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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 40 36
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 21 30 30
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.94% 4.10% 3.95%
As % of the Applications category 29.58% 54.55% 44.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 19
10th Percentile £150 £143 £179
25th Percentile £207 £156 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £266 £170 £290
Median % change year-on-year +56.32% -41.38% +26.09%
75th Percentile £372 £398 £519
90th Percentile £450 £540 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £300 £435 £213
% change year-on-year -31.03% +104.71% -46.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 - £34.50
% change year-on-year - - +140.25%

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 71 55 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 9.93% 7.51% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 42 37
10th Percentile £200 £144 £184
25th Percentile £259 £165 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £313 £425
Median % change year-on-year +22.40% -26.47% +21.43%
75th Percentile £509 £497 £550
90th Percentile £588 £549 £602
West Midlands median daily rate £427 £434 £360
% change year-on-year -1.64% +20.59% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £20.25 - £14.41
25th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £23.03 £50.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.95% +212.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £24.64 £52.50 £20.75
90th Percentile £25.00 - £23.30
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -36.84% +75.93% +74.98%

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 29 November 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 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (4.76%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 3 (14.29%) VoIP
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) EDMS
1 1 (4.76%) GIS
1 1 (4.76%) Metadata
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Project Manager
3 3 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (14.29%) Assistant Project Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Project Assistant
4 2 (9.52%) Project Officer
4 2 (9.52%) Project Support Officer
4 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Support Officer
5 1 (4.76%) Coordinator
5 1 (4.76%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Document Controller
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) SharePoint Administrator
5 1 (4.76%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) ITSM
1 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) Project Management
2 4 (19.05%) Service Management
3 3 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) Change Control
3 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Change Management
4 2 (9.52%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (9.52%) Data Security
5 1 (4.76%) CRM
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.76%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Line Management
5 1 (4.76%) Migration
5 1 (4.76%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.76%) R
1 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
1 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Snort
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Autodesk
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle