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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 42 40
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 219 283 406
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.85% 5.00% 5.24%
As % of the Applications category 52.02% 50.09% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 176 242
10th Percentile £114 £159 £140
25th Percentile £177 £200 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £273 £293
Median % change year-on-year -21.17% -6.75% -24.42%
75th Percentile £434 £439 £460
90th Percentile £522 £550 £562
England median daily rate £265 £388 £305
% change year-on-year -31.61% +27.05% -16.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 17 52
10th Percentile £11.45 £13.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £13.05 £15.50 £11.07
Median hourly rate £17.55 £18.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +24.14% -15.30%
75th Percentile £34.37 £21.22 £22.25
90th Percentile £45.00 £36.75 £31.65
England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.22 £16.00
% change year-on-year -24.60% +32.63% -0.78%

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 421 565 812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.41% 9.97% 10.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 329 519
10th Percentile £145 £180 £145
25th Percentile £203 £225 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +3.26%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £525
90th Percentile £588 £628 £589
England median daily rate £400 £438 £450
% change year-on-year -8.57% -2.78% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 56 79
10th Percentile £11.71 £15.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.48 £16.81 £12.41
Median hourly rate £17.50 £26.63 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.27% +36.54% -9.30%
75th Percentile £26.88 £47.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £50.76 £47.50
England median hourly rate £16.23 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.98% +27.91% +13.82%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +20 152 £215 -42.18% 130
Berkshire +20 118 £215 -42.67% 59
Buckinghamshire +30 28 £425 +25.00% 33
Hampshire -50 27 £450 +91.49% 63
Surrey -15 23 £150 -51.61% 51
Kent +11 9 £205 +34.43% 39
Oxfordshire +3 6 £138 -27.63% 39
West Sussex +5 5 £113 -55.00% 28
East Sussex +5 3 £375 -16.67% 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 22 (10.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.91%) CMS
3 2 (0.91%) Confluence
3 2 (0.91%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.46%) Moodle
Applications
1 72 (32.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (17.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (7.31%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (6.39%) MS Visio
5 9 (4.11%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (3.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.91%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.46%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.46%) Blender
8 1 (0.46%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (5.94%) Primavera
2 5 (2.28%) SmartPlant
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Maximo
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.57%) Azure
2 10 (4.57%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.65%) Power Automate
3 8 (3.65%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (3.20%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.28%) Smartsheet
6 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.91%) SaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.46%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.87%) LAN
2 12 (5.48%) DNS
2 12 (5.48%) VPN
2 12 (5.48%) WAN
3 7 (3.20%) DHCP
3 7 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.74%) 3G
4 6 (2.74%) 4G
4 6 (2.74%) 5G
4 6 (2.74%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (2.74%) GGSN
4 6 (2.74%) LTE
4 6 (2.74%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (2.74%) RANAP
4 6 (2.74%) SGSN
4 6 (2.74%) VoLTE
4 6 (2.74%) Wireshark
5 5 (2.28%) VLAN
6 4 (1.83%) Firewall
6 4 (1.83%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.11%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.46%) DTS
2 1 (0.46%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (0.91%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.46%) Yeoman
General
1 104 (47.49%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.26%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (15.07%) Finance
4 27 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (11.42%) Telecoms
6 19 (8.68%) Marketing
7 17 (7.76%) Public Sector
8 16 (7.31%) Legal
9 11 (5.02%) Mandarin Language
9 11 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.57%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.57%) Retail
11 8 (3.65%) Banking
12 7 (3.20%) Wholesale Banking
13 6 (2.74%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.83%) Automotive
14 4 (1.83%) Environmental Health
15 3 (1.37%) Electronics
15 3 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (10.05%) Support Engineer
2 19 (8.68%) Coordinator
3 16 (7.31%) Analyst
3 16 (7.31%) Desktop Support
4 15 (6.85%) Project Manager
5 14 (6.39%) Desktop Engineer
5 14 (6.39%) Lead
6 13 (5.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 13 (5.94%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
6 13 (5.94%) Hardware Engineer
7 12 (5.48%) Designer
8 11 (5.02%) Technical Support
9 10 (4.57%) Administrator
9 10 (4.57%) IT Support
10 9 (4.11%) IT Engineer
11 8 (3.65%) Architect
11 8 (3.65%) Communications Manager
11 8 (3.65%) Internal Communications Manager
11 8 (3.65%) Project Planner
11 8 (3.65%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.37%) HTML
1 3 (1.37%) XML
1 3 (1.37%) XMPP
2 2 (0.91%) Flash
2 2 (0.91%) JSON
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.79%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.83%) CCTV
3 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
3 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.83%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.37%) Life Science
4 3 (1.37%) NHS
4 3 (1.37%) PMI
5 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.91%) Social Media
5 2 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.46%) Animation
6 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.46%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.46%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.46%) IoT
6 1 (0.46%) PlayStation
Operating Systems
1 57 (26.03%) Windows
2 42 (19.18%) Windows 10
3 32 (14.61%) Windows 7
4 10 (4.57%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.37%) Linux
7 2 (0.91%) Android
7 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (22.83%) Customer Service
3 30 (13.70%) Project Management
4 29 (13.24%) ITIL
5 24 (10.96%) Service Delivery
6 21 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (8.22%) Agile
8 17 (7.76%) Project Delivery
9 16 (7.31%) Customer Requirements
9 16 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (6.85%) Budget Management
11 14 (6.39%) Logistics
12 13 (5.94%) Hardware Maintenance
12 13 (5.94%) Software Deployment
12 13 (5.94%) Software Testing
12 13 (5.94%) Time Management
13 12 (5.48%) Risk Management
14 11 (5.02%) Analytics
14 11 (5.02%) Business Intelligence
15 9 (4.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.37%) JavaScript
1 3 (1.37%) Python
2 2 (0.91%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (32.42%) Degree
1 71 (32.42%) Security Cleared
2 41 (18.72%) DV Cleared
3 15 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.65%) APMP
5 6 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.28%) ISEB
6 5 (2.28%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.83%) PMP
8 3 (1.37%) CIPD
9 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.91%) CCNP
9 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.91%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.91%) HND
9 2 (0.91%) RIBA
10 1 (0.46%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.85%) PMO
2 14 (6.39%) SLA
3 8 (3.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.91%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) QA
5 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.94%) Firmware
3 5 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (15.07%) SCCM
2 3 (1.37%) AppManager
3 2 (0.91%) Ansible
3 2 (0.91%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.91%) Netcool
3 2 (0.91%) Rundeck
3 2 (0.91%) Terraform
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 146 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.16%) HP
3 13 (5.94%) SAP
4 10 (4.57%) Adobe
5 7 (3.20%) MicroStrategy
6 6 (2.74%) Cisco
6 6 (2.74%) Empirix
6 6 (2.74%) NetScout
6 6 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.28%) Apple
7 5 (2.28%) VMware
8 4 (1.83%) IFS
9 3 (1.37%) Ivanti
10 2 (0.91%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.91%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.91%) IBM
10 2 (0.91%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.91%) NEC
10 2 (0.91%) Nokia
11 1 (0.46%) Concur