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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 47 48
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 21 20 23
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.53% 3.17% 3.04%
As % of the Applications category 38.89% 41.67% 29.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 12
10th Percentile £180 £143 £182
25th Percentile £229 £152 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £170 £200
Median % change year-on-year +84.12% -15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £475 £226 £406
90th Percentile £482 £365 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £266 £423 £200
% change year-on-year -37.10% +111.25% -55.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £12.40
25th Percentile - - £19.38
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £27.63
90th Percentile - - £28.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.67 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - +81.06%

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 54 48 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.51% 7.61% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 33
10th Percentile £200 £151 £190
25th Percentile £243 £166 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £275 £425
Median % change year-on-year +47.73% -35.29% +29.37%
75th Percentile £480 £497 £575
90th Percentile £545 £543 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £417 £425 £313
% change year-on-year -1.88% +35.78% -23.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 11
10th Percentile £22.50 - £11.06
25th Percentile £22.51 £47.50 £12.19
Median hourly rate £24.03 £50.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.95% +92.31% +103.92%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £27.63
90th Percentile - - £28.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £35.86 £26.00
% change year-on-year -30.28% +37.92% +53.53%

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 6 February 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 9 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
4 2 (9.52%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (4.76%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) OpenShift
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) DNS
1 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
1 2 (9.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.76%) EDMS
2 1 (4.76%) GIS
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) JMeter
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 2 (9.52%) Legal
6 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Automotive
7 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Project Manager
2 3 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Assistant Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Project Assistant
3 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Support Officer
3 2 (9.52%) Test Leader
4 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.76%) Development Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (4.76%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (4.76%) Report Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Leader
4 1 (4.76%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) ADO
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.76%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (4.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Agile
1 7 (33.33%) Change Control
2 6 (28.57%) Project Management
3 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) Coaching
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (9.52%) Budgeting
6 2 (9.52%) Business Case
6 2 (9.52%) Code Quality
6 2 (9.52%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (9.52%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PL/SQL
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
1 3 (14.29%) VB
2 2 (9.52%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) ISTQB
2 2 (9.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) AAT
3 1 (4.76%) ACCA
3 1 (4.76%) CIMA
3 1 (4.76%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) PMO
2 3 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 2 (9.52%) QA
3 2 (9.52%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) HP ALM
1 2 (9.52%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) SAP
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle
4 2 (9.52%) HP
4 2 (9.52%) Planview
4 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
5 1 (4.76%) Autodesk
5 1 (4.76%) Sage