Microsoft Office Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Office
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 44 61 52
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 125 137 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.92% 3.75% 4.34%
As % of the Applications category 50.20% 49.82% 51.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 103 116
10th Percentile £134 £163 £114
25th Percentile £158 £209 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £463 £255
Median % change year-on-year -47.03% +81.37% -22.14%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £450
90th Percentile £663 £612 £538
England median daily rate £255 £375 £293
% change year-on-year -32.00% +28.21% -19.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 13
10th Percentile £12.98 £12.17 £12.17
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.31 £17.17
Median hourly rate £37.50 £18.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +105.48% -47.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £51.25 £21.14 £51.75
90th Percentile - £67.73 £66.19
England median hourly rate £16.06 £22.00 £16.84
% change year-on-year -27.00% +30.64% -2.38%

All Software Application Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 249 275 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 7.81% 7.53% 8.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 181 216
10th Percentile £135 £185 £131
25th Percentile £185 £300 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £434 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +8.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £544 £550 £514
90th Percentile £710 £612 £572
England median daily rate £398 £430 £425
% change year-on-year -7.56% +1.18% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 27 18
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £13.47
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.72 £18.44
Median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +85.71% +9.03%
75th Percentile £51.25 - £54.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £71.00 £63.37
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Wiltshire -21 39 £250 -47.37% 22
Bristol +20 35 £525 +75.00% 54
Gloucestershire +24 27 £550 +260.66% 30
Devon +10 17 £155 +16.98% 20
Somerset -2 3 £205 -1.80% 42
Dorset -8 2 - - 8
Cornwall -5 1 £225 - 4
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 14 (11.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.60%) CMS
3 11 (8.80%) Confluence
4 10 (8.00%) Sitecore CMS
5 9 (7.20%) SharePoint
6 7 (5.60%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (28.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (15.20%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (3.20%) Acrobat
5 4 (3.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.80%) CATIA
7 1 (0.80%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.80%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (10.40%) Azure
3 6 (4.80%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 5 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.40%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.40%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.60%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.80%) AWS
7 1 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.80%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.80%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.80%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.20%) VSAN
2 7 (5.60%) Skype
3 4 (3.20%) DNS
3 4 (3.20%) LAN
4 3 (2.40%) Firewall
4 3 (2.40%) WAN
5 2 (1.60%) DHCP
5 2 (1.60%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.80%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.60%) Metadata
1 2 (1.60%) Power BI
1 2 (1.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.80%) MySQL
2 1 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (23.20%) JIRA
2 2 (1.60%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 78 (62.40%) Social Skills
2 37 (29.60%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (23.20%) Finance
4 22 (17.60%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (14.40%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.60%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.00%) Military
7 5 (4.00%) Publishing
8 4 (3.20%) Multimedia
9 3 (2.40%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.60%) Retail
11 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.80%) Local Government
11 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.40%) Lead
1 18 (14.40%) Project Leader
2 15 (12.00%) Analyst
3 13 (10.40%) Author
3 13 (10.40%) Technical Author
4 11 (8.80%) Administrator
5 9 (7.20%) Support Engineer
6 8 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (5.60%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) IT Analyst
8 6 (4.80%) Web Specialist
9 5 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) IT Support
9 5 (4.00%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.20%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (3.20%) Content Manager
10 4 (3.20%) Desktop Support
10 4 (3.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 4 (3.20%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.40%) XML
2 6 (4.80%) Flash
3 2 (1.60%) .NET
3 2 (1.60%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.80%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.80%) React
4 1 (0.80%) SPFx
4 1 (0.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.20%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.60%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.80%) Clustering
4 4 (3.20%) Animation
4 4 (3.20%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.20%) PKI
5 2 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.60%) Blog
5 2 (1.60%) CMDB
5 2 (1.60%) iPhone
6 1 (0.80%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.80%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.80%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.80%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (24.80%) Windows
2 17 (13.60%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.20%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.20%) Windows 7
3 4 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.40%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.60%) Linux
5 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.80%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (24.80%) Agile
1 31 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (24.00%) Project Management
3 26 (20.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (17.60%) Data Management
4 22 (17.60%) Project Delivery
5 19 (15.20%) PRINCE2
5 19 (15.20%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 18 (14.40%) Commercial Awareness
6 18 (14.40%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 18 (14.40%) ITIL
6 18 (14.40%) Project Planning
6 18 (14.40%) Workshop Facilitation
7 17 (13.60%) CAD
7 17 (13.60%) Validation
8 15 (12.00%) Customer Service
9 14 (11.20%) Service Management
10 12 (9.60%) User Experience
11 10 (8.00%) Critical Thinking
12 9 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.20%) SQL
3 1 (0.80%) Bash
3 1 (0.80%) C#
3 1 (0.80%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (42.40%) Security Cleared
2 23 (18.40%) DV Cleared
3 21 (16.80%) Degree
4 19 (15.20%) APMP
5 18 (14.40%) SC Cleared
6 8 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.40%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.60%) CCNA
7 7 (5.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (3.20%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.40%) MCP
10 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.80%) CCNP
11 1 (0.80%) CISM
11 1 (0.80%) CISSP
11 1 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.80%) MCSE
11 1 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.60%) PMO
2 4 (3.20%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.20%) QA
2 4 (3.20%) SLA
3 1 (0.80%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.20%) VMware NSX
4 8 (6.40%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.80%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (8.80%) SCCM
2 8 (6.40%) vCenter Server
3 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.60%) WSUS
6 1 (0.80%) Ansible
6 1 (0.80%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.80%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.80%) Puppet
6 1 (0.80%) SCOM
Vendors
1 92 (73.60%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.40%) Atlassian
3 15 (12.00%) VMware
4 11 (8.80%) Cisco
4 11 (8.80%) Citrix
5 10 (8.00%) Sitecore
6 4 (3.20%) Adobe
7 3 (2.40%) Apple
7 3 (2.40%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.60%) Google
8 2 (1.60%) SAP
8 2 (1.60%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.60%) Veeam
9 1 (0.80%) Avaya
9 1 (0.80%) HP
9 1 (0.80%) McAfee
9 1 (0.80%) Oracle
9 1 (0.80%) Progress
9 1 (0.80%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.80%) Splunk