Microsoft Contract Job Trends in St Albans

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > St Albans

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in St Albans 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 19 December 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in St Albans 10.00% 100.00% 16.67%
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% 100.00% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +182.05%
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +4.55%

All Vendors
St Albans

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 St Albans.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in St Albans 20.00% 100.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £336 - £403
25th Percentile £340 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +169.23%
75th Percentile £375 - £544
90th Percentile £383 - £548
Hertfordshire median daily rate £541 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +8.10% -2.44% -6.82%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in St Albans

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Daily Rate Trend in St Albans

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Microsoft

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Hourly Rate Trend in St Albans

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Microsoft

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Cash Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCAB
1 1 (100.00%) CIPFA