Microsoft Office Contracts in Wales

Microsoft Office
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 21 30 39
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 26 33 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 6.47% 5.21% 4.35%
As % of the Applications category 57.78% 82.50% 55.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 21 36
10th Percentile £212 £158 £133
25th Percentile £374 £183 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £230 £188
Median % change year-on-year +122.83% +22.67% -10.71%
75th Percentile £523 £500 £450
90th Percentile £530 £525 £463
UK median daily rate £256 £375 £300
% change year-on-year -31.83% +25.00% -17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £11.01 £14.15 -
25th Percentile £11.02 £16.96 £12.24
Median hourly rate £11.64 £21.79 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.57% +74.37% -13.83%
75th Percentile £13.31 £26.47 £12.75
90th Percentile £13.94 £29.19 -
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £22.63 £16.83
% change year-on-year -29.03% +34.50% +5.75%

All Software Application Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 45 40 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 11.19% 6.31% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 25 60
10th Percentile £220 £158 £132
25th Percentile £463 £178 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £230 £223
Median % change year-on-year +123.91% +3.37% -40.67%
75th Percentile £621 £488 £441
90th Percentile £625 £515 £475
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile £11.00 £12.93 -
25th Percentile £11.02 £13.89 £10.49
Median hourly rate £49.68 £16.00 £11.49
Median % change year-on-year +210.50% +39.22% -30.35%
75th Percentile £87.80 £23.75 £16.12
90th Percentile £87.86 £28.10 £18.58
UK median hourly rate £17.80 £35.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.21% +66.28% +13.16%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +13 22 £515 +8.42% 32
North Wales +3 1 £213 +20.40% 6
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (53.85%) Azure
2 11 (42.31%) GitHub
2 11 (42.31%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) LAN
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) WLAN
3 1 (3.85%) Internet
3 1 (3.85%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (38.46%) MySQL
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Project Manager
2 11 (42.31%) Migration Manager
2 11 (42.31%) Migration Project Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Software Project Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Agile Project Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Development Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Development Project Manager
5 3 (11.54%) IT Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Software Development Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Software Development Project Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Software Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Agile Development Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Database Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Field Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support
7 1 (3.85%) Desktop Technician
7 1 (3.85%) Head of Procurement
7 1 (3.85%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) IT Technician
7 1 (3.85%) Service Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.69%) Mac OS
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (3.85%) Android
4 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Agile
1 17 (65.38%) Scrum
1 17 (65.38%) SDLC
2 11 (42.31%) Containerisation
2 11 (42.31%) Migration
3 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (34.62%) Project Management
5 8 (30.77%) Project Governance
6 6 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (19.23%) Kanban
8 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
9 3 (11.54%) Analytics
9 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics
10 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
10 2 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
10 2 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 1 (3.85%) CI/CD
11 1 (3.85%) Conflict Resolution
11 1 (3.85%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) PHP
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (73.08%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (42.31%) Argo
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 17 (65.38%) Atlassian
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Dell
3 2 (7.69%) Progress
3 2 (7.69%) SonicWALL
3 2 (7.69%) VMware
3 2 (7.69%) WatchGuard