Microsoft Office Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Office
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 16 55
Rank change year-on-year -17 +39 -30
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 26 47 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.79% 9.33% 1.51%
As % of the Applications category 59.09% 53.41% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 7
10th Percentile £192 £65 £155
25th Percentile £250 £108 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £165 £200
Median % change year-on-year +203.03% -17.50% -3.03%
75th Percentile £518 £414 £263
90th Percentile £588 £700 £363
North West median daily rate £250 £396 £375
% change year-on-year -36.87% +5.60% +63.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 0
10th Percentile - £11.00 -
25th Percentile £19.00 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £16.94 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.10% - -
75th Percentile £22.60 £17.72 -
90th Percentile £23.55 - -
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £13.89 £40.59
% change year-on-year +44.01% -65.79% +24.91%

All Software Application Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 44 88 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.80% 17.46% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 47 23
10th Percentile £240 £65 £200
25th Percentile £323 £158 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £405 £383
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% +5.74% +21.59%
75th Percentile £518 £610 £446
90th Percentile £551 £689 £475
North West median daily rate £431 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +2.07% +5.63% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 4
10th Percentile - £11.00 £14.40
25th Percentile £19.00 £14.64 £14.63
Median hourly rate £22.10 £17.72 £25.88
Median % change year-on-year +24.69% -31.52% +42.52%
75th Percentile £27.64 £39.48 £36.00
90th Percentile £33.86 £43.75 -
North West median hourly rate £27.13 £16.06 £40.00
% change year-on-year +68.90% -59.85% +90.48%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Cheshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Cheshire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Cheshire

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Cheshire

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Chester 0 9 £600 +166.67% 6
Warrington -7 7 £250 +51.52% 5
Knutsford -7 4 £513 -24.19% 2
Northwich +7 1 - -
Wilmslow +4 1 £200 -
Microsoft Office
North West

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (15.38%) Skype for Business
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (3.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Skype
2 7 (26.92%) VPN
3 5 (19.23%) DNS
4 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.85%) BGP
5 1 (3.85%) DHCP
5 1 (3.85%) DMZ
5 1 (3.85%) DWDM
5 1 (3.85%) Firewall
5 1 (3.85%) Internet
5 1 (3.85%) IPsec
5 1 (3.85%) L2TP
5 1 (3.85%) MPLS
5 1 (3.85%) Multicast
5 1 (3.85%) Network Security
5 1 (3.85%) OSPF
5 1 (3.85%) SSL
5 1 (3.85%) WAN
5 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 18 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Banking
3 5 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.69%) Finance
6 2 (7.69%) Italian Language
6 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.69%) Spanish Language
7 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.85%) Military
7 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Publishing
7 1 (3.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) Service Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Change Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Operational Change Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Service Desk Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Service Management Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.85%) Administrator
7 1 (3.85%) Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Commercial Data Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Coordinator
7 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.85%) Android
4 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.85%) VMS
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) ITSM
2 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) ITIL
3 7 (26.92%) Programme Management
3 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (23.08%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (23.08%) Business Strategy
4 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 6 (23.08%) Matrix Management
4 6 (23.08%) Matrix Organization
4 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 5 (19.23%) Process Improvement
6 4 (15.38%) Chat Support
6 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
7 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (7.69%) Analytics
8 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 2 (7.69%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) Perl
2 1 (3.85%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) VB
2 1 (3.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Degree
2 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.85%) CCIE
5 1 (3.85%) CCNP
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.85%) MCP
5 1 (3.85%) MCSA
5 1 (3.85%) MCSE
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) PMO
2 6 (23.08%) SLA
3 1 (3.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) BitLocker
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
2 1 (3.85%) SCCM
2 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Cisco
3 4 (15.38%) Citrix
3 4 (15.38%) Remedy
4 2 (7.69%) McAfee
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
4 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.69%) VMware
5 1 (3.85%) Arista
5 1 (3.85%) Dell
5 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.85%) Splunk
5 1 (3.85%) Symantec