Microsoft Office Contracts in England

Microsoft Office
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 79 84
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,197 1,441 2,110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.29% 2.99% 3.00%
As % of the Applications category 41.77% 38.96% 39.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 1,011 1,419
10th Percentile £141 £163 £135
25th Percentile £188 £213 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £375 £300
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £475
90th Percentile £619 £685 £579
UK median daily rate £263 £375 £310
% change year-on-year -30.00% +21.16% -14.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 84 190
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.09 £10.71
25th Percentile £12.63 £16.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +33.33% -2.83%
75th Percentile £24.13 £32.94 £25.36
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.51 £43.84
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £16.93
% change year-on-year -30.13% +35.26% +9.23%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,866 3,699 5,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.88% 7.68% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,439 2,421 3,542
10th Percentile £165 £190 £160
25th Percentile £213 £285 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £436
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +0.29% +9.06%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £665 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £433
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.79% +8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 229 391
10th Percentile £11.68 £14.70 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.93 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £32.30 £22.38
Median % change year-on-year -49.75% +44.33% +16.17%
75th Percentile £35.00 £51.20 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.37% +50.23% +16.72%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the England 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
London +18 426 £340 -25.19% 459
North of England +43 246 £282 -16.59% 417
South East +2 225 £215 -28.33% 402
North West +48 181 £396 -1.00% 253
South West +5 120 £250 -46.92% 197
Midlands +16 101 £225 -40.00% 317
Yorkshire +11 57 £220 -14.56% 120
East Midlands +36 56 £245 +9.87% 117
East of England -18 55 £400 +60.00% 188
West Midlands -13 45 £200 -51.25% 200
North East +6 8 £195 -23.53% 46
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 100 (8.35%) SharePoint
2 67 (5.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.59%) Confluence
4 25 (2.09%) CMS
4 25 (2.09%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.84%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.33%) Drupal
7 4 (0.33%) WordPress
8 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.17%) Documentum
9 2 (0.17%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
10 1 (0.084%) Moodle
10 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 373 (31.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 82 (6.85%) Microsoft Project
4 69 (5.76%) MS Visio
4 69 (5.76%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.92%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.67%) Acrobat
7 8 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.25%) MicroStation
8 3 (0.25%) Revit
9 2 (0.17%) InDesign
10 1 (0.084%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.084%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.084%) Blender
10 1 (0.084%) CATIA
10 1 (0.084%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.084%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (1.09%) Primavera
2 6 (0.50%) Magento
3 5 (0.42%) SmartPlant
4 4 (0.33%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.25%) OPENHousing
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.17%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.17%) Maximo
6 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.17%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.17%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.084%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.084%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.084%) HealthRoster
7 1 (0.084%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 254 (21.22%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (8.60%) Azure
3 50 (4.18%) Power Platform
4 37 (3.09%) Entra ID
5 30 (2.51%) OneDrive
6 27 (2.26%) Google Workspace
7 26 (2.17%) SaaS
8 20 (1.67%) Taleo
9 16 (1.34%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.25%) PaaS
11 13 (1.09%) IaaS
12 12 (1.00%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.00%) Slack
13 11 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.92%) WhatsApp
14 8 (0.67%) Google Docs
14 8 (0.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 8 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (0.58%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.51%) VPN
2 53 (4.43%) Wireless
3 50 (4.18%) LAN
4 36 (3.01%) Firewall
4 36 (3.01%) WAN
5 29 (2.42%) DNS
5 29 (2.42%) Skype
6 28 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (2.09%) Cisco IOS
8 21 (1.75%) Internet
9 19 (1.59%) VoIP
10 17 (1.42%) DHCP
11 16 (1.34%) SD-WAN
12 15 (1.25%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (1.17%) VLAN
14 13 (1.09%) DMZ
14 13 (1.09%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.67%) PSTN
15 8 (0.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.68%) Power BI
2 26 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.75%) Tableau
4 7 (0.58%) GIS
4 7 (0.58%) Metadata
5 5 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.33%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.33%) Spatial Data
7 3 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.25%) QGIS
7 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.084%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.084%) DB2
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 85 (7.10%) JIRA
2 4 (0.33%) Git
2 4 (0.33%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.25%) Subversion
4 2 (0.17%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.17%) JUnit
4 2 (0.17%) Mockito
4 2 (0.17%) ScalaTest
4 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.084%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.084%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.084%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.084%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.084%) Zephyr
General
1 585 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 292 (24.39%) Finance
3 192 (16.04%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 96 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 87 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
