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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 16 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 15 19 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 6.76% 7.63% 1.29%
As % of the Applications category 57.69% 82.61% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 2
10th Percentile £163 £120 £218
25th Percentile £290 £151 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £190 £262
Median % change year-on-year +53.97% -27.49% +74.67%
75th Percentile £300 £522 £290
90th Percentile - £710 £306
South Wales median daily rate £293 £185 £199
% change year-on-year +58.11% -6.80% -55.89%
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 £26.42 £25.00 £13.33
% change year-on-year +5.68% +87.55% +6.00%

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 26 23 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 11.71% 9.24% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 6
10th Percentile £187 £121 £167
25th Percentile £251 £161 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £263 £207
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% +27.12% -26.90%
75th Percentile £311 £534 £293
90th Percentile £338 £658 £428
South Wales median daily rate £298 £240 £207
% change year-on-year +23.96% +15.94% -40.86%
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% +15.49%
75th Percentile £20.50 £27.50 £18.25
90th Percentile - - £20.50
South Wales median hourly rate £21.42 £25.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -14.32% +56.25% +2.53%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Microsoft Office
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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Cardiff over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Cardiff

Microsoft Office
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

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (46.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) VoIP
2 1 (6.67%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Analyst
1 10 (66.67%) Support Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Android
2 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) ITSM
3 2 (13.33%) Service Management
4 1 (6.67%) Change Control
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) BitLocker
2 5 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (60.00%) Apple
2 9 (60.00%) HP
2 9 (60.00%) MobileIron
3 5 (33.33%) McAfee
3 5 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (20.00%) Freshdesk
5 1 (6.67%) Remedy