Microsoft Office Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Office
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 39 41 41
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 225 274 402
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.14% 4.90% 5.26%
As % of the Applications category 54.09% 48.93% 49.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 170 239
10th Percentile £114 £184 £140
25th Percentile £176 £201 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £300 £293
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +2.56% -24.44%
75th Percentile £436 £460 £460
90th Percentile £517 £550 £563
England median daily rate £263 £375 £300
% change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 18 52
10th Percentile £11.45 £14.75 £10.77
25th Percentile £13.19 £15.68 £11.07
Median hourly rate £17.60 £19.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% +34.48% -21.14%
75th Percentile £31.24 £24.29 £22.25
90th Percentile £45.00 £36.96 £31.65
England median hourly rate £16.00 £22.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +33.33% -2.83%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 416 560 817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.65% 10.02% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 328 519
10th Percentile £145 £186 £145
25th Percentile £203 £240 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £394 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% -1.63% +0.48%
75th Percentile £473 £510 £520
90th Percentile £581 £629 £588
England median daily rate £400 £438 £436
% change year-on-year -8.57% +0.29% +9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 59 81
10th Percentile £11.71 £15.44 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.41 £18.13 £12.05
Median hourly rate £17.50 £26.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +33.33% -9.30%
75th Percentile £26.88 £47.50 £31.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £47.75 £47.50
England median hourly rate £16.23 £32.30 £22.38
% change year-on-year -49.75% +44.33% +16.17%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +22 161 £215 -44.05% 157
Berkshire +18 127 £213 -44.70% 69
Buckinghamshire +25 28 £442 -3.81% 55
Hampshire -53 25 £440 +87.04% 61
Surrey -11 22 £154 -50.40% 42
Kent +9 8 £205 +2.50% 32
West Sussex +9 6 £113 -55.00% 20
Oxfordshire +8 6 £138 -31.25% 33
East Sussex +4 3 £375 +22.45% 16
Middlesex - 1 £650 - 1
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 21 (9.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.33%) Confluence
4 2 (0.89%) CMS
4 2 (0.89%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 72 (32.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (19.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (8.44%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (8.00%) MS Visio
5 9 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (3.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.89%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.44%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.44%) Blender
8 1 (0.44%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (5.78%) Primavera
2 5 (2.22%) SmartPlant
3 1 (0.44%) Maximo
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.67%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (5.33%) Azure
3 9 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.56%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (3.11%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.67%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.22%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.33%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.89%) SaaS
10 1 (0.44%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.44%) OCI
10 1 (0.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.56%) LAN
2 13 (5.78%) VPN
3 11 (4.89%) DNS
3 11 (4.89%) WAN
4 7 (3.11%) DHCP
4 7 (3.11%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.11%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.67%) 3G
5 6 (2.67%) 4G
5 6 (2.67%) 5G
5 6 (2.67%) Diameter Protocol
5 6 (2.67%) GGSN
5 6 (2.67%) LTE
5 6 (2.67%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (2.67%) RANAP
5 6 (2.67%) SGSN
5 6 (2.67%) VoLTE
5 6 (2.67%) Wireshark
6 5 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (2.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.56%) Power BI
2 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.44%) DTS
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.44%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 3 (1.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 110 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.78%) Organisational Skills
3 35 (15.56%) Finance
4 25 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.67%) Telecoms
6 20 (8.89%) Marketing
7 18 (8.00%) Public Sector
8 16 (7.11%) Legal
9 14 (6.22%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (5.33%) Mandarin Language
11 10 (4.44%) Retail
12 9 (4.00%) Manufacturing
13 8 (3.56%) Banking
14 7 (3.11%) Wholesale Banking
15 6 (2.67%) Multimedia
16 4 (1.78%) Automotive
16 4 (1.78%) Environmental Health
17 3 (1.33%) Electronics
17 3 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 2 (0.89%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 24 (10.67%) Support Engineer
2 19 (8.44%) Coordinator
3 18 (8.00%) Analyst
3 18 (8.00%) Desktop Support
4 15 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 15 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 15 (6.67%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
4 15 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
4 15 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 13 (5.78%) Designer
5 13 (5.78%) Lead
5 13 (5.78%) Technical Support
6 11 (4.89%) Administrator
7 9 (4.00%) IT Engineer
7 9 (4.00%) IT Support
8 8 (3.56%) Architect
8 8 (3.56%) Communications Manager
8 8 (3.56%) Creative Designer
8 8 (3.56%) Internal Communications Manager
8 8 (3.56%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.33%) HTML
1 3 (1.33%) XML
1 3 (1.33%) XMPP
2 2 (0.89%) Flash
2 2 (0.89%) JSON
3 1 (0.44%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.22%) Driving Licence
2 5 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.78%) Data Centre
3 4 (1.78%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.78%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.33%) CCTV
4 3 (1.33%) Life Science
4 3 (1.33%) NHS
4 3 (1.33%) PMI
4 3 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (0.89%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.89%) Social Media
6 1 (0.44%) CMDB
6 1 (0.44%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.44%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.44%) IoT
6 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 61 (27.11%) Windows
2 49 (21.78%) Windows 10
3 37 (16.44%) Windows 7
4 8 (3.56%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.33%) Android
6 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.33%) Linux
7 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (25.33%) Customer Service
3 32 (14.22%) ITIL
3 32 (14.22%) Project Management
4 26 (11.56%) Service Delivery
5 22 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (8.44%) Agile
7 18 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
8 17 (7.56%) Project Delivery
8 17 (7.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (6.67%) Budget Management
9 15 (6.67%) Hardware Maintenance
9 15 (6.67%) Software Deployment
9 15 (6.67%) Software Testing
10 14 (6.22%) Logistics
10 14 (6.22%) Time Management
11 13 (5.78%) Risk Management
12 11 (4.89%) Analytics
12 11 (4.89%) Data Analysis
13 10 (4.44%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (1.33%) Python
2 2 (0.89%) SQL
3 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (34.67%) Security Cleared
2 75 (33.33%) Degree
3 49 (21.78%) DV Cleared
4 17 (7.56%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.56%) APMP
6 7 (3.11%) ISEB
7 6 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.67%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.22%) PMP
8 5 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.33%) CIPD
10 2 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.89%) CCNP
10 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.89%) HND
10 2 (0.89%) RIBA
11 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.56%) PMO
1 17 (7.56%) SLA
2 8 (3.56%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.89%) GDPR
3 2 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (12.44%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.67%) Firmware
3 4 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.89%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (17.78%) SCCM
2 3 (1.33%) AppManager
3 2 (0.89%) Ansible
3 2 (0.89%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.89%) Netcool
3 2 (0.89%) Rundeck
3 2 (0.89%) Terraform
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 155 (68.89%) Microsoft
2 38 (16.89%) HP
3 13 (5.78%) SAP
4 11 (4.89%) Adobe
5 9 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.11%) MicroStrategy
7 6 (2.67%) Cisco
7 6 (2.67%) Empirix
7 6 (2.67%) NetScout
8 4 (1.78%) Apple
8 4 (1.78%) IFS
8 4 (1.78%) VMware
9 3 (1.33%) Ivanti
10 2 (0.89%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.89%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.89%) IBM
10 2 (0.89%) McAfee
10 2 (0.89%) NEC
10 2 (0.89%) Nokia
10 2 (0.89%) Oracle