Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Wrexham

Microsoft
North Wales > Wrexham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wrexham 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 14 May 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
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wrexham 36.36% - 42.86%
As % of the Vendors category 80.00% - 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 - £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - £213
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.25%
75th Percentile £167 - £244
90th Percentile £170 - -
North Wales median daily rate £160 - £213
% change year-on-year - - +16.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
North Wales median hourly rate - - £19.00

All Vendors
Wrexham

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 Wrexham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wrexham 45.45% 66.67% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £184
25th Percentile £155 - £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - £219
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.69%
75th Percentile £173 - £242
90th Percentile £176 - £243
North Wales median daily rate £163 £331 £219
% change year-on-year -50.94% +51.43% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
North Wales median hourly rate £34.85 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - +31.03%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Wrexham

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Wrexham

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Wrexham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wrexham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Wrexham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wrexham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wrexham 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (75.00%) Skype
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Android
2 3 (75.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Logistics
1 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) VMware