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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 20 21
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 8 12 20
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 2.52% 6.12% 7.72%
As % of the Applications category 40.00% 70.59% 74.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 17
10th Percentile £167 £159 £122
25th Percentile £192 £264 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £246 £300 £220
Median % change year-on-year -17.92% +36.36% -39.73%
75th Percentile £323 £377 £519
90th Percentile £392 £526 £523
South Wales median daily rate £246 £300 £220
% change year-on-year -17.92% +36.36% -39.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.18
25th Percentile - - £13.90
Median hourly rate £12.21 - £18.32
75th Percentile - - £23.69
90th Percentile - - £25.98
South Wales median hourly rate £18.50 £16.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year +15.63% +23.08% -

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 20 17 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.29% 8.67% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 21
10th Percentile £156 £156 £123
25th Percentile £258 £259 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £300 £412
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -27.18% +33.44%
75th Percentile £438 £475 £523
90th Percentile £741 £516 £530
South Wales median daily rate £425 £300 £503
% change year-on-year +41.67% -40.30% +25.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.18
25th Percentile £12.21 - £13.90
Median hourly rate £14.36 - £18.32
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.03%
75th Percentile £20.13 - £23.69
90th Percentile £21.67 - £25.98
South Wales median hourly rate £18.00 £16.00 £19.68
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.70% +19.27%

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 25 July 2026.

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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (37.50%) IT Technician
1 3 (37.50%) Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) YAML
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) Ticket Management
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
2 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) McAfee
2 1 (12.50%) MobileIron
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle