Microsoft Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 64 182 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.78% 22.28% 12.50%
As % of the Vendors category 23.19% 41.55% 28.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 142 59
10th Percentile £200 £182 £178
25th Percentile £350 £354 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +40.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £484
90th Percentile £725 £788 £640
East of England median daily rate £426 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +0.29% +13.33% +38.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 4
10th Percentile £13.86 £13.82 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £16.72 £12.11
Median hourly rate £14.50 £35.00 £14.70
Median % change year-on-year -58.57% +138.10% -21.13%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £17.63
90th Percentile - - £19.65
East of England median hourly rate £14.80 £17.61 £14.50
% change year-on-year -15.96% +21.45% -18.31%

All Vendors
Hertfordshire

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 276 438 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 33.54% 53.61% 43.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 286 203
10th Percentile £182 £211 £189
25th Percentile £311 £363 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £550
90th Percentile £716 £738 £669
East of England median daily rate £498 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +10.56% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 49 18
10th Percentile £14.49 £17.63 £12.21
25th Percentile £45.00 £35.00 £16.49
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +136.36% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80.00 - £53.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.10 £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.37 £19.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year +7.87% +27.81% -12.68%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
Hatfield -3 20 £325 -27.78% 14
Hemel Hempstead -2 15 £650 -7.14% 11
Stevenage -27 12 £470 +28.77% 29
Watford -8 7 £468 -7.65% 26
Letchworth - 2 £842 - 1
Welwyn Garden City +5 1 £600 +20.00% 6
Potters Bar - 1 - - 3
Microsoft
East of England

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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 9 (14.06%) Apache
2 8 (12.50%) IIS
2 8 (12.50%) Tomcat
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2000
4 4 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.56%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.56%) CMS
5 1 (1.56%) Mendix
5 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Shopify
2 1 (1.56%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.13%) Azure
1 2 (3.13%) BigCommerce
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
1 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 1 (1.56%) AWS
2 1 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.56%) GCP
2 1 (1.56%) OCI
2 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.19%) TCP/IP
2 7 (10.94%) H.323
2 7 (10.94%) HTTP
3 4 (6.25%) Ethernet
4 3 (4.69%) SMTP
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.56%) Firewall
5 1 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.56%) SNMP
5 1 (1.56%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.56%) DTS
2 1 (1.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Visual Studio
2 4 (6.25%) Eclipse
3 2 (3.13%) JIRA
4 1 (1.56%) Katalon Studio
General
1 28 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.63%) Telecoms
3 9 (14.06%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.81%) Finance
6 5 (7.81%) Legal
7 4 (6.25%) Military
7 4 (6.25%) Retail
8 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.69%) Marketing
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Electronics
9 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (9.38%) Design Engineer
1 6 (9.38%) Technical Support
2 5 (7.81%) Analyst
2 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
2 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (7.81%) Server Engineer
3 4 (6.25%) Administrator
3 4 (6.25%) C# Software Engineer
3 4 (6.25%) Messaging Engineer
3 4 (6.25%) Software Engineer
4 3 (4.69%) Architect
4 3 (4.69%) Avaya Specialist
4 3 (4.69%) Coordinator
4 3 (4.69%) IT Administrator
5 2 (3.13%) Designer
5 2 (3.13%) Developer
5 2 (3.13%) Lead
5 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Architect
5 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 2 (3.13%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) Web Services
2 4 (6.25%) Node.js
3 2 (3.13%) VML
4 1 (1.56%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) IVR
2 6 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.81%) PKI
4 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (45.31%) Linux
2 21 (32.81%) Windows
3 13 (20.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (10.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (9.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (6.25%) Windows 2000
6 4 (6.25%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (4.69%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
8 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (20.31%) Migration
3 12 (18.75%) Agile
4 10 (15.63%) Change Management
5 8 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 7 (10.94%) Data Protection
7 6 (9.38%) Capacity Management
7 6 (9.38%) Proactive Maintenance
7 6 (9.38%) Roadmaps
7 6 (9.38%) Software Engineering
7 6 (9.38%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.81%) Digital Twin
8 5 (7.81%) High Availability
8 5 (7.81%) Synthetic Environment
8 5 (7.81%) Unit Testing
8 5 (7.81%) WFM
8 5 (7.81%) Workforce Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) C#
1 5 (7.81%) C++
2 4 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.56%) Java
5 1 (1.56%) R
5 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (48.44%) Security Cleared
2 19 (29.69%) DV Cleared
3 11 (17.19%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.25%) MCP
5 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) PMO
2 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.56%) GMP
2 1 (1.56%) GxP
2 1 (1.56%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.56%) QA
2 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (20.31%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) MAILsweeper
2 1 (1.56%) SCCM
2 1 (1.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (25.00%) VMware
2 14 (21.88%) Red Hat
3 9 (14.06%) SAP
4 8 (12.50%) Avaya
5 5 (7.81%) Salesforce
5 5 (7.81%) Sophos
5 5 (7.81%) Verint
6 4 (6.25%) Darktrace
6 4 (6.25%) Varonis
7 3 (4.69%) IronPort
7 3 (4.69%) Trend Micro
8 2 (3.13%) Adobe
8 2 (3.13%) Apple
8 2 (3.13%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.13%) Sitecore
9 1 (1.56%) Blue Prism
9 1 (1.56%) Cisco
9 1 (1.56%) Computacenter
9 1 (1.56%) Databricks
9 1 (1.56%) Google