7 68 (5.68%) Banking
8 67 (5.60%) Legal
8 67 (5.60%) Telecoms
9 46 (3.84%) Marketing
10 43 (3.59%) Manufacturing
11 29 (2.42%) Retail
12 28 (2.34%) Mandarin Language
13 21 (1.75%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.75%) Law
14 18 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (1.50%) Local Government
15 17 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (1.34%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 233 (19.47%) Analyst
2 96 (8.02%) Support Engineer
3 81 (6.77%) Project Manager
4 79 (6.60%) Administrator
4 79 (6.60%) Service Analyst
5 76 (6.35%) IT Support
6 73 (6.10%) Lead
7 72 (6.02%) Service Desk Analyst
8 68 (5.68%) Desktop Support
9 60 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support
10 57 (4.76%) Senior
11 55 (4.59%) Support Analyst
12 48 (4.01%) Desktop Engineer
13 44 (3.68%) IT Engineer
14 43 (3.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 40 (3.34%) Business Analyst
16 37 (3.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 36 (3.01%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 35 (2.92%) Coordinator
19 32 (2.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.59%) XML
2 14 (1.17%) .NET
3 11 (0.92%) HTML
4 8 (0.67%) CSS
5 7 (0.58%) Flash
5 7 (0.58%) JSON
6 6 (0.50%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.33%) React
7 4 (0.33%) Web Services
8 3 (0.25%) ADO
8 3 (0.25%) EDI
8 3 (0.25%) jQuery
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.25%) XMPP
9 2 (0.17%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.17%) Ajax
9 2 (0.17%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.17%) DOM
9 2 (0.17%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
2 62 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 42 (3.51%) Driving Licence
4 32 (2.67%) Data Centre
5 29 (2.42%) Virtual Team
6 26 (2.17%) Smartphone
7 24 (2.01%) iPhone
8 23 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.84%) NHS
10 21 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
11 16 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.25%) iPad
13 14 (1.17%) Clustering
13 14 (1.17%) Product Ownership
14 13 (1.09%) CMDB
15 11 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (0.75%) Blackberry
16 9 (0.75%) Hedge funds
17 8 (0.67%) PKI
17 8 (0.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 372 (31.08%) Windows
2 211 (17.63%) Windows 10
3 87 (7.27%) Windows 7
4 52 (4.34%) Windows Server
5 44 (3.68%) Android
6 36 (3.01%) Apple iOS
7 35 (2.92%) Mac OS
8 24 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (1.09%) Linux
9 13 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (0.92%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.33%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.25%) Unix
15 2 (0.17%) CentOS
15 2 (0.17%) VMS
15 2 (0.17%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.084%) Windows Phone
16 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
2 246 (20.55%) Customer Service
3 201 (16.79%) Project Management
4 150 (12.53%) ITIL
5 134 (11.19%) Agile
6 121 (10.11%) Time Management
7 114 (9.52%) Decision-Making
8 112 (9.36%) Project Delivery
9 98 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 74 (6.18%) Change Management
11 69 (5.76%) PRINCE2
12 66 (5.51%) Service Delivery
13 64 (5.35%) Service Management
14 63 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
14 63 (5.26%) ITSM
15 61 (5.10%) Continuous Improvement
16 59 (4.93%) Data Protection
17 56 (4.68%) Asset Management
18 53 (4.43%) Data Analysis
19 52 (4.34%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 40 (3.34%) SQL
2 35 (2.92%) PowerShell
3 19 (1.59%) Python
4 17 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.34%) C#
6 11 (0.92%) Java
7 10 (0.84%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.67%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.58%) VBA
10 6 (0.50%) Bash
11 5 (0.42%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.25%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.17%) C++
14 2 (0.17%) Scala
14 2 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.17%) VBScript
15 1 (0.084%) C
15 1 (0.084%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.084%) VC++
Qualifications
1 366 (30.58%) Degree
2 232 (19.38%) Security Cleared
3 117 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 79 (6.60%) DV Cleared
5 53 (4.43%) APMP
6 36 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (2.67%) PMI Certification
8 31 (2.59%) PMP
9 28 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (2.34%) NVQ Level 3
10 26 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.67%) Master's Degree
12 19 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
14 14 (1.17%) CCNA
15 13 (1.09%) A+ Certification
15 13 (1.09%) CCNP
15 13 (1.09%) CISSP
15 13 (1.09%) DBS Check
16 12 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (7.69%) PMO
2 89 (7.44%) SLA
3 37 (3.09%) QA
4 29 (2.42%) GDPR
5 26 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
6 23 (1.92%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.25%) Data Quality
8 11 (0.92%) NIST
9 10 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.50%) GRC
11 5 (0.42%) P3O
12 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.33%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.17%) NCSC
13 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.084%) COREP
14 1 (0.084%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.084%) FINREP
14 1 (0.084%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 199 (16.62%) Active Directory
2 35 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.92%) Firmware
4 20 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.25%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.084%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.084%) vCloud
8 1 (0.084%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 104 (8.69%) SCCM
2 53 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (0.92%) WSUS
5 9 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.58%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.50%) Autotask
9 5 (0.42%) Terraform
9 5 (0.42%) WhatsUp Gold
10 3 (0.25%) Ansible
10 3 (0.25%) AppManager
11 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.17%) Netcool
11 2 (0.17%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.17%) WMI
12 1 (0.084%) Iperf
12 1 (0.084%) SCOM
Vendors
1 857 (71.60%) Microsoft
2 94 (7.85%) ServiceNow
3 57 (4.76%) Apple
4 56 (4.68%) SAP
5 55 (4.59%) Cisco
6 53 (4.43%) Citrix
7 49 (4.09%) Google
8 41 (3.43%) HP
9 40 (3.34%) Oracle
10 37 (3.09%) VMware
11 33 (2.76%) Adobe
12 27 (2.26%) Salesforce
13 20 (1.67%) Atlassian
14 19 (1.59%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.42%) F5
16 13 (1.09%) Veeam
17 10 (0.84%) Sitecore
18 7 (0.58%) MicroStrategy
18 7 (0.58%) Progress
19 6 (0.50%) Empirix