Microsoft Office Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 41 51 44
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 837 948 1,450
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.12% 4.12% 4.77%
As % of the Applications category 42.04% 44.59% 48.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 624 949
10th Percentile £133 £154 £130
25th Percentile £183 £200 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £325 £230
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +41.30% -13.86%
75th Percentile £475 £488 £438
90th Percentile £538 £600 £522
UK median daily rate £263 £375 £310
% change year-on-year -30.00% +21.16% -14.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 67 173
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.00 £10.68
25th Percentile £12.00 £15.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +29.03% -3.13%
75th Percentile £20.77 £32.83 £22.25
90th Percentile £43.75 £54.57 £40.01
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £16.93
% change year-on-year -30.13% +35.26% +9.23%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,991 2,126 2,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.81% 9.24% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 1,316 1,966
10th Percentile £156 £168 £145
25th Percentile £203 £234 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.70%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £621 £600 £560
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £433
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.79% +8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 531 194 319
10th Percentile £11.07 £13.91 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.59 £17.00 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +41.03% +8.33%
75th Percentile £37.96 £49.00 £33.75
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +43 246 £282 -16.59% 413
South East +2 225 £215 -28.33% 408
North West +48 181 £396 -1.00% 249
South West +5 120 £250 -46.92% 197
Midlands +16 101 £225 -40.00% 317
Scotland +13 72 £213 -34.62% 96
Yorkshire +11 57 £220 -14.56% 115
East Midlands +36 56 £245 +9.87% 119
East of England -18 55 £400 +60.00% 194
West Midlands -13 45 £200 -51.25% 198
Wales +6 16 £503 +21.82% 49
North East +6 8 £195 -23.53% 51
Northern Ireland -18 3 £113 -45.78% 21
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 49 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.27%) Confluence
4 14 (1.67%) CMS
5 10 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
5 10 (1.19%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.60%) WordPress
7 3 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.24%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 258 (30.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 58 (6.93%) Microsoft Project
4 56 (6.69%) Spreadsheet
5 31 (3.70%) MS Visio
6 10 (1.19%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.72%) Acrobat
8 6 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.36%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.12%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.12%) Blender
10 1 (0.12%) CATIA
10 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (1.55%) Primavera
2 6 (0.72%) Magento
3 5 (0.60%) SmartPlant
4 4 (0.48%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.36%) iTrent
6 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.12%) assyst
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 129 (15.41%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (6.21%) Azure
3 29 (3.46%) Power Platform
4 22 (2.63%) OneDrive
5 20 (2.39%) Taleo
6 16 (1.91%) Entra ID
7 13 (1.55%) SaaS
8 11 (1.31%) PowerApps
9 10 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.19%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.08%) IaaS
10 9 (1.08%) PaaS
11 8 (0.96%) Power Automate
11 8 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (0.84%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 6 (0.72%) GitHub
13 6 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.60%) Smartsheet
15 4 (0.48%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 49 (5.85%) VPN
2 41 (4.90%) LAN
3 36 (4.30%) DNS
4 29 (3.46%) DHCP
5 25 (2.99%) Firewall
5 25 (2.99%) WAN
6 21 (2.51%) Wireless
7 20 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (2.03%) Cisco IOS
9 16 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
10 14 (1.67%) Cisco Nexus
10 14 (1.67%) Skype
11 13 (1.55%) DMZ
11 13 (1.55%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.31%) TCP/IP
12 11 (1.31%) VLAN
12 11 (1.31%) VoIP
13 9 (1.08%) Internet
14 8 (0.96%) PSTN
14 8 (0.96%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.99%) Power BI
2 7 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.72%) MySQL
4 4 (0.48%) Metadata
4 4 (0.48%) SAP HANA
4 4 (0.48%) Spatial Data
5 3 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.36%) GIS
5 3 (0.36%) QGIS
6 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.12%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.12%) DTS
7 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (6.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.12%) Rational Software Modeler
2 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 432 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 157 (18.76%) Finance
3 123 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (11.83%) Organisational Skills
5 88 (10.51%) Public Sector
6 56 (6.69%) Presentation Skills
6 56 (6.69%) Telecoms
7 37 (4.42%) Mandarin Language
7 37 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.94%) Legal
9 25 (2.99%) Marketing
10 23 (2.75%) Banking
11 18 (2.15%) Retail
12 14 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.43%) Multimedia
14 10 (1.19%) Local Government
15 9 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.08%) Military
16 8 (0.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 136 (16.25%) Analyst
2 72 (8.60%) Administrator
3 58 (6.93%) Lead
4 53 (6.33%) Support Engineer
5 52 (6.21%) IT Support
6 49 (5.85%) Project Manager
7 47 (5.62%) Service Analyst
8 46 (5.50%) Service Desk Analyst
9 45 (5.38%) Desktop Engineer
10 44 (5.26%) Desktop Support
11 41 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support
12 36 (4.30%) Support Analyst
13 33 (3.94%) Coordinator
14 32 (3.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 25 (2.99%) IT Engineer
16 24 (2.87%) Project Leader
17 23 (2.75%) IT Analyst
18 22 (2.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 22 (2.63%) Network Engineer
19 21 (2.51%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.03%) XML
2 8 (0.96%) .NET
3 7 (0.84%) Flash
4 5 (0.60%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.48%) HTML
6 3 (0.36%) JSON
6 3 (0.36%) XMPP
7 1 (0.12%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.12%) ADO
7 1 (0.12%) CSS
7 1 (0.12%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.12%) React
7 1 (0.12%) REST
7 1 (0.12%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.12%) Vue
7 1 (0.12%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 40 (4.78%) Driving Licence
3 31 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.11%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.15%) NHS
7 16 (1.91%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.43%) Clustering
8 12 (1.43%) iPhone
9 11 (1.31%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.08%) CMDB
11 8 (0.96%) PKI
11 8 (0.96%) Smartphone
12 7 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.60%) Animation
15 4 (0.48%) iPad
15 4 (0.48%) Life Science
15 4 (0.48%) PMI
15 4 (0.48%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 260 (31.06%) Windows
2 178 (21.27%) Windows 10
3 66 (7.89%) Windows 7
4 37 (4.42%) Windows Server
5 24 (2.87%) Apple iOS
6 23 (2.75%) Mac OS
7 19 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (1.55%) Android
10 12 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.96%) Linux
12 6 (0.72%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.36%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.24%) CentOS
15 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
2 190 (22.70%) Customer Service
3 123 (14.70%) Project Management
4 108 (12.90%) Time Management
5 105 (12.54%) ITIL
6 97 (11.59%) Agile
7 83 (9.92%) Decision-Making
8 73 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 66 (7.89%) Project Delivery
10 54 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (6.33%) Service Delivery
12 46 (5.50%) Service Management
13 44 (5.26%) Project Planning
14 41 (4.90%) Customer Requirements
15 40 (4.78%) PRINCE2
16 39 (4.66%) Change Management
17 38 (4.54%) Data Protection
18 37 (4.42%) Data Management
18 37 (4.42%) Workshop Facilitation
19 35 (4.18%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (1.79%) PowerShell
2 12 (1.43%) SQL
3 9 (1.08%) Python
4 8 (0.96%) C#
5 7 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.72%) PHP
7 3 (0.36%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.36%) VBA
8 2 (0.24%) Java
8 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.24%) VB
9 1 (0.12%) Bash
9 1 (0.12%) C
9 1 (0.12%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.12%) Perl
9 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 257 (30.70%) Degree
2 215 (25.69%) Security Cleared
3 106 (12.66%) SC Cleared
4 77 (9.20%) DV Cleared
5 42 (5.02%) APMP
6 32 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (3.35%) NVQ Level 3
8 21 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (2.39%) PMI Certification
10 19 (2.27%) PMP
11 17 (2.03%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (1.67%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (1.31%) CCNA
15 11 (1.31%) DBS Check
16 9 (1.08%) HNC
17 8 (0.96%) CCNP
17 8 (0.96%) ISEB
17 8 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (9.68%) SLA
2 67 (8.00%) PMO
3 30 (3.58%) Disclosure Scotland
4 18 (2.15%) QA
5 13 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.31%) GDPR
7 5 (0.60%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.60%) NIST
8 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) COREP
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.12%) FINREP
10 1 (0.12%) GMP
10 1 (0.12%) GxP
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 138 (16.49%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.91%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.79%) Firmware
5 7 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.84%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.24%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.24%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 89 (10.63%) SCCM
2 31 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (0.84%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.72%) Argo
6 6 (0.72%) Autotask
6 6 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.48%) Terraform
7 4 (0.48%) WhatsUp Gold
7 4 (0.48%) WSUS
8 3 (0.36%) AppManager
9 2 (0.24%) Ansible
9 2 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.24%) Netcool
9 2 (0.24%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 597 (71.33%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.17%) ServiceNow
3 52 (6.21%) Cisco
4 45 (5.38%) SAP
5 40 (4.78%) HP
6 35 (4.18%) Apple
7 31 (3.70%) VMware
8 29 (3.46%) Atlassian
9 18 (2.15%) Citrix
10 16 (1.91%) Adobe
10 16 (1.91%) Oracle
11 15 (1.79%) F5
11 15 (1.79%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.55%) Google
12 13 (1.55%) Palo Alto
13 10 (1.19%) Sitecore
14 7 (0.84%) MicroStrategy
15 6 (0.72%) Dell
15 6 (0.72%) Empirix
15 6 (0.72%) Veeam