Microsoft Office Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Office
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 24 41
Rank change year-on-year -48 +17 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 23 132 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.96% 6.66% 4.40%
As % of the Applications category 30.26% 63.16% 44.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 76 37
10th Percentile £130 £114 £158
25th Percentile £211 £159 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £210 £375
Median % change year-on-year +90.60% -44.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £450 £247 £475
90th Percentile £481 £508 £636
South East median daily rate £375 £210 £299
% change year-on-year +78.57% -29.71% +7.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 4
10th Percentile £17.41 £11.79 £14.65
25th Percentile £22.07 £13.68 £17.13
Median hourly rate £28.36 £30.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% +53.85% -29.09%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.75 £20.13
90th Percentile - £55.09 £20.35
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £17.55 £20.00
% change year-on-year -19.09% -12.25% +37.93%

All Software Application Skills
Berkshire

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 76 209 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.46% 10.55% 9.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 121 98
10th Percentile £151 £120 £196
25th Percentile £216 £200 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £215 £400
Median % change year-on-year +91.86% -46.25% +12.49%
75th Percentile £491 £436 £488
90th Percentile £630 £525 £691
South East median daily rate £413 £281 £375
% change year-on-year +46.67% -25.00% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 8
10th Percentile £17.41 £11.79 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.07 £13.68 £19.25
Median hourly rate £28.36 £42.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.28% +88.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £32.05 £55.00 £26.22
90th Percentile - £61.70 £33.36
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £38.65
% change year-on-year +8.57% -54.72% +98.21%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Berkshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Berkshire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Berkshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Berkshire

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Berkshire

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Reading -20 12 £401 +86.28% 36
Bracknell +2 4 £258 +126.71% 9
Maidenhead +6 1 - - 6
Slough -11 1 - - 13
Wokingham -12 1 - - 3
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Power Platform
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 4 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) PaaS
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (17.39%) 3G
2 4 (17.39%) 4G
2 4 (17.39%) 5G
3 2 (8.70%) 2G
3 2 (8.70%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) GGSN
3 2 (8.70%) LTE
3 2 (8.70%) RANAP
3 2 (8.70%) SGSN
3 2 (8.70%) VoLTE
3 2 (8.70%) Wireshark
4 1 (4.35%) DWDM
4 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
4 1 (4.35%) VLAN
4 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Telecoms
3 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 4 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Automotive
5 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.70%) Multimedia
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (13.04%) Analyst
1 3 (13.04%) Coordinator
2 2 (8.70%) Administrator
2 2 (8.70%) Development Specialist
2 2 (8.70%) Network Manager
2 2 (8.70%) PMO Administrator
2 2 (8.70%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (4.35%) Compliance Specialist
3 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) IT Support
3 1 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) IT Technician
3 1 (4.35%) Network Capacity Planner
3 1 (4.35%) PMO Planner
3 1 (4.35%) Radio Design Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Strategy Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Trainee Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) ADO
2 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.70%) Learning Management System
2 2 (8.70%) Life Science
2 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Android
1 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Project Management
2 4 (17.39%) Analytics
2 4 (17.39%) Change Management
2 4 (17.39%) DevOps
2 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.04%) Agile
3 3 (13.04%) Budgeting
3 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.04%) Deadline-Driven
3 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
3 3 (13.04%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (13.04%) Risk Register
3 3 (13.04%) Time Management
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.70%) Content Management
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.70%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (8.70%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) ISEB
3 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (4.35%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Empirix
2 2 (8.70%) NetScout
2 2 (8.70%) Nokia
3 1 (4.35%) Apple
3 1 (4.35%) Ciena
3 1 (4.35%) Cramer
3 1 (4.35%) Dell
3 1 (4.35%) Ericsson
3 1 (4.35%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) Huawei
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow