Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Office
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 32 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 5 4 15
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.40% 2.02% 6.94%
As % of the Applications category 25.00% 33.33% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £595 - £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £110 £200
Median % change year-on-year +527.27% -45.00% -60.40%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £450
North West median daily rate £268 £250 £240
% change year-on-year +7.20% +4.17% -31.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £33.97
25th Percentile - - £34.70
Median hourly rate - - £38.59
75th Percentile - - £42.66
90th Percentile - - £43.51
North West median hourly rate £20.26 £24.09 £17.32
% change year-on-year -15.92% +39.09% -29.54%

All Software Application Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 20 12 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.61% 6.06% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 18
10th Percentile £447 £198 £149
25th Percentile £450 £330 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £600 £200
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +200.00% -60.78%
75th Percentile £693 £750 £465
90th Percentile £700 £810 £472
North West median daily rate £400 £381 £263
% change year-on-year +4.92% +44.96% -38.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - - £26.65
25th Percentile - £25.26 £28.30
Median hourly rate £31.36 £27.13 £32.13
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% -15.56% -10.76%
75th Percentile - £28.99 £42.66
90th Percentile - - £48.43
North West median hourly rate £21.50 £27.50 £20.58
% change year-on-year -21.82% +33.62% -14.25%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Cumbria over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Cumbria

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Barrow-in-Furness +7 5 £690 - 2
Microsoft Office
North West

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) Skype
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM Architect
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) VB
1 5 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow