Microsoft Office Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Office
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 63 65
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 65 72 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 3.40% 2.99% 3.25%
As % of the Applications category 34.03% 45.28% 38.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 50 93
10th Percentile £227 £159 £150
25th Percentile £263 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £406 £300
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +35.42% +15.38%
75th Percentile £538 £623 £545
90th Percentile £645 £678 £700
London median daily rate £373 £340 £475
% change year-on-year +9.56% -28.42% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
London median hourly rate £17.50 £21.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -16.67% -18.32% +1.29%

All Software Application Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 191 159 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.01% 6.61% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 102 221
10th Percentile £225 £176 £181
25th Percentile £303 £256 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +1.25% +9.71%
75th Percentile £625 £614 £630
90th Percentile £831 £680 £738
London median daily rate £449 £425 £488
% change year-on-year +5.59% -12.82% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile £27.89 - £13.22
25th Percentile £28.65 £12.75 £14.45
Median hourly rate £31.86 £17.05 £16.88
Median % change year-on-year +86.83% +1.05% -35.10%
75th Percentile £38.19 £22.72 £44.04
90th Percentile £44.53 £25.29 £53.25
London median hourly rate £24.66 £21.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +17.43% -19.23% -41.57%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Central London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Central London

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Central London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Central London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Central London

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
City of London +3 63 £413 -8.33% 34
West End of London +1 1 £250 - 1
City of Westminster +1 1 £375 -6.25% 1
Southwark - 1 £238 -
Microsoft Office
London

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 10 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.15%) CMS
2 4 (6.15%) Confluence
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.54%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.54%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (41.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (24.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (13.85%) MS Visio
4 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (3.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (1.54%) Revit
6 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.54%) SAP CAR
2 1 (1.54%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.54%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.54%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.85%) Azure
3 5 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.15%) Asana
5 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.08%) IBM Blueworks
6 1 (1.54%) AWS
6 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.54%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) VPN
1 2 (3.08%) Wireless
2 1 (1.54%) Firewall
2 1 (1.54%) IPsec
2 1 (1.54%) iSCSI
2 1 (1.54%) LAN
2 1 (1.54%) Network Security
2 1 (1.54%) Skype
2 1 (1.54%) SSL
2 1 (1.54%) WAN
2 1 (1.54%) WebEx
2 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) Power BI
2 3 (4.62%) Power Query
2 3 (4.62%) Tableau
3 1 (1.54%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.54%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.54%) Looker
3 1 (1.54%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 11 (16.92%) JIRA
General
1 41 (63.08%) Social Skills
2 29 (44.62%) Finance
3 11 (16.92%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (15.38%) Banking
5 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Financial Institution
7 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.62%) Arabic Language
8 3 (4.62%) Back Office
8 3 (4.62%) Czech Language
8 3 (4.62%) International Banking
8 3 (4.62%) Law
8 3 (4.62%) Retail
8 3 (4.62%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.08%) Front Office
9 2 (3.08%) Legal
9 2 (3.08%) Marketing
9 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (30.77%) Analyst
2 8 (12.31%) Project Manager
3 7 (10.77%) Business Analyst
3 7 (10.77%) IT Support
4 6 (9.23%) Support Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Support Assistant
6 4 (6.15%) Coordinator
6 4 (6.15%) IT Assistant
6 4 (6.15%) IT Support Assistant
7 3 (4.62%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Developer
7 3 (4.62%) IT Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Lead
7 3 (4.62%) Remote Support Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Solutions Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) Architect
8 2 (3.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Junior
8 2 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) Bootstrap
1 2 (3.08%) CSS
1 2 (3.08%) HTML
1 2 (3.08%) jQuery
2 1 (1.54%) .NET
2 1 (1.54%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.54%) ADO
2 1 (1.54%) MIDP
2 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.31%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.15%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.62%) PMI
3 3 (4.62%) Reference Data
4 2 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.08%) Hedge funds
4 2 (3.08%) iPad
4 2 (3.08%) iPhone
4 2 (3.08%) Market Risk
4 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.54%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.62%) Windows
2 9 (13.85%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.69%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.08%) Android
5 1 (1.54%) Linux
5 1 (1.54%) Unix
5 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (29.23%) Project Management
3 16 (24.62%) Agile
4 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (12.31%) Change Management
5 8 (12.31%) Migration
5 8 (12.31%) Project Delivery
6 7 (10.77%) Data Management
6 7 (10.77%) ITIL
6 7 (10.77%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (9.23%) CRM
7 6 (9.23%) Data Analysis
7 6 (9.23%) Decision-Making
8 5 (7.69%) Asset Management
8 5 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (7.69%) IT Strategy
8 5 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (7.69%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) Python
3 2 (3.08%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.08%) VBA
4 1 (1.54%) C#
Qualifications
1 15 (23.08%) Degree
2 5 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.08%) PMP
4 1 (1.54%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.54%) CAPM
4 1 (1.54%) CBAP
4 1 (1.54%) CCNP
4 1 (1.54%) CCSE
4 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.54%) IIBA
4 1 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.54%) RIBA
4 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.08%) QA
2 2 (3.08%) SLA
3 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) GDPR
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) XenApp
2 1 (1.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (75.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.62%) Adobe
3 3 (4.62%) Broadcom
3 3 (4.62%) SAP
3 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.08%) Apple
4 2 (3.08%) Citrix
5 1 (1.54%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.54%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.54%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.54%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.54%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.54%) Planview
5 1 (1.54%) Polycom
5 1 (1.54%) Reuters
5 1 (1.54%) Trend Micro
5 1 (1.54%) Workday