Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Hemel Hempstead

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > Hemel Hempstead

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hemel Hempstead 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 20 March 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
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 5 27
As % of all contract jobs in Hemel Hempstead 15.22% 31.25% 42.19%
As % of the Vendors category 46.67% 71.43% 72.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 25
10th Percentile £519 £480 £544
25th Percentile £528 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £603 - £775
90th Percentile £616 £720 £851
Hertfordshire median daily rate £526 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.35% +4.55%

All Vendors
Hemel Hempstead

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 Hemel Hempstead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15 7 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead 32.61% 43.75% 57.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 31
10th Percentile £423 £428 £425
25th Percentile £513 £492 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £625 - £775
90th Percentile £640 £700 £825
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £538 £494
% change year-on-year -2.33% +8.86% -10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.43
25th Percentile - - £18.06
Median hourly rate - - £20.25
75th Percentile - - £22.56
90th Percentile - - £23.28
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £19.50 £67.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -71.11% -3.57% +7.69%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Hemel Hempstead

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Hemel Hempstead

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Daily Rate Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Microsoft

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Microsoft

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hemel Hempstead 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 3 (42.86%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (42.86%) PowerApps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) CRM
1 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) SOAR
3 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) VMware