | £163 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £370 | £401 | £360 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.62% | +11.25% | -15.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £450 | £488 | £413 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £521 | £508 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £454 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.20% | -4.76% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £13.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | - | £16.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.85 | - | £19.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +92.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.97 | - | £23.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.04 | - | £25.25 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £21.00 | £23.05 | £29.83 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.87% | -22.75% | +85.63% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.
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Daily Rate Trend in Warrington
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Microsoft.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Warrington
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Warrington over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Microsoft.
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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: