Microsoft Office Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Office
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 89 67
Rank change year-on-year +59 -22 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 79 27 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 5.15% 1.43% 2.88%
As % of the Applications category 53.74% 24.11% 51.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 19 58
10th Percentile £210 £150 £120
25th Percentile £299 £283 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £205
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +82.93% +17.14%
75th Percentile £488 £469 £338
90th Percentile £516 £575 £427
North West median daily rate £390 £375 £225
% change year-on-year +4.00% +66.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 2 4
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.03 £17.15
25th Percentile £12.42 £16.06 £17.38
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.40 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.06% +7.36% +55.64%
75th Percentile £24.15 £25.04 £20.88
90th Percentile £26.50 £27.27 £22.47
North West median hourly rate £13.89 £40.59 £32.50
% change year-on-year -65.79% +24.91% +54.74%

All Software Application Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 147 112 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.59% 5.92% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 66 121
10th Percentile £211 £188 £125
25th Percentile £313 £288 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £353 £338
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% +4.59% +44.54%
75th Percentile £488 £467 £475
90th Percentile £595 £545 £563
North West median daily rate £418 £400 £362
% change year-on-year +4.54% +10.42% +31.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 14 6
10th Percentile £11.94 £11.85 £17.25
25th Percentile £12.96 £16.69 £17.88
Median hourly rate £20.91 £40.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.73% +100.00% +51.29%
75th Percentile £36.81 £65.00 £22.90
90th Percentile £57.50 - £26.14
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -59.85% +90.48% +2.44%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bolton - 3 - - 7
Salford +1 2 £255 - 3
Microsoft Office
North West

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (2.53%) Confluence
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (36.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (24.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (8.86%) MS Visio
4 5 (6.33%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) ResourceLink
2 1 (1.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.72%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.86%) Azure
3 4 (5.06%) Google Workspace
3 4 (5.06%) IaaS
3 4 (5.06%) PaaS
3 4 (5.06%) SaaS
4 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) Cisco IOS
1 13 (16.46%) Cisco Nexus
1 13 (16.46%) DMZ
1 13 (16.46%) SD-WAN
2 11 (13.92%) Wireless
3 5 (6.33%) VPN
4 4 (5.06%) Firewall
4 4 (5.06%) LAN
4 4 (5.06%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.80%) VLAN
5 3 (3.80%) VoIP
5 3 (3.80%) WAN
6 1 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.27%) NAS
6 1 (1.27%) SAN
6 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.86%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 33 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 27 (34.18%) Finance
3 20 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.66%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (10.13%) Mandarin Language
6 7 (8.86%) Banking
6 7 (8.86%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.06%) Legal
7 4 (5.06%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.53%) Law
10 1 (1.27%) Advertising
10 1 (1.27%) German Language
10 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.27%) Local Government
10 1 (1.27%) Military
10 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.27%) Police
10 1 (1.27%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (32.91%) Analyst
2 13 (16.46%) Network Engineer
3 11 (13.92%) Administrator
3 11 (13.92%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 6 (7.59%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) IT Support
5 5 (6.33%) Pega Business Analyst
5 5 (6.33%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Wireless Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (5.06%) IT Administrator
6 4 (5.06%) Service Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Change Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (2.53%) Technical Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.33%) Virtual Team
3 4 (5.06%) Clustering
4 3 (3.80%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.27%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Windows
2 8 (10.13%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.80%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.27%) Android
4 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.52%) ITSM
2 15 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (15.19%) Project Management
4 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (11.39%) Agile
5 9 (11.39%) Time Management
6 8 (10.13%) ITIL
6 8 (10.13%) Service Management
6 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (8.86%) Change Management
7 7 (8.86%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (8.86%) Data Collection
7 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Identification
8 6 (7.59%) Customer Service
8 6 (7.59%) Use Case
9 5 (6.33%) Backlog Management
9 5 (6.33%) Business Process Modelling
9 5 (6.33%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (6.33%) Project Delivery
9 5 (6.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.80%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (32.91%) Degree
2 9 (11.39%) PMI Certification
2 9 (11.39%) PMP
3 4 (5.06%) APMP
4 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) PMO
2 6 (7.59%) QA
3 3 (3.80%) SLA
4 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.27%) COREP
5 1 (1.27%) FINREP
5 1 (1.27%) GxP
5 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 9 (11.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.06%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.80%) Autotask
2 3 (3.80%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (3.80%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (3.80%) SCCM
3 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (58.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) Cisco
3 13 (16.46%) F5
3 13 (16.46%) Palo Alto
4 5 (6.33%) Pega
5 4 (5.06%) Google
5 4 (5.06%) Oracle
5 4 (5.06%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.06%) SAP
5 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.80%) Apple
6 3 (3.80%) Datto
6 3 (3.80%) VMware
7 2 (2.53%) Cognizant
7 2 (2.53%) Facebook
7 2 (2.53%) iManage
8 1 (1.27%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.27%) Meraki
8 1 (1.27%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.27%) Okta