Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Office
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 28 39
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 5 23 23
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.45% 5.88% 3.47%
As % of the Applications category 15.63% 76.67% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 19
10th Percentile - £186 £131
25th Percentile £273 £231 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £425 £279
Median % change year-on-year -35.65% +52.33% -22.50%
75th Percentile £274 £504 £413
90th Percentile - £510 £523
South East median daily rate £259 £350 £244
% change year-on-year -26.00% +43.44% -9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.19
25th Percentile - - £13.26
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £13.36
75th Percentile - - £13.47
90th Percentile - - £13.53
South East median hourly rate £14.00 £35.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -60.00% +118.75% -9.25%

All Software Application Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 32 30 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 9.28% 7.67% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 58
10th Percentile - £190 £216
25th Percentile £273 £255 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £356
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +19.55% -22.72%
75th Percentile £485 £486 £508
90th Percentile £491 £510 £608
South East median daily rate £413 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +3.13% +6.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 5
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.32
25th Percentile £15.13 £35.58 £13.57
Median hourly rate £15.25 £36.17 £16.40
Median % change year-on-year -57.83% +120.52% +44.37%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.75 -
90th Percentile - - £17.81
South East median hourly rate £16.36 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -53.26% +84.21% -18.77%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -6 3 £274 -39.22% 24
Bletchley -1 2 £274 - 5
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Security Patching
3 1 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) McAfee