Microsoft Contract Job Trends 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 2 November 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
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 27 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in Hatfield 33.75% 26.92% 30.77%
As % of the Vendors category 41.54% 50.00% 64.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 14
10th Percentile - £458 £215
25th Percentile £98 £465 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £341 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -31.80% +33.33% -30.23%
75th Percentile £456 £563 £453
90th Percentile £573 £585 £460
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £545
% change year-on-year - +0.92% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 1
10th Percentile £16.45 £13.43 -
25th Percentile £16.70 £14.07 -
Median hourly rate £17.96 £15.54 £14.65
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% +6.04% -4.50%
75th Percentile £19.76 £15.86 -
90th Percentile £19.91 £16.10 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £19.91 £65.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -69.37% +46.07% -11.00%

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 65 14 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 81.25% 53.85% 48.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 5 17
10th Percentile £122 £437 £230
25th Percentile £500 £454 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £460
90th Percentile £706 £623 £628
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 6 1
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.71 -
25th Percentile £16.77 £14.75 -
Median hourly rate £17.40 £15.73 £14.65
Median % change year-on-year +10.60% +7.37% -3.49%
75th Percentile £18.82 £16.58 -
90th Percentile £19.91 £16.81 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £19.91 £65.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year -69.37% +6.12% +4.21%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Hatfield

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hatfield citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Hatfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Hatfield over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Hatfield

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hatfield citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hatfield 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:

Applications
1 11 (40.74%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
1 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
2 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.70%) GitHub
4 1 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) DHCP
1 2 (7.41%) DNS
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
1 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) GitLab
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 23 (85.19%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Electronics
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) IT Support
2 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support
3 3 (11.11%) Security Officer
4 2 (7.41%) Desktop Technician
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) IT Technician
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Support
5 1 (3.70%) Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) IT Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Insider Threat
2 2 (7.41%) PKI
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) VMS
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Time Management
2 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) Customer Service
4 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (14.81%) Data Protection
4 4 (14.81%) Information Security
5 3 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 3 (11.11%) DevOps
5 3 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (11.11%) Line Management
6 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) ITIL
6 2 (7.41%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (7.41%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Task Automation
6 2 (7.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 13 (48.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) CTC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (48.15%) SLA
2 3 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Terraform
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Citrix
2 2 (7.41%) Google
2 2 (7.41%) VMware
2 2 (7.41%) Wyse
3 1 (3.70%) Cribl.io