Microsoft Contracts in Hertfordshire

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East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 59 152 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.13% 20.05% 13.25%
As % of the Vendors category 22.01% 38.87% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 115 57
10th Percentile £192 £178 £184
25th Percentile £350 £338 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +29.03% +13.14%
75th Percentile £701 £700 £538
90th Percentile £725 £773 £644
East of England median daily rate £434 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +2.00% +13.33% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 6
10th Percentile £13.86 £16.12 £11.61
25th Percentile £14.26 £17.20 £13.33
Median hourly rate £15.00 £42.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% +136.11% -3.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £44.63
90th Percentile - £65.75 £52.50
East of England median hourly rate £14.82 £15.53 £14.50
% change year-on-year -4.54% +7.07% -17.61%

All Vendors
Hertfordshire

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 268 391 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 32.41% 51.58% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 246 201
10th Percentile £179 £210 £189
25th Percentile £325 £331 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £575
90th Percentile £703 £700 £713
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 42 20
10th Percentile £14.82 £21.00 £12.47
25th Percentile £45.00 £36.70 £16.24
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +82.14% +45.83%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.00 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.58 £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £17.70 £19.81 £16.00
% change year-on-year -10.65% +23.81% -4.33%

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 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 2024. 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
Hatfield -5 15 £350 -12.50% 8
Stevenage -16 14 £470 +27.03% 17
Hemel Hempstead -4 13 £650 -7.14% 18
Watford -8 7 £295 -37.89% 20
Letchworth - 2 £842 - 2
Potters Bar - 1 - - 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 5 (8.47%) Apache
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.78%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (6.78%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (6.78%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (6.78%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (6.78%) Exchange Server 2013
2 4 (6.78%) IIS
2 4 (6.78%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Shopify
2 1 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.69%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.08%) Azure
2 2 (3.39%) BigCommerce
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.39%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 1 (1.69%) AWS
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.69%) GCP
3 1 (1.69%) OCI
3 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.95%) TCP/IP
2 6 (10.17%) Ethernet
3 4 (6.78%) H.323
3 4 (6.78%) HTTP
4 3 (5.08%) SMTP
5 1 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.69%) Firewall
5 1 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.69%) SNMP
5 1 (1.69%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.69%) DTS
2 1 (1.69%) MS Access
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Visual Studio
2 6 (10.17%) Eclipse
3 3 (5.08%) JIRA
4 1 (1.69%) Katalon Studio
General
1 25 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (10.17%) Military
2 6 (10.17%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Finance
3 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.78%) Legal
4 4 (6.78%) Retail
4 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Marketing
6 1 (1.69%) Aviation
6 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (11.86%) Analyst
1 7 (11.86%) C# Software Engineer
1 7 (11.86%) Software Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Design Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Administrator
3 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (6.78%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (6.78%) Messaging Engineer
4 4 (6.78%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.08%) Architect
5 3 (5.08%) IT Administrator
6 2 (3.39%) Designer
6 2 (3.39%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (3.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (3.39%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.39%) Salesforce Architect
6 2 (3.39%) Salesforce Solution Architect
6 2 (3.39%) Senior
6 2 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) Web Services
2 6 (10.17%) Node.js
3 2 (3.39%) VML
4 1 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) PKI
2 4 (6.78%) IVR
2 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (38.98%) Linux
2 21 (35.59%) Windows
3 9 (15.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (11.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (10.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (6.78%) Windows 2000
6 4 (6.78%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (5.08%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
8 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Agile
2 14 (23.73%) Migration
3 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
4 9 (15.25%) Software Engineering
5 8 (13.56%) Change Management
5 8 (13.56%) Digital Twin
5 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (13.56%) Synthetic Environment
6 7 (11.86%) Customer Service
6 7 (11.86%) Unit Testing
7 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
7 6 (10.17%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (10.17%) Project Management
7 6 (10.17%) Roadmaps
7 6 (10.17%) TDD
7 6 (10.17%) Technology Roadmap
7 6 (10.17%) Validation
7 6 (10.17%) Verification and Validation
7 6 (10.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) C#
1 8 (13.56%) C++
2 6 (10.17%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.08%) Python
4 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.69%) Java
5 1 (1.69%) R
5 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (44.07%) Security Cleared
2 14 (23.73%) DV Cleared
3 11 (18.64%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.78%) MCP
5 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Degree
5 1 (1.69%) PgMP
5 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) PMO
2 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.69%) GMP
2 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.69%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.69%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (22.03%) Active Directory
2 11 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) MAILsweeper
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
2 1 (1.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (18.64%) VMware
2 10 (16.95%) Red Hat
3 8 (13.56%) SAP
4 5 (8.47%) Avaya
4 5 (8.47%) Salesforce
4 5 (8.47%) Sophos
5 4 (6.78%) Darktrace
5 4 (6.78%) Varonis
5 4 (6.78%) Verint
6 3 (5.08%) IronPort
6 3 (5.08%) Trend Micro
7 2 (3.39%) Adobe
7 2 (3.39%) Apple
7 2 (3.39%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.39%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.69%) Cisco
8 1 (1.69%) Genesys
8 1 (1.69%) Peregrine
8 1 (1.69%) Remedy
8 1 (1.69%) Siemens