Microsoft Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 25 5
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 54 58 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 16.67% 6.99% 20.65%
As % of the Vendors category 36.49% 21.40% 39.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 36 124
10th Percentile £414 £200 £191
25th Percentile £463 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £547 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +9.40% +32.45%
75th Percentile £575 £701 £700
90th Percentile £611 £725 £788
East of England median daily rate £450 £440 £425
% change year-on-year +2.39% +3.41% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 11
10th Percentile £33.81 £13.86 £12.67
25th Percentile £52.81 £14.26 £16.75
Median hourly rate £63.75 £15.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +325.00% -57.14% +118.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.38 - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.23 £14.80 £13.58
% change year-on-year +9.66% +8.98% -6.34%

All Vendors
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 148 271 410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 45.68% 32.65% 52.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 147 261
10th Percentile £425 £181 £213
25th Percentile £463 £325 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £638
90th Percentile £649 £718 £715
East of England median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 69 47
10th Percentile £16.95 £14.53 £19.72
25th Percentile £22.65 £45.00 £38.40
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +85.71%
75th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £65.38
90th Percentile - £85.00 £73.30
East of England median hourly rate £18.85 £18.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +4.72% -9.14% +24.79%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Hertfordshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Stevenage +38 23 £550 +17.02% 24
Hatfield +3 11 £560 +60.00% 13
Watford +5 2 £438 +6.71% 28
Welwyn Garden City 0 2 £563 -6.25% 3
Letchworth -3 2 £500 -40.58% 5
Hemel Hempstead +2 1 £400 -38.46% 34
Hitchin - 1 £575 - 4
Hoddesdon - 1 £215 -
Rickmansworth - 1 - -
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (9.26%) Skype for Business
2 4 (7.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (7.41%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.85%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 13 (24.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.85%) Primavera
1 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Entra ID
2 10 (18.52%) Cohesity
3 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.26%) Azure
5 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.85%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) SAN
2 8 (14.81%) Firewall
3 6 (11.11%) DNS
4 5 (9.26%) Skype
5 4 (7.41%) Ethernet
5 4 (7.41%) IMAP
5 4 (7.41%) SMTP
5 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.85%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.85%) Internet
6 1 (1.85%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) Big Data
2 1 (1.85%) Data Mart
2 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.85%) Metadata
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Eclipse
1 5 (9.26%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.85%) GitLab
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) MSI
General
1 29 (53.70%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Military
4 5 (9.26%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Electronics
6 2 (3.70%) Legal
6 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.70%) Marketing
6 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Retail
6 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (9.26%) Architect
2 4 (7.41%) C# Software Engineer
2 4 (7.41%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (7.41%) Messaging Engineer
2 4 (7.41%) Software Engineer
3 3 (5.56%) Consultant
3 3 (5.56%) Linux Engineer
3 3 (5.56%) Senior
4 2 (3.70%) Analyst
4 2 (3.70%) Developer
4 2 (3.70%) Functional Architect
4 2 (3.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle Architect
4 2 (3.70%) Support Engineer
5 1 (1.85%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Architect
5 1 (1.85%) Brocade Consultant
5 1 (1.85%) Data Engineer
5 1 (1.85%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (1.85%) Senior VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) Node.js
2 4 (7.41%) Web Services
3 2 (3.70%) CSS
4 1 (1.85%) .NET
4 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.85%) HTML
4 1 (1.85%) ODBC
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Operational Technology
2 5 (9.26%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.70%) PKI
4 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.85%) IoT
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.85%) PMI
4 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.85%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 23 (42.59%) Windows
2 14 (25.93%) Linux
3 7 (12.96%) Apple iOS
4 6 (11.11%) Windows Server
5 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) Agile
2 13 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (20.37%) Incident Management
3 11 (20.37%) Validation
4 9 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 7 (12.96%) Coaching
5 7 (12.96%) Computer Security
5 7 (12.96%) Customer Requirements
5 7 (12.96%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (12.96%) Software Testing
5 7 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (9.26%) Build Automation
7 5 (9.26%) CI/CD
7 5 (9.26%) Deployment Automation
7 5 (9.26%) Digital Twin
7 5 (9.26%) Migration
7 5 (9.26%) Operations Management
7 5 (9.26%) SIEM
7 5 (9.26%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.26%) C#
2 5 (9.26%) C++
2 5 (9.26%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.70%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) SQL
4 1 (1.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (46.30%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.19%) SC Cleared
3 10 (18.52%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.56%) Degree
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.85%) CISM
6 1 (1.85%) CISSP
6 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) GxP
2 5 (9.26%) SLA
3 2 (3.70%) NIST
3 2 (3.70%) QA
4 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (9.26%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (12.96%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (11.11%) Ansible
2 6 (11.11%) WSUS
3 5 (9.26%) SCCM
4 3 (5.56%) TeamSite
5 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) ServiceNow
1 10 (18.52%) VMware
2 9 (16.67%) NetApp
3 7 (12.96%) Apple
3 7 (12.96%) Samsung
3 7 (12.96%) SOTI
4 5 (9.26%) Splunk
5 4 (7.41%) SAP
6 3 (5.56%) Oracle
6 3 (5.56%) Remedy
7 2 (3.70%) Computacenter
7 2 (3.70%) HP
8 1 (1.85%) Brocade
8 1 (1.85%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.85%) ICL
8 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.85%) Salesforce