Microsoft Engineer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.11% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £406
25th Percentile - - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £488
75th Percentile - - £509
90th Percentile - - £519
England median daily rate £517 £400 £438
% change year-on-year +29.25% -8.57% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,635 1,746 1,959
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.00% 93.22% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,063 1,100 1,344
10th Percentile £235 £213 £225
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £710
England median daily rate £512 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.52% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 62 64
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.60 £14.71
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.44 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +14.08% -0.68% +23.31%
75th Percentile £39.39 £33.23 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -44.11% -1.92% +73.48%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in the West Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 September 2025. 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
Warwickshire - 1 £350 -
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft