Microsoft Contracts in Hatfield

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hatfield 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 11 19 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hatfield 29.73% 23.46% 31.37%
As % of the Vendors category 47.83% 36.54% 37.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 10
10th Percentile £478 £150 £286
25th Percentile £484 £179 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £313 £450
Median % change year-on-year +79.20% -30.56% +50.00%
75th Percentile £561 £350 £575
90th Percentile £600 - £578
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £13.83 -
25th Percentile - £13.85 £12.67
Median hourly rate £17.61 £13.86 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -21.92% +32.46%
75th Percentile - £14.04 £35.00
90th Percentile - £14.35 £57.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £14.53 £35.00
% change year-on-year +347.35% -58.49% +138.10%

All Vendors
Hatfield

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 Hatfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 23 52 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 62.16% 64.20% 84.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 39 30
10th Percentile £479 £172 £363
25th Percentile £525 £263 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -36.36% +22.22%
75th Percentile £600 £500 -
90th Percentile £675 £530 £578
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £17.38 £13.42 -
25th Percentile £17.42 £13.82 £12.67
Median hourly rate £17.48 £13.86 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.12% -21.92% +43.72%
75th Percentile £17.55 - £35.00
90th Percentile £17.58 £14.28 £57.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.38% - +136.36%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hatfield.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Hatfield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Hatfield.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Hatfield

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hatfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Hatfield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Hatfield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hatfield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Hatfield.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Hatfield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hatfield 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 2 (18.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Entra ID
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Functional Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (9.09%) IAM Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) IT Technician
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Microsoft Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Customer Requirements
2 7 (63.64%) Mobile Device Management
2 7 (63.64%) PRINCE2
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (45.45%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (36.36%) Time Management
5 2 (18.18%) Release Management
5 2 (18.18%) Requirements Workshops
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) SDLC
5 2 (18.18%) SOA
6 1 (9.09%) Biometrics
6 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (9.09%) Line Management
6 1 (9.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (9.09%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Apple
1 7 (63.64%) Samsung
1 7 (63.64%) SOTI
2 2 (18.18%) Computacenter
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow