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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 47 46
Rank change year-on-year -26 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 4 10 15
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.44% 1.84% 2.19%
As % of the Applications category 14.81% 20.41% 39.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 7
10th Percentile - £230 £159
25th Percentile - £250 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £300 £435
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -31.03% +40.32%
75th Percentile £316 £325 £500
90th Percentile £380 £358 £560
West Midlands median daily rate £320 £350 £449
% change year-on-year -8.57% -22.05% +46.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £13.40
25th Percentile - - £13.63
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £30.00 £13.75
% change year-on-year -26.67% +118.18% -39.56%

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 27 49 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.95% 9.01% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 35 24
10th Percentile £255 £252 £176
25th Percentile £407 £286 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £333
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +12.78% -11.33%
75th Percentile £509 £540 £450
90th Percentile £575 £600 £535
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £408 £425
% change year-on-year +10.43% -4.12% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £24.05 £21.69 £13.40
25th Percentile £25.46 £27.22 £13.63
Median hourly rate £29.06 £37.15 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.78% +165.32% -37.78%
75th Percentile £33.90 £46.13 -
90th Percentile £36.06 £49.95 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £33.91 £23.01
% change year-on-year +0.24% +47.37% -6.08%

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 4 August 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Navisworks
1 1 (25.00%) ProjectWise
1 1 (25.00%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) CAFM
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (25.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Autodesk