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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 50 46
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 12 4 22
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.32% 0.75% 2.87%
As % of the Applications category 37.50% 12.90% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 9
10th Percentile £200 - £186
25th Percentile £294 - £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £160 £200
Median % change year-on-year +101.25% -20.00% -29.82%
75th Percentile £456 - £210
90th Percentile £475 - £351
West Midlands median daily rate £324 £463 £200
% change year-on-year -30.05% +131.25% -52.94%
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 £12.50 £14.44
% change year-on-year +100.00% -13.40% +5.52%

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 32 31 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.51% 5.85% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 23 25
10th Percentile £200 - £190
25th Percentile £307 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £290
Median % change year-on-year - +46.55% -22.67%
75th Percentile £481 £538 £440
90th Percentile £500 £550 £570
West Midlands median daily rate £415 £425 £320
% change year-on-year -2.35% +32.81% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £23.00 - £11.07
25th Percentile £23.75 £47.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +257.14% -24.32%
75th Percentile £31.25 £52.50 £26.50
90th Percentile £35.00 - £28.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £18.74 £26.00
% change year-on-year +33.40% -27.92% +20.93%

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 April 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 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) OpenShift
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (8.33%) GIS
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (16.67%) JMeter
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Lead
1 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
2 1 (8.33%) Development Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (8.33%) Project Support Coordinator
2 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
2 1 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) e-Learning
2 1 (8.33%) Learning Management System
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Change Control
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) PRINCE2
4 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Coaching
5 3 (25.00%) DevOps
5 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
6 2 (16.67%) Defect Management
6 2 (16.67%) Functional Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
1 2 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) AAT
3 1 (8.33%) ACCA
3 1 (8.33%) CIMA
3 1 (8.33%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) PMO
2 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (16.67%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) HP ALM
1 2 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (16.67%) HP
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) Planview
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (8.33%) Sage