Microsoft Office Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 99 126
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 329 587 929
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.18% 2.34% 2.12%
As % of the Applications category 28.76% 36.10% 32.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 432 679
10th Percentile £155 £181 £150
25th Percentile £201 £251 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £428 £373
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +14.69% -0.60%
75th Percentile £538 £591 £500
90th Percentile £650 £700 £588
UK median daily rate £263 £375 £304
% change year-on-year -30.00% +23.36% -15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 37 45
10th Percentile £13.04 £14.89 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.13 £21.25 £13.89
Median hourly rate £26.00 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +132.56% +17.73%
75th Percentile £43.75 £67.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £51.25 £68.75 £53.25
UK median hourly rate £15.86 £22.63 £16.93
% change year-on-year -29.94% +33.67% +7.25%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,144 1,626 2,849
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.59% 6.48% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 1,117 1,989
10th Percentile £183 £213 £195
25th Percentile £288 £349 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £540
90th Percentile £702 £700 £631
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 100 135
10th Percentile £12.92 £16.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.48 £21.93 £19.75
Median hourly rate £35.52 £45.00 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year -21.06% +62.63% +58.11%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £68.75 £56.33
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -46.15% +51.16% +17.23%

Microsoft Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Office trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Microsoft Office daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Microsoft Office hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 39 (11.85%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.13%) Confluence
4 4 (1.22%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (0.91%) CMS
6 2 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.61%) Documentum
6 2 (0.61%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.30%) Moodle
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 108 (32.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (20.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (8.51%) MS Visio
4 22 (6.69%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (4.26%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (2.13%) Acrobat
7 4 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (1.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (1.22%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.91%) Revit
9 1 (0.30%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.30%) Blender
9 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Primavera
1 5 (1.52%) SmartPlant
2 4 (1.22%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.61%) iTrent
3 2 (0.61%) Magento
3 2 (0.61%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.61%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.30%) assyst
4 1 (0.30%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.54%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (10.33%) Azure
3 26 (7.90%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.17%) SaaS
5 15 (4.56%) Entra ID
6 14 (4.26%) Google Workspace
7 13 (3.95%) IaaS
7 13 (3.95%) OneDrive
7 13 (3.95%) PaaS
7 13 (3.95%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.13%) Collibra
9 7 (2.13%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.52%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.52%) Slack
11 4 (1.22%) Asana
11 4 (1.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 4 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.91%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.78%) VPN
2 9 (2.74%) Firewall
3 7 (2.13%) Internet
3 7 (2.13%) WAN
4 5 (1.52%) MPLS
5 4 (1.22%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.91%) ADSL
6 3 (0.91%) DNS
6 3 (0.91%) LAN
6 3 (0.91%) Network Security
6 3 (0.91%) PPP
6 3 (0.91%) PSTN
7 2 (0.61%) DHCP
7 2 (0.61%) NAS
7 2 (0.61%) SAN
7 2 (0.61%) Skype
7 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.61%) WebEx
7 2 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.99%) Power BI
2 14 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.52%) Tableau
4 3 (0.91%) Metadata
5 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.30%) MySQL
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.30%) Power Query
6 1 (0.30%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.30%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 26 (7.90%) JIRA
2 3 (0.91%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.61%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.30%) MSI
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 164 (49.85%) Social Skills
