Microsoft Office Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Office
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 54 29
Rank change year-on-year +37 -25 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 46 8 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.13% 1.48% 5.78%
As % of the Applications category 52.87% 19.05% 36.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 7 14
10th Percentile £65 £155 £113
25th Percentile £94 - £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £200 £206
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -3.03% -25.94%
75th Percentile £439 £263 £237
90th Percentile £703 £363 £477
North West median daily rate £390 £375 £228
% change year-on-year +4.00% +64.84% +13.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 2
10th Percentile £11.00 - £11.64
25th Percentile £12.50 - £13.12
Median hourly rate £16.94 - £15.83
75th Percentile £17.72 - £18.79
90th Percentile - - £20.42
North West median hourly rate £13.89 £40.59 £36.00
% change year-on-year -65.79% +12.76% +67.43%

All Software Application Skills
Cheshire

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 87 42 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.26% 7.76% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 23 34
10th Percentile £65 £200 £187
25th Percentile £158 £236 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £383 £315
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +21.59% -12.50%
75th Percentile £610 £446 £419
90th Percentile £689 £475 £606
North West median daily rate £416 £400 £362
% change year-on-year +4.09% +10.42% +23.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 8
10th Percentile £11.00 £12.15 £11.04
25th Percentile £14.64 £14.25 £11.21
Median hourly rate £17.72 £15.75 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year +12.51% -13.25% -51.59%
75th Percentile £39.48 £36.00 £22.44
90th Percentile £43.75 - £25.03
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £21.02
% change year-on-year -59.85% +90.29% +0.10%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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
Warrington +18 11 £165 - 27
Macclesfield -6 10 £122 -55.64% 1
Daresbury - 7 £65 - 2
Knutsford - 7 £676 -
Northwich - 5 - - 1
Winsford - 2 - - 4
Chester - 2 £200 - 6
Wilmslow - 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 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.35%) IBM Notes
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.22%) OneDrive
3 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) PPP
2 5 (10.87%) Firewall
3 1 (2.17%) Broadband
3 1 (2.17%) Internet
3 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 20 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.17%) French Language
7 1 (2.17%) German Language
7 1 (2.17%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.17%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Author
1 8 (17.39%) Technical Author
2 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (10.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 4 (8.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Analyst
3 4 (8.70%) IT Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Project Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Security Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Security Project Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Administrator
4 3 (6.52%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Integration Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) SAP Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) iPad
3 1 (2.17%) Life Science
3 1 (2.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (39.13%) Windows
2 10 (21.74%) Windows 10
3 8 (17.39%) Apple iOS
3 8 (17.39%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Asset Management
1 15 (32.61%) Customer Service
2 14 (30.43%) Decision-Making
3 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.57%) Agile
4 9 (19.57%) Risk Management
5 8 (17.39%) Computer Science
5 8 (17.39%) Content Strategy
5 8 (17.39%) SDLC
5 8 (17.39%) Software Deployment
6 7 (15.22%) Backlog Management
6 7 (15.22%) Kanban
6 7 (15.22%) Scrum
6 7 (15.22%) Service Management
6 7 (15.22%) Sprint Planning
6 7 (15.22%) Sprint Retrospective
6 7 (15.22%) Sprint Review
6 7 (15.22%) User Stories
7 6 (13.04%) Cloud Security
7 6 (13.04%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 22 (47.83%) Degree
2 8 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (15.22%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
4 6 (13.04%) CISA
4 6 (13.04%) CISM
4 6 (13.04%) CISSP
4 6 (13.04%) Master's Degree
4 6 (13.04%) MBA
5 2 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.87%) Hyper-V
2 5 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (17.39%) SCCM
1 8 (17.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 38 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (32.61%) ServiceNow
3 8 (17.39%) Apple
4 5 (10.87%) VMware
5 4 (8.70%) SAP
6 3 (6.52%) Veeam
7 2 (4.35%) Dell
7 2 (4.35%) Facebook
7 2 (4.35%) Lotus
8 1 (2.17%) Autodesk
8 1 (2.17%) Google
8 1 (2.17%) Wyse