Microsoft Office Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Office
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 48 25
Rank change year-on-year +23 -23 +20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 127 73 142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.56% 4.19% 6.08%
As % of the Applications category 61.35% 41.71% 47.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 37 79
10th Percentile £114 £152 £139
25th Percentile £159 £248 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +7.14% -4.11%
75th Percentile £278 £475 £475
90th Percentile £515 £573 £525
South East median daily rate £215 £300 £289
% change year-on-year -28.33% +3.70% -25.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 5
10th Percentile £11.79 £14.65 £12.35
25th Percentile £13.68 £17.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -29.09% +80.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £20.13 £53.00
90th Percentile £55.09 £20.35 £61.70
South East median hourly rate £17.55 £19.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +34.48% -17.14%

All Software Application Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 207 175 296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.69% 10.04% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 98 160
10th Percentile £131 £187 £135
25th Percentile £203 £286 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £400 £362
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% +10.48% -9.49%
75th Percentile £437 £523 £482
90th Percentile £528 £691 £561
South East median daily rate £325 £394 £400
% change year-on-year -17.41% -1.63% +1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 7
10th Percentile £11.79 £16.83 £13.65
25th Percentile £13.68 £18.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £20.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +107.32% -25.45% +57.14%
75th Percentile £55.00 £25.38 £55.19
90th Percentile £61.70 £30.04 £61.43
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £26.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -32.69% +33.33% -9.30%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 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
Reading +18 74 £215 -45.36% 32
Bracknell -7 20 £114 - 8
Slough +12 6 £338 +22.73% 12
Wokingham - 2 £500 - 2
Newbury -2 1 £600 +275.00% 4
Maidenhead -4 1 £775 - 7
Windsor -9 1 - - 1
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 11 (8.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.57%) CMS
3 1 (0.79%) Moodle
Applications
1 45 (35.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (24.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (7.09%) MS Visio
4 8 (6.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (4.72%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.57%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.57%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.79%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.79%) Blender
7 1 (0.79%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Primavera
2 1 (0.79%) Maximo
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.39%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (5.51%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.72%) Azure
3 6 (4.72%) Power Automate
4 5 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.94%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.79%) OCI
5 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.32%) LAN
2 6 (4.72%) 3G
2 6 (4.72%) 4G
2 6 (4.72%) 5G
2 6 (4.72%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (4.72%) DNS
2 6 (4.72%) GGSN
2 6 (4.72%) LTE
2 6 (4.72%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (4.72%) RANAP
2 6 (4.72%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (4.72%) SGSN
2 6 (4.72%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.72%) VoLTE
2 6 (4.72%) WAN
2 6 (4.72%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) Power BI
2 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.79%) DTS
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
General
1 73 (57.48%) Social Skills
2 41 (32.28%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (14.17%) Finance
3 18 (14.17%) Telecoms
4 16 (12.60%) Marketing
5 15 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (11.02%) Legal
7 12 (9.45%) Mandarin Language
8 11 (8.66%) Public Sector
9 10 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (5.51%) Banking
10 7 (5.51%) Wholesale Banking
11 6 (4.72%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.57%) Environmental Health
12 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.57%) Retail
13 1 (0.79%) Billing
13 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.79%) Law
13 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (12.60%) Desktop Engineer
1 16 (12.60%) Desktop Support
1 16 (12.60%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 16 (12.60%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
1 16 (12.60%) Hardware Engineer
1 16 (12.60%) Support Engineer
2 8 (6.30%) Communications Manager
2 8 (6.30%) Creative Designer
2 8 (6.30%) Designer
2 8 (6.30%) Internal Communications Manager
3 7 (5.51%) Analyst
3 7 (5.51%) Coordinator
3 7 (5.51%) Project Manager
3 7 (5.51%) Project Planner
4 6 (4.72%) Support Specialist
4 6 (4.72%) Technical Specialist
4 6 (4.72%) Technical Support
4 6 (4.72%) Technical Support Specialist
5 5 (3.94%) Break Fix Engineer
5 5 (3.94%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) Flash
1 2 (1.57%) HTML
2 1 (0.79%) ADO
2 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.20%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.36%) CCTV
2 3 (2.36%) Life Science
2 3 (2.36%) PMI
3 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.57%) Social Media
4 1 (0.79%) Animation
4 1 (0.79%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.79%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.79%) NHS
4 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 38 (29.92%) Windows
1 38 (29.92%) Windows 10
2 32 (25.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.80%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (33.07%) Customer Service
3 32 (25.20%) ITIL
4 24 (18.90%) Project Management
5 16 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (12.60%) Customer Requirements
5 16 (12.60%) Hardware Maintenance
5 16 (12.60%) Service Delivery
5 16 (12.60%) Software Deployment
5 16 (12.60%) Software Testing
6 14 (11.02%) Agile
6 14 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (10.24%) Budget Management
8 9 (7.09%) Business Transformation
8 9 (7.09%) Data Analysis
8 9 (7.09%) Project Delivery
8 9 (7.09%) Risk Management
8 9 (7.09%) Strategic Thinking
8 9 (7.09%) Time Management
8 9 (7.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 54 (42.52%) Security Cleared
2 53 (41.73%) Degree
3 46 (36.22%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.72%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.94%) PMP
5 5 (3.94%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.36%) APMP
6 3 (2.36%) CIPD
7 1 (0.79%) ACCA
7 1 (0.79%) CIMA
7 1 (0.79%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.79%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.24%) PMO
2 9 (7.09%) SLA
3 8 (6.30%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (12.60%) Firmware
2 6 (4.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (29.92%) SCCM
2 1 (0.79%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 96 (75.59%) Microsoft
2 39 (30.71%) HP
3 9 (7.09%) Adobe
3 9 (7.09%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.51%) MicroStrategy
5 6 (4.72%) Empirix
5 6 (4.72%) NetScout
6 1 (0.79%) Ariba
6 1 (0.79%) Concur
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle
6 1 (0.79%) Remedy
6 1 (0.79%) SAP
6 1 (0.79%) Sparx