Microsoft Office Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Office
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 63 55
Rank change year-on-year +43 -8 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 206 103 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 7.46% 3.21% 4.16%
As % of the Applications category 55.08% 40.23% 45.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 72 108
10th Percentile £122 £154 £123
25th Percentile £181 £265 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £375 £228
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +64.84% +13.75%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £426
90th Percentile £588 £675 £472
England median daily rate £255 £375 £294
% change year-on-year -32.00% +27.66% -18.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 10 23
10th Percentile £10.95 £18.68 £14.60
25th Percentile £10.99 £24.56 £17.25
Median hourly rate £13.89 £40.59 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.79% +24.91% +54.74%
75th Percentile £16.06 £53.26 £42.48
90th Percentile £26.27 £56.51 £43.75
England median hourly rate £16.06 £22.00 £16.93
% change year-on-year -27.00% +29.95% -3.94%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 374 256 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.54% 7.97% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 157 231
10th Percentile £158 £200 £145
25th Percentile £210 £300 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £400 £362
Median % change year-on-year +4.54% +10.50% +25.91%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £465
90th Percentile £635 £610 £563
England median daily rate £400 £430 £425
% change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 29 55
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.43 £10.88
25th Percentile £11.13 £17.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +90.48% +1.20%
75th Percentile £26.50 £56.40 £41.91
90th Percentile £45.76 £65.00 £45.90
England median hourly rate £17.50 £39.00 £21.75
% change year-on-year -55.13% +79.31% +8.75%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the North West

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the North West

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the North West

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the North West

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Manchester +59 79 £425 +17.24% 88
Cheshire +38 46 £165 -17.50% 51
Cumbria -3 34 £450 +28.57% 11
Lancashire +17 31 £419 +72.68% 24
Merseyside -4 12 £188 -55.88% 21
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.97%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 51 (24.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (15.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.40%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.91%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.40%) Primavera
2 2 (0.97%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.49%) Maximo
3 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (18.45%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (9.71%) Taleo
3 9 (4.37%) Azure
3 9 (4.37%) OneDrive
4 5 (2.43%) SaaS
5 4 (1.94%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.94%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.94%) IaaS
5 4 (1.94%) PaaS
6 2 (0.97%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.31%) Cisco IOS
1 13 (6.31%) Cisco Nexus
1 13 (6.31%) DMZ
1 13 (6.31%) SD-WAN
2 11 (5.34%) Firewall
2 11 (5.34%) Wireless
3 7 (3.40%) PPP
4 6 (2.91%) VPN
5 5 (2.43%) DHCP
5 5 (2.43%) DNS
6 4 (1.94%) LAN
6 4 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.46%) SAN
7 3 (1.46%) VLAN
7 3 (1.46%) VoIP
7 3 (1.46%) WAN
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.49%) Internet
8 1 (0.49%) NAS
8 1 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.97%) Power BI
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (4.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 81 (39.32%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.93%) Finance
3 30 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.34%) Banking
7 8 (3.88%) Mandarin Language
7 8 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.40%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.43%) Legal
10 3 (1.46%) Local Government
10 3 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.97%) German Language
11 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.97%) Law
11 2 (0.97%) Military
11 2 (0.97%) Retail
12 1 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (25.24%) Analyst
2 20 (9.71%) Administrator
2 20 (9.71%) Service Analyst
3 19 (9.22%) Service Desk Analyst
4 16 (7.77%) IT Support
5 13 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support
5 13 (6.31%) Network Engineer
6 12 (5.83%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 11 (5.34%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.37%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 9 (4.37%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 9 (4.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 8 (3.88%) Author
9 8 (3.88%) Technical Author
10 7 (3.40%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (2.91%) Desktop Support
11 6 (2.91%) Project Manager
11 6 (2.91%) Senior
11 6 (2.91%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) .NET
1 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.49%) CSS
1 1 (0.49%) Google Maps API
1 1 (0.49%) HTML
1 1 (0.49%) JSON
1 1 (0.49%) REST
1 1 (0.49%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.31%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.85%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.85%) Virtual Team
3 6 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.43%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.94%) Clustering
5 4 (1.94%) NHS
5 4 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.97%) PKI
7 1 (0.49%) CMDB
7 1 (0.49%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.49%) iPad
7 1 (0.49%) iPhone
7 1 (0.49%) Life Science
7 1 (0.49%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.49%) PMI
7 1 (0.49%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 62 (30.10%) Windows
2 51 (24.76%) Windows 10
3 12 (5.83%) Mac OS
4 9 (4.37%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.94%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.97%) Android
7 2 (0.97%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.52%) Decision-Making
2 52 (25.24%) Customer Service
3 43 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (18.45%) Time Management
5 26 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (12.14%) Data Protection
7 22 (10.68%) Agile
8 19 (9.22%) Asset Management
8 19 (9.22%) ITSM
8 19 (9.22%) Project Management
9 17 (8.25%) Service Management
10 16 (7.77%) Risk Management
11 13 (6.31%) Change Management
11 13 (6.31%) ITIL
12 12 (5.83%) Backlog Management
12 12 (5.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (5.83%) User Stories
13 11 (5.34%) Customer Requirements
13 11 (5.34%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (4.37%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.94%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.97%) C#
3 1 (0.49%) C
3 1 (0.49%) Embedded C
3 1 (0.49%) Java
3 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.49%) Python
3 1 (0.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (28.16%) Degree
2 46 (22.33%) Security Cleared
3 43 (20.87%) SC Cleared
4 22 (10.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (4.37%) PMI Certification
5 9 (4.37%) PMP
6 8 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.91%) CISA
7 6 (2.91%) CISM
7 6 (2.91%) CISSP
7 6 (2.91%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.91%) MBA
8 4 (1.94%) APMP
9 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.97%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.97%) APMG
10 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.49%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 23 (11.17%) SLA
3 12 (5.83%) PMO
4 7 (3.40%) QA
5 6 (2.91%) GDPR
6 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.97%) NIST
7 1 (0.49%) COREP
7 1 (0.49%) FINREP
7 1 (0.49%) GxP
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 28 (13.59%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.85%) Hyper-V
3 9 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (7.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.80%) SCCM
3 8 (3.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.46%) Autotask
4 3 (1.46%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 153 (74.27%) Microsoft
2 39 (18.93%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.80%) Cisco
3 14 (6.80%) SAP
4 13 (6.31%) F5
4 13 (6.31%) Palo Alto
5 12 (5.83%) Apple
6 9 (4.37%) VMware
7 6 (2.91%) Pega
8 5 (2.43%) Google
9 4 (1.94%) Facebook
9 4 (1.94%) Oracle
9 4 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.94%) Veeam
10 3 (1.46%) Datto
11 2 (0.97%) CA
11 2 (0.97%) Cognizant
11 2 (0.97%) Dell
11 2 (0.97%) iManage
11 2 (0.97%) Lotus