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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 39 42
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 21 28 31
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.11% 3.87% 3.96%
As % of the Applications category 28.38% 52.83% 54.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 19
10th Percentile £150 £143 £179
25th Percentile £229 £155 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £170 £350
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -51.43% +55.56%
75th Percentile £350 £430 £519
90th Percentile £445 £550 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £300 £434 £225
% change year-on-year -30.91% +92.99% -18.18%
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 £40.00 - £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 74 53 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.95% 7.33% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 42 38
10th Percentile £210 £144 £184
25th Percentile £276 £166 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £275 £420
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -34.52% +29.23%
75th Percentile £539 £448 £569
90th Percentile £599 £539 £602
West Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £21.60 - £14.41
25th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +212.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £30.29 £52.50 £20.75
90th Percentile £45.70 - £23.30
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.91 £39.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -14.15% +51.92% +81.06%

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 8 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 5 (23.81%) 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 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) VoIP
2 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Mining
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 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
4 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
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 Support
4 2 (9.52%) Project Assistant
4 2 (9.52%) Project Officer
4 2 (9.52%) Project Support Officer
4 2 (9.52%) Support Officer
5 1 (4.76%) Administrator
5 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Functional Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Report Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) SharePoint Administrator
5 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) OLE
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.76%) CCTV
2 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.76%) NHS
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) ITSM
2 4 (19.05%) Project Management
3 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Service Management
4 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (9.52%) Data Governance
4 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.52%) Data Security
4 2 (9.52%) Migration
5 1 (4.76%) Change Control
5 1 (4.76%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.76%) E-Discovery
5 1 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (4.76%) Process Improvement
5 1 (4.76%) SIEM
5 1 (4.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.76%) R
2 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.76%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Autodesk
3 1 (4.76%) HP
3 1 (4.76%) McAfee
3 1 (4.76%) MobileIron
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow