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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 46 46
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 19 21 23
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.38% 3.24% 3.24%
As % of the Applications category 30.16% 44.68% 32.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 12
10th Percentile £175 - £180
25th Percentile £222 £143 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £307 £170 £245
Median % change year-on-year +80.29% -30.61% +16.67%
75th Percentile £447 £223 £575
90th Percentile £483 £352 -
West Midlands median daily rate £275 £423 £200
% change year-on-year -34.91% +111.25% -52.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £12.19
25th Percentile - - £16.31
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - £27.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £15.23 - £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 63 47 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.89% 7.25% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 37 27
10th Percentile £200 £143 £193
25th Percentile £277 £165 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £300 £425
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% -29.41% +36.00%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £575
90th Percentile £594 £544 £617
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £350
% change year-on-year - +21.43% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile - - £11.11
25th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate £23.05 £50.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.90% +92.31% +108.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £26.50
90th Percentile - - £31.35
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.05 £35.86 £26.00
% change year-on-year -35.72% +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 23 January 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 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (10.53%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (5.26%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) OpenShift
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DNS
1 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) EDMS
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) JMeter
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (47.37%) Finance
3 8 (42.11%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.53%) Legal
6 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Assistant Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Project Assistant
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Support Officer
4 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Document Controller
4 1 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Project Officer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (5.26%) Report Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.26%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) ADO
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
1 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Agile
1 6 (31.58%) Change Control
1 6 (31.58%) Project Management
2 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Coaching
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
3 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (10.53%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (10.53%) Data Security
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) ITSM
4 2 (10.53%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (10.53%) Project Governance
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
1 2 (10.53%) VB
2 1 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) AAT
2 1 (5.26%) ACCA
2 1 (5.26%) CIMA
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) IIBA
2 1 (5.26%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) PMO
2 3 (15.79%) Data Quality
3 2 (10.53%) QA
4 1 (5.26%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) HP ALM
1 1 (5.26%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) Planview
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Autodesk
3 1 (5.26%) HP
3 1 (5.26%) Sage