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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 39 48
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 24 29 20
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.27% 4.19% 2.80%
As % of the Applications category 32.43% 52.73% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 13
10th Percentile £150 £143 £180
25th Percentile £229 £156 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £170 £350
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -51.43% +54.53%
75th Percentile £325 £398 £575
90th Percentile £478 £540 -
West Midlands median daily rate £300 £425 £225
% change year-on-year -29.41% +88.89% -43.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.34
25th Percentile - - £11.66
Median hourly rate - - £12.63
75th Percentile - - £13.41
90th Percentile - - £13.61
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.34 - £27.00
% change year-on-year - - +88.02%

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 74 55 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.10% 7.95% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 43 30
10th Percentile £200 £145 £198
25th Percentile £272 £165 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.53% +31.78%
75th Percentile £491 £500 £575
90th Percentile £581 £550 £609
West Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -1.18% +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £20.25 - £11.55
25th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £12.19
Median hourly rate £23.03 £50.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.95% +270.37% -17.63%
75th Percentile £24.64 £52.50 £14.08
90th Percentile £25.00 - £14.27
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 £22.25
% change year-on-year -47.37% +113.48% +34.85%

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 24 December 2025.

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 9 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
3 3 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (4.17%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) OpenShift
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 3 (12.50%) VoIP
2 2 (8.33%) DNS
2 2 (8.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) EDMS
1 1 (4.17%) GIS
1 1 (4.17%) Metadata
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Legal
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (12.50%) Assistant Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Support Officer
4 2 (8.33%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Project Assistant
4 2 (8.33%) Project Officer
4 2 (8.33%) Project Support Officer
4 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Administrator
5 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Coordinator
5 1 (4.17%) Document Controller
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) SharePoint Administrator
5 1 (4.17%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.17%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Project Management
2 5 (20.83%) Agile
2 5 (20.83%) Change Control
2 5 (20.83%) ITSM
3 4 (16.67%) ITIL
3 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.67%) Service Management
3 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.50%) Coaching
4 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 2 (8.33%) Budgeting
5 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.17%) R
1 1 (4.17%) Shell Script
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
1 1 (4.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) AAT
5 1 (4.17%) ACCA
5 1 (4.17%) CIMA
5 1 (4.17%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) PMO
2 3 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Snort
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) Planview
3 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.17%) Autodesk
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (4.17%) Sage
4 1 (4.17%) SAP