Microsoft Contracts in Stevenage

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 26 10
Rank change year-on-year -15 -16 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 15 24 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 3.04% 8.48% 19.34%
As % of the Vendors category 11.03% 17.14% 44.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 9
10th Percentile £412 £326 £304
25th Percentile £430 £350 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £523 £538 £738
90th Percentile £548 £550 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £505 £500 £395
% change year-on-year +1.00% +26.58% +15.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile £49.82 £23.60 £10.31
25th Percentile - £33.50 £19.84
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - +400.00%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £52.50
90th Percentile - £62.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £15.00 £34.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year -56.52% +115.63% +20.53%

All Vendors
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 136 140 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 27.53% 49.47% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 64 33
10th Percentile £80 £273 £294
25th Percentile £413 £343 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £589
90th Percentile £650 £618 £692
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 28 16
10th Percentile £35.00 - £13.55
25th Percentile £62.50 £49.00 £40.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £80.00 - £55.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.03 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +64.29% +94.44%

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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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 June 2024.

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 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2000
1 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Lorenzo
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Ethernet
1 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (20.00%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Visual Studio
2 6 (40.00%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (40.00%) Military
1 6 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) C# Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) IT Technician
3 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) Web Services
2 6 (40.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Linux
3 4 (26.67%) Windows 2000
3 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) Digital Twin
2 8 (53.33%) Synthetic Environment
3 7 (46.67%) Validation
4 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 6 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 6 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (40.00%) TDD
4 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (40.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.67%) Data Science
5 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (6.67%) Mathematics
5 1 (6.67%) Predictive Modelling
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Software Architecture
5 1 (6.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) C#
1 8 (53.33%) C++
2 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) MCP
3 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) IronPort
1 3 (20.00%) Sophos
1 3 (20.00%) Trend Micro