2 89 (27.05%) Finance
3 67 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (13.07%) Public Sector
5 35 (10.64%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (8.81%) Legal
7 26 (7.90%) Banking
8 22 (6.69%) Manufacturing
9 17 (5.17%) Telecoms
10 13 (3.95%) Marketing
11 9 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.43%) Retail
13 7 (2.13%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.82%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.52%) Automotive
15 5 (1.52%) Electronics
15 5 (1.52%) Publishing
16 4 (1.22%) Law
16 4 (1.22%) Local Government
16 4 (1.22%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 76 (23.10%) Analyst
2 36 (10.94%) Project Manager
3 22 (6.69%) Business Analyst
4 19 (5.78%) Service Analyst
5 18 (5.47%) Lead
6 17 (5.17%) Service Desk Analyst
7 16 (4.86%) Senior
8 15 (4.56%) Administrator
8 15 (4.56%) IT Support
9 14 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (4.26%) Support Analyst
10 12 (3.65%) Author
10 12 (3.65%) Coordinator
10 12 (3.65%) Support Engineer
10 12 (3.65%) Technical Author
11 11 (3.34%) 1st Line Support
12 10 (3.04%) Developer
13 9 (2.74%) Designer
13 9 (2.74%) IT Engineer
14 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.47%) XML
2 4 (1.22%) .NET
2 4 (1.22%) HTML
2 4 (1.22%) JSON
3 2 (0.61%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.61%) CSS
4 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.30%) Django
4 1 (0.30%) jQuery
4 1 (0.30%) React
4 1 (0.30%) RESTful
4 1 (0.30%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.30%) XSL
4 1 (0.30%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (5.17%) Virtual Team
3 15 (4.56%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.43%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.82%) Life Science
6 6 (1.82%) NHS
7 5 (1.52%) Animation
7 5 (1.52%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.22%) Derivative
8 4 (1.22%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.91%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.61%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.61%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.61%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 75 (22.80%) Windows
2 31 (9.42%) Windows 10
3 17 (5.17%) Windows 7
4 10 (3.04%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.52%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.52%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.91%) Android
8 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (20.36%) Project Management
2 62 (18.84%) Agile
3 52 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (13.98%) Customer Service
5 39 (11.85%) Project Delivery
6 33 (10.03%) Change Management
7 29 (8.81%) ITIL
8 28 (8.51%) Decision-Making
9 27 (8.21%) Business Intelligence
10 24 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (7.29%) Data Analysis
10 24 (7.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (6.69%) Customer Requirements
12 21 (6.38%) CAD
13 20 (6.08%) Budget Management
13 20 (6.08%) PRINCE2
13 20 (6.08%) Roadmaps
14 19 (5.78%) Migration
14 19 (5.78%) Risk Management
15 17 (5.17%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.78%) SQL
2 10 (3.04%) T-SQL
3 8 (2.43%) C#
3 8 (2.43%) PL/SQL
3 8 (2.43%) Python
4 6 (1.82%) Java
4 6 (1.82%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.61%) PHP
6 2 (0.61%) VBA
7 1 (0.30%) C++
7 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.30%) Perl
7 1 (0.30%) R
7 1 (0.30%) VB
7 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.30%) VC++
Qualifications
1 107 (32.52%) Degree
2 58 (17.63%) Security Cleared
3 41 (12.46%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.08%) APMP
5 18 (5.47%) PMI Certification
5 18 (5.47%) PMP
6 10 (3.04%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.82%) CISM
8 6 (1.82%) CISSP
9 4 (1.22%) BC Cleared
9 4 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.22%) HNC
9 4 (1.22%) ISEB
9 4 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.21%) SLA
2 26 (7.90%) PMO
3 16 (4.86%) QA
4 8 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.43%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.82%) GDPR
5 6 (1.82%) NIST
6 5 (1.52%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.91%) P3O
9 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 39 (11.85%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 14 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.82%) SCCM
3 2 (0.61%) Argo
3 2 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 241 (73.25%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.38%) Oracle
3 18 (5.47%) Google
4 16 (4.86%) SAP
5 15 (4.56%) Salesforce
6 14 (4.26%) Adobe
7 10 (3.04%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.74%) VMware
9 8 (2.43%) Cisco
10 7 (2.13%) Citrix
11 6 (1.82%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.52%) Computacenter
12 5 (1.52%) Veeam
13 4 (1.22%) Apple
13 4 (1.22%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.22%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.91%) BT
14 3 (0.91%) HP
14 3 (0.91%) iManage
14 3 (0.91%) Openreach