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 4 July 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 15 5
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 85 70 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 22.67% 8.34% 19.07%
As % of the Vendors category 43.59% 23.41% 37.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 33 112
10th Percentile £379 £184 £200
25th Percentile £463 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £701 £700
90th Percentile £598 £725 £795
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 8
10th Percentile £17.08 £14.09 £15.95
25th Percentile £23.38 £14.42 £16.88
Median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £18.76
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +246.44% -16.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £30.31
90th Percentile - - £54.50
East of England median hourly rate £17.70 £15.00 £13.58
% change year-on-year +18.00% +10.46% -12.39%

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 195 299 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 52.00% 35.64% 51.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 164 257
10th Percentile £393 £200 £212
25th Percentile £461 £325 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £629 £701 £705
East of England median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 75 37
10th Percentile £16.92 £14.33 £17.77
25th Percentile £17.35 £35.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +32.65% +0.51%
75th Percentile £65.00 £77.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £85.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.28 £17.40 £19.81
% change year-on-year +22.30% -12.17% +1.59%

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

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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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +31 45 £550 +8.91% 57
Hatfield +2 14 £560 +60.00% 13
Watford +10 8 £550 +86.44% 75
Welwyn Garden City +1 4 £563 - 13
Letchworth 0 2 £500 -40.58% 5
Rickmansworth - 1 - - 3
Hoddesdon - 1 £215 - 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 4 (4.71%) Apache
1 4 (4.71%) IIS
1 4 (4.71%) SharePoint
1 4 (4.71%) WebSphere
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.35%) MS Project Server
2 2 (2.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (16.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.71%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (3.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.18%) 1Password
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Maximo
2 2 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 21 (24.71%) Cohesity
2 10 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.59%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.88%) Azure
5 3 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.35%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.18%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.71%) DNS
1 21 (24.71%) SAN
2 11 (12.94%) Ethernet
2 11 (12.94%) TCP/IP
3 6 (7.06%) Firewall
4 2 (2.35%) Internet
5 1 (1.18%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.18%) Kerberos
5 1 (1.18%) Skype
5 1 (1.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.71%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (4.71%) DB2
3 3 (3.53%) Power BI
4 2 (2.35%) Big Data
5 1 (1.18%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.18%) Metadata
5 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (14.12%) Eclipse
1 12 (14.12%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.18%) GitLab
3 1 (1.18%) MSI
General
1 40 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.47%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (12.94%) Military
4 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.24%) Finance
6 3 (3.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.35%) Law
7 2 (2.35%) Legal
7 2 (2.35%) Retail
8 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.18%) Aviation
8 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (12.94%) C# Software Engineer
1 11 (12.94%) Software Engineer
2 7 (8.24%) Consultant
3 6 (7.06%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (5.88%) Architect
5 4 (4.71%) Maximo Consultant
6 3 (3.53%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Developer
6 3 (3.53%) IT Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) IT Technician
6 3 (3.53%) Lead
7 2 (2.35%) Administrator
7 2 (2.35%) Analyst
7 2 (2.35%) Desktop Technician
7 2 (2.35%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (2.35%) Oracle Architect
7 2 (2.35%) Process Consultant
7 2 (2.35%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.35%) Senior
7 2 (2.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.65%) Web Services
2 12 (14.12%) Node.js
3 4 (4.71%) SOAP
3 4 (4.71%) XML
4 2 (2.35%) CSS
4 2 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.18%) .NET
5 1 (1.18%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.18%) HTML
5 1 (1.18%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.06%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.35%) IoT
2 2 (2.35%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.35%) PKI
2 2 (2.35%) PMI
3 1 (1.18%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.18%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 50 (58.82%) Windows
2 25 (29.41%) Windows Server
3 20 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
3 20 (23.53%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (22.35%) Linux
5 5 (5.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.94%) Agile
2 21 (24.71%) SIEM
3 20 (23.53%) Build Automation
3 20 (23.53%) Deployment Automation
3 20 (23.53%) Operations Management
4 16 (18.82%) CI/CD
4 16 (18.82%) Validation
5 15 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (14.12%) Digital Twin
6 12 (14.12%) Synthetic Environment
7 11 (12.94%) Continuous Delivery
7 11 (12.94%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (12.94%) PRINCE2
7 11 (12.94%) Software Engineering
7 11 (12.94%) TDD
7 11 (12.94%) Unit Testing
8 10 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (11.76%) Verification and Validation
8 10 (11.76%) Visualisation
9 9 (10.59%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (32.94%) PowerShell
2 16 (18.82%) JavaScript
3 12 (14.12%) C#
3 12 (14.12%) C++
4 6 (7.06%) Python
4 6 (7.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (54.12%) Security Cleared
2 25 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 22 (25.88%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.71%) Degree
5 3 (3.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.35%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.76%) QA
2 6 (7.06%) GxP
3 5 (5.88%) SLA
4 3 (3.53%) PMO
5 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.18%) P3O
System Software
1 28 (32.94%) Active Directory
2 20 (23.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 20 (23.53%) Virtual Servers
2 20 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (24.71%) Ansible
1 21 (24.71%) WSUS
2 20 (23.53%) SCCM
3 7 (8.24%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.35%) TeamSite
5 1 (1.18%) CASB
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.18%) SCOM
5 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (24.71%) VMware
2 20 (23.53%) NetApp
2 20 (23.53%) Splunk
3 8 (9.41%) ServiceNow
4 7 (8.24%) Apple
4 7 (8.24%) Samsung
4 7 (8.24%) SOTI
5 6 (7.06%) SAP
6 4 (4.71%) IBM
6 4 (4.71%) Oracle
7 2 (2.35%) Computacenter
7 2 (2.35%) HP
7 2 (2.35%) Remedy
7 2 (2.35%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.18%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.18%) Brocade
8 1 (1.18%) ICL
8 1 (1.18%) LabWare
8 1 (1.18%) Planview
8 1 (1.18%) Red Hat