Microsoft Office Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 51 29
Rank change year-on-year +24 -22 +29
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 166 117 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.22% 4.04% 6.34%
As % of the Applications category 60.36% 41.79% 50.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 74 129
10th Percentile £114 £173 £143
25th Percentile £148 £246 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £375 £360
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £426 £510 £475
90th Percentile £516 £550 £552
South East median daily rate £213 £300 £291
% change year-on-year -29.17% +3.13% -24.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 4 22
10th Percentile £11.79 £14.65 £10.25
25th Percentile £15.85 £17.13 -
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +81.06% -51.05%
75th Percentile £43.75 £20.13 £12.31
90th Percentile £55.00 £20.35 £27.75
South East median hourly rate £17.55 £20.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -12.25% +37.93% -4.92%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 275 280 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.31% 9.66% 12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 171 261
10th Percentile £133 £188 £147
25th Percentile £185 £291 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £400 £390
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% +2.56% -2.12%
75th Percentile £448 £522 £481
90th Percentile £528 £650 £567
South East median daily rate £300 £383 £398
% change year-on-year -21.57% -3.77% -0.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 27
10th Percentile £11.79 £14.63 £10.12
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.19 -
Median hourly rate £22.58 £23.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +113.56% -49.91%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.84 £13.41
90th Percentile £56.39 £32.30 £38.45
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £27.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -35.78% +39.74% -9.30%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Berkshire +21 132 £210 -44.00% 64
Buckinghamshire +22 27 £460 -0.01% 58
Oxfordshire +8 7 £141 -29.38% 38
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (6.63%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.20%) CMS
3 1 (0.60%) Moodle
Applications
1 46 (27.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (19.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (5.42%) MS Visio
4 8 (4.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (3.61%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.20%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.60%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.60%) Blender
7 1 (0.60%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (7.23%) Primavera
2 1 (0.60%) Maximo
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 25 (15.06%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (4.82%) Azure
2 8 (4.82%) SuccessFactors
3 7 (4.22%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.61%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.01%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.20%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.60%) OCI
7 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.86%) LAN
2 10 (6.02%) VPN
3 8 (4.82%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (3.61%) 3G
4 6 (3.61%) 4G
4 6 (3.61%) 5G
4 6 (3.61%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (3.61%) DNS
4 6 (3.61%) GGSN
4 6 (3.61%) LTE
4 6 (3.61%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (3.61%) RANAP
4 6 (3.61%) SGSN
4 6 (3.61%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.61%) VoLTE
4 6 (3.61%) WAN
4 6 (3.61%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (1.20%) Firewall
5 2 (1.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.22%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.60%) DTS
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 91 (54.82%) Social Skills
2 48 (28.92%) Organisational Skills
3 25 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (15.06%) Finance
4 20 (12.05%) Marketing
5 18 (10.84%) Telecoms
6 16 (9.64%) Legal
7 14 (8.43%) Public Sector
8 13 (7.83%) Mandarin Language
9 12 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.22%) Banking
10 7 (4.22%) Retail
10 7 (4.22%) Wholesale Banking
11 6 (3.61%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Environmental Health
12 2 (1.20%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.60%) Billing
13 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (12.05%) Support Engineer
2 17 (10.24%) Desktop Engineer
2 17 (10.24%) Desktop Support
2 17 (10.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 17 (10.24%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
2 17 (10.24%) Hardware Engineer
3 15 (9.04%) Coordinator
4 14 (8.43%) Analyst
5 13 (7.83%) Technical Support
6 11 (6.63%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.82%) Communications Manager
7 8 (4.82%) Creative Designer
7 8 (4.82%) Designer
7 8 (4.82%) Internal Communications Manager
8 7 (4.22%) Project Planner
8 7 (4.22%) Technical Coordinator
9 6 (3.61%) Senior
9 6 (3.61%) Support Specialist
9 6 (3.61%) Technical Specialist
9 6 (3.61%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) Flash
1 2 (1.20%) HTML
1 2 (1.20%) OLE
2 1 (0.60%) ADO
2 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.48%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.41%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.41%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.81%) CCTV
3 3 (1.81%) Life Science
3 3 (1.81%) PMI
4 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.20%) Social Media
4 2 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.60%) Animation
5 1 (0.60%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.60%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.60%) NHS
5 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.60%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 50 (30.12%) Windows
2 42 (25.30%) Windows 10
3 39 (23.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (37.35%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (31.33%) Customer Service
3 35 (21.08%) ITIL
4 28 (16.87%) Project Management
5 27 (16.27%) Service Delivery
6 22 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
8 17 (10.24%) Hardware Maintenance
8 17 (10.24%) Software Deployment
8 17 (10.24%) Software Testing
9 14 (8.43%) Agile
9 14 (8.43%) Budget Management
9 14 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (8.43%) Time Management
10 13 (7.83%) Project Delivery
11 11 (6.63%) Data Analysis
12 10 (6.02%) Computer Science
12 10 (6.02%) Logistics
12 10 (6.02%) Risk Management
13 9 (5.42%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.20%) Python
2 1 (0.60%) R
Qualifications
1 70 (42.17%) Security Cleared
2 66 (39.76%) Degree
3 53 (31.93%) DV Cleared
4 13 (7.83%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.22%) APMP
6 6 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.61%) ISEB
6 6 (3.61%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.01%) PMP
8 4 (2.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.81%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.81%) CIPD
10 2 (1.20%) CCNP
10 2 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.20%) MCITP
10 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.20%) RIBA
11 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.60%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.64%) SLA
2 13 (7.83%) PMO
3 8 (4.82%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (10.24%) Firmware
2 14 (8.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 42 (25.30%) SCCM
2 2 (1.20%) Ansible
2 2 (1.20%) Netcool
2 2 (1.20%) Rundeck
2 2 (1.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 118 (71.08%) Microsoft
2 43 (25.90%) HP
3 9 (5.42%) Adobe
3 9 (5.42%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.22%) MicroStrategy
5 6 (3.61%) Empirix
5 6 (3.61%) NetScout
6 2 (1.20%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.20%) Cisco
6 2 (1.20%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.20%) IBM
6 2 (1.20%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.20%) McAfee
6 2 (1.20%) MobileIron
6 2 (1.20%) NEC
6 2 (1.20%) Nokia
7 1 (0.60%) Ariba
7 1 (0.60%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle
7 1 (0.60%) Remedy