Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Office
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 45 45
Rank change year-on-year -28 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 4 12 22
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.45% 2.09% 3.13%
As % of the Applications category 13.79% 21.43% 47.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 15
10th Percentile - £150 -
25th Percentile - £200 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £275 £170
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +61.76% -51.43%
75th Percentile - £313 £371
90th Percentile - £350 £510
West Midlands median daily rate £313 £320 £405
% change year-on-year -2.19% -20.99% +54.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.33
25th Percentile £13.98 - £13.44
Median hourly rate £14.11 - £13.75
75th Percentile £14.23 - £13.94
90th Percentile - - £13.98
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £30.00 £13.75
% change year-on-year -53.33% +118.18% -39.56%

All Software Application Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 29 56 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.23% 9.76% 6.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 38 33
10th Percentile £246 £235 £143
25th Percentile £409 £277 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £363 £240
Median % change year-on-year +36.55% +51.04% -36.00%
75th Percentile £556 £539 £443
90th Percentile £598 £600 £498
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £408 £425
% change year-on-year +10.43% -4.12% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £15.80 £19.81 £13.40
25th Percentile £18.54 £22.53 £13.63
Median hourly rate £23.11 £30.29 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.70% +116.36% -37.78%
75th Percentile £30.31 £44.00 £33.25
90th Percentile £34.62 £49.10 £44.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.11 £33.91 £33.25
% change year-on-year -31.85% +1.98% +35.71%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Navisworks
1 1 (25.00%) ProjectWise
1 1 (25.00%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) CAFM
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Order Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Autodesk