Microsoft Contracts in Watford

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 10 5 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 21 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 6.45% 17.95% 8.50%
As % of the Vendors category 16.22% 43.75% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 10
10th Percentile £203 £161 £244
25th Percentile £236 £173 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £425 £418
Median % change year-on-year -30.59% +1.80% +12.66%
75th Percentile £356 £738 £613
90th Percentile £392 £950 £658
Hertfordshire median daily rate £505 £500 £395
% change year-on-year +1.00% +26.58% +15.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
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 £15.00 £34.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year -56.52% +115.63% +20.53%

All Vendors
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37 48 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 39.78% 41.03% 47.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 31 43
10th Percentile £240 £170 £185
25th Percentile £294 £196 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £450 £719 £600
90th Percentile £575 £856 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £13.80 £19.65 £33.75
25th Percentile £13.97 £21.00 -
Median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% -37.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £14.88 £23.00 £36.88
90th Percentile £14.95 £23.95 £44.38
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 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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Daily Rate Histogram in Watford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Watford over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) BigCommerce
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) DTS
1 1 (16.67%) MS Access
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) VML
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 2 (33.33%) B2B
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Acquisition
1 2 (33.33%) Logistics
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe
1 2 (33.33%) Apple
1 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
1 2 (33.33%) Sitecore
1 2 (33.33%) Sophos
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow