Microsoft Office Contracts in Chester

Microsoft Office
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 11 11 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 9 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 13.24% 5.56% -
As % of the Applications category 75.00% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year +166.67% - -
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £165 £200
% change year-on-year +203.03% -17.50% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
75th Percentile £22.60 - -
90th Percentile £23.55 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.00 £16.94 -
% change year-on-year +18.10% - -

All Software Application Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 12 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 17.65% 16.67% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £416 £205 -
25th Percentile £422 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £225 £310
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -27.42% +39.33%
75th Percentile £506 £238 -
90th Percentile £563 £245 -
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £405 £383
% change year-on-year +12.59% +5.74% +21.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% - -
75th Percentile £22.60 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £23.55 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.10 £17.72 £25.88
% change year-on-year +24.69% -31.52% +42.52%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Chester

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Chester

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Chester

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 4 (44.44%) Skype
3 1 (11.11%) BGP
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (11.11%) DMZ
3 1 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) DWDM
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) IPsec
3 1 (11.11%) L2TP
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) Multicast
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (11.11%) OSPF
3 1 (11.11%) SSL
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 5 (55.56%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 3 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Italian Language
4 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (22.22%) Spanish Language
5 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Service Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Commercial Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) 802.1X
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Chat Support
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
1 4 (44.44%) ITSM
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Contract Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Product Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Perl
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CCIE
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Citrix
3 4 (44.44%) Remedy
4 1 (11.11%) Arista
4 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 1 (11.11%) McAfee
4 1 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) Splunk