Microsoft Contracts in Watford

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 14 3
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 7 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 7.41% 6.14% 21.05%
As % of the Vendors category 11.76% 14.29% 50.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 24
10th Percentile £414 - £177
25th Percentile £416 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -13.68% +18.75%
75th Percentile £466 £415 £750
90th Percentile £471 - £922
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +38.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £14.33 -
25th Percentile - £14.44 £16.50
Median hourly rate - £14.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -22.37% -
75th Percentile - £14.94 £21.50
90th Percentile - £14.98 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £14.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +339.78% -57.77% +118.75%

All Vendors
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17 49 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 62.96% 42.98% 41.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 37
10th Percentile - £260 £186
25th Percentile £425 £311 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +37.00% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £480 £700
90th Percentile £581 £685 £826
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £14.33 £19.20
25th Percentile - £14.44 £21.00
Median hourly rate - £14.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.95% -37.14%
75th Percentile - £14.94 £23.00
90th Percentile - £14.98 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.38% - +136.36%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Watford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Watford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Watford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mart
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification