Microsoft Office Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Office
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 36 40
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 57 103 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.99% 4.99% 5.59%
As % of the Applications category 26.03% 41.87% 47.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 67 85
10th Percentile £104 £157 £123
25th Percentile £138 £185 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £250 £210
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% +19.05% -14.81%
75th Percentile £488 £350 £356
90th Percentile £500 £546 £515
England median daily rate £255 £375 £293
% change year-on-year -32.00% +28.21% -19.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 38
10th Percentile £12.13 £13.29 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.83 £14.09 £14.00
Median hourly rate £14.16 £22.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.64% +51.72% -4.16%
75th Percentile £15.70 £48.00 £15.94
90th Percentile £19.76 £69.88 £20.05
England median hourly rate £16.06 £22.00 £16.84
% change year-on-year -27.00% +30.64% -2.38%

All Software Application Skills
East of 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 the East of England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 219 246 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 11.50% 11.92% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 129 160
10th Percentile £146 £171 £136
25th Percentile £243 £215 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £330 £315
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +4.76% -14.93%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £476
90th Percentile £500 £600 £538
England median daily rate £398 £430 £425
% change year-on-year -7.56% +1.18% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 47 75
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.29 £13.17
25th Percentile £14.48 £20.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.79 £42.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.85% +107.32% +43.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £60.00
England median hourly rate £17.66 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.62% +69.77% +7.50%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Cambridgeshire -17 18 £135 -44.90% 24
Essex +14 14 £295 -12.59% 25
Bedfordshire +10 13 £425 +150.00% 17
Hertfordshire -31 8 £475 +43.94% 46
Norfolk 0 4 £122 -36.65% 20
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 5 (8.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (61.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (22.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (12.28%) Photoshop
4 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle Utilities
1 1 (1.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.75%) Azure
2 1 (1.75%) OCI
2 1 (1.75%) PaaS
2 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) LAN
1 3 (5.26%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (5.26%) WAN
1 3 (5.26%) Wireless
2 2 (3.51%) Firewall
2 2 (3.51%) Intranet
2 2 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (1.75%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
1 1 (1.75%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (1.75%) LabVIEW
General
1 36 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (21.05%) Telecoms
3 8 (14.04%) Mandarin Language
4 7 (12.28%) Finance
4 7 (12.28%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.51%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.51%) Banking
7 2 (3.51%) Digital Health
7 2 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) Administrator
2 10 (17.54%) Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Customer Service Administrator
4 3 (5.26%) Business Integration Analyst
4 3 (5.26%) Integration Analyst
4 3 (5.26%) Integration Specialist
4 3 (5.26%) IT Administrator
4 3 (5.26%) Project Administrator
4 3 (5.26%) SAP Analyst
4 3 (5.26%) Service Analyst
4 3 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (3.51%) Commercial Officer
5 2 (3.51%) IT Support
5 2 (3.51%) Network Engineer
5 2 (3.51%) Project Manager
5 2 (3.51%) Support Engineer
5 2 (3.51%) Support Officer
5 2 (3.51%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (1.75%) Data Engineer
6 1 (1.75%) ICT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Apache Avro
1 1 (1.75%) JSON
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.02%) NHS
3 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.26%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.51%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (3.51%) Reinsurance
4 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.32%) Windows
2 5 (8.77%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.26%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.26%) Windows 8
4 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (22.81%) Customer Service
3 11 (19.30%) Document Management
4 9 (15.79%) Time Management
5 7 (12.28%) Psychology
6 6 (10.53%) Project Management
7 5 (8.77%) Supplier Management
8 4 (7.02%) ERP
8 4 (7.02%) Logistics
8 4 (7.02%) Risk Management
9 3 (5.26%) Business Analysis
9 3 (5.26%) Change Management
9 3 (5.26%) Computer Science
9 3 (5.26%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (5.26%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (5.26%) ITIL
9 3 (5.26%) Stakeholder Analysis
9 3 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (5.26%) Supply Chain Management
9 3 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) Jython
1 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
1 1 (1.75%) Python
1 1 (1.75%) Shell Script
1 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.77%) CCNA
3 5 (8.77%) CCNP
3 5 (8.77%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.26%) A+ Certification
4 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.26%) ECDL
4 3 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (5.26%) MCSA
5 2 (3.51%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.75%) CISA
6 1 (1.75%) CISM
6 1 (1.75%) CISSP
6 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) SLA
2 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.51%) GDPR
2 2 (3.51%) PMO
2 2 (3.51%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) GMP
3 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.75%) NIST
3 1 (1.75%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (8.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (64.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.54%) SAP
3 2 (3.51%) Cisco
4 1 (1.75%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.75%) Apple
4 1 (1.75%) Cadence
4 1 (1.75%) Google
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle
4 1 (1.75%) Talend