Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Microsoft Office
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 11 32
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 11 22 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.58% 9.78% 0.90%
As % of the Applications category 57.89% 75.86% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 1
10th Percentile £156 £121 -
25th Percentile £208 £162 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £219 £550
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -60.23% +266.67%
75th Percentile £300 £516 -
90th Percentile £304 £624 -
South Wales median daily rate £298 £218 £190
% change year-on-year +36.78% +14.47% -41.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £20.50 £27.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.42 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year -14.32% - -

All Software Application Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 19 29 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 9.64% 12.89% 4.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 4
10th Percentile £171 £122 £195
25th Percentile £213 £162 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £300 £297
Median % change year-on-year - +1.10% -15.21%
75th Percentile £311 £517 £433
90th Percentile £338 £591 £503
South Wales median daily rate £300 £220 £388
% change year-on-year +36.36% -43.23% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £25.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +51.52% +3.13%
75th Percentile £20.50 £27.50 £18.25
90th Percentile - - £20.50
South Wales median hourly rate £21.42 £85.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -74.80% +415.15% -

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Cardiff over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Cardiff

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) VoIP
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Android
2 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
2 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Change Control
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) BitLocker
1 5 (45.45%) Firmware
2 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Apple
2 5 (45.45%) HP
2 5 (45.45%) McAfee
2 5 (45.45%) MobileIron
2 5 (45.45%) ServiceNow
3 3 (27.27%) Freshdesk
4 1 (9.09%) Remedy