Microsoft Contracts in Stevenage

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 45 18
Rank change year-on-year +37 -27 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 20 13 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 16.00% 2.84% 11.22%
As % of the Vendors category 35.71% 11.50% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 18
10th Percentile £410 £412 £188
25th Percentile £475 £430 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £470 £370
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% +27.03% -1.33%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £509
90th Percentile £640 £548 £541
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 6
10th Percentile £55.63 £39.71 £33.50
25th Percentile £62.19 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £65.56 - -
90th Percentile £67.25 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £14.53 £35.00
% change year-on-year +347.35% -58.49% +138.10%

All Vendors
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 56 113 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 44.80% 24.67% 48.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 33 62
10th Percentile - £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £185 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £388
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +39.35% +1.64%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £519
90th Percentile £575 £650 £598
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 54 35
10th Percentile £41.25 £38.00 £49.00
25th Percentile £60.31 £60.63 £61.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £65.75
90th Percentile - £85.00 £73.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.38% - +136.36%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Stevenage

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Stevenage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Stevenage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 3 (15.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (5.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Cohesity
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
1 5 (25.00%) SAN
2 4 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.00%) IMAP
3 3 (15.00%) Skype
3 3 (15.00%) SMTP
4 1 (5.00%) DNS
4 1 (5.00%) Fibre Channel
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Visual Studio
2 5 (25.00%) Eclipse
3 1 (5.00%) Git
3 1 (5.00%) MSI
3 1 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Military
4 3 (15.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (10.00%) Finance
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Electronics
6 1 (5.00%) Law
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing
6 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Messaging Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Applications Packager
5 1 (5.00%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Data Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Developer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle Programme Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Controller
5 1 (5.00%) Storage Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Node.js
1 4 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (15.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Linux
2 9 (45.00%) Windows
3 5 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.00%) VxWorks
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Validation
3 6 (30.00%) Incident Management
4 5 (25.00%) Coaching
4 5 (25.00%) Computer Security
4 5 (25.00%) Digital Twin
4 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Synthetic Environment
5 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 4 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (20.00%) TDD
5 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (15.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
7 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) C++
2 5 (25.00%) C#
3 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) GxP
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Ansible
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
1 1 (5.00%) TeamSite
1 1 (5.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (20.00%) NetApp
2 4 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) Brocade
4 1 (5.00%) Fujitsu
4 1 (5.00%) ICL
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Remedy
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.00%) Splunk
4 1 (5.00%) Wind River