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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 51 41
Rank change year-on-year -16 -10 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 10 3 18
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.09% 0.60% 2.45%
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 10.00% 29.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 6
10th Percentile £210 £305 £189
25th Percentile £300 £313 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £325 £200
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% +62.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £475 £338 £210
90th Percentile £478 £345 -
West Midlands median daily rate £313 £314 £200
% change year-on-year -0.32% +57.00% -44.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £13.04
25th Percentile - - £13.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - £28.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £31.25 £14.44
% change year-on-year -20.00% +116.49% +0.52%

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 30 30 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.26% 6.01% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 20 25
10th Percentile £210 £200 £190
25th Percentile £320 £288 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £240
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +77.08% -40.00%
75th Percentile £496 £538 £438
90th Percentile £553 £600 £533
West Midlands median daily rate £445 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +11.25% +14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 13
10th Percentile £25.75 £44.35 £11.07
25th Percentile £26.88 £44.88 £13.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.17% +235.71% -24.32%
75th Percentile £34.38 £50.38 £26.50
90th Percentile £36.25 £51.65 £28.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £33.91 £26.00
% change year-on-year +0.24% +30.42% +30.00%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Birmingham

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 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) OpenShift
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) GIS
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JMeter
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Lead
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Development Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (10.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Learning Management System
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Change Control
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Coaching
3 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (20.00%) Business Case
4 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Test Management
4 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
1 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
1 2 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (10.00%) AAT
3 1 (10.00%) ACCA
3 1 (10.00%) CIMA
3 1 (10.00%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) PMO
2 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) HP ALM
1 2 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Planview
4 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (10.00%) Sage