Microsoft Office Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Office
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 61 46
Rank change year-on-year +25 -15 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 9 9 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.35% 1.09% 3.94%
As % of the Applications category 15.00% 13.04% 28.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 24
10th Percentile £379 - £173
25th Percentile £384 - £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £326
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +22.61% +41.85%
75th Percentile £434 - £350
90th Percentile £436 - £700
East of England median daily rate £338 £388 £300
% change year-on-year -12.90% +29.17% +30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £17.36 £13.84 £15.39
25th Percentile £18.58 - £16.50
Median hourly rate £20.61 £13.86 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.67% -37.00% +18.92%
75th Percentile £22.63 £14.27 £50.00
90th Percentile £23.85 £14.44 £70.88
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £15.50 £14.33
% change year-on-year +35.48% +8.20% -18.14%

All Software Application Skills
Hertfordshire

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 60 69 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 15.67% 8.34% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 55
10th Percentile £111 £240 £200
25th Percentile £190 £278 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £330
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +21.21% +25.71%
75th Percentile £488 £419 £500
90th Percentile £518 £475 £700
East of England median daily rate £340 £388 £330
% change year-on-year -12.26% +17.42% +1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 40 23
10th Percentile £17.50 £14.25 £16.60
25th Percentile £23.38 £21.85 £31.90
Median hourly rate £39.25 £57.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.74% +17.35% -10.91%
75th Percentile £73.75 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £19.16 £15.79 £41.80
% change year-on-year +21.31% -62.22% +54.93%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Office
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 Office within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Watford +9 3 £413 +3.13% 12
Stevenage +26 2 - - 12
Hatfield -1 1 - - 5
Welwyn Garden City -2 1 - - 2
Microsoft Office
East of England

Microsoft Office
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 2 (22.22%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (22.22%) Simulink
3 2 (22.22%) Windchill
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
1 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (22.22%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (22.22%) Law
1 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) RF Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) IoT
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
1 2 (22.22%) PMI
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (22.22%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) PLM
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 1 (11.11%) Break/Fix
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
3 1 (11.11%) Test Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) Remedy
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) HP