Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Office
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 12 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 4.05% 5.71% 5.18%
As % of the Applications category 60.00% 85.71% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55 - £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.19%
75th Percentile £314 - £160
90th Percentile £315 - £162
South West median daily rate £558 £263 £250
% change year-on-year +112.38% +5.00% -46.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £10.42
Median hourly rate - - £13.43
75th Percentile - - £27.77
90th Percentile - - £38.11
South West median hourly rate £25.77 £25.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +3.08% -33.33% +97.37%

All Software Application Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 20 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 6.76% 6.67% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55 - £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.25%
75th Percentile £315 - £160
90th Percentile £459 - £162
South West median daily rate £425 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -12.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £13.26 - -
25th Percentile £14.38 - £10.42
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £13.43
Median % change year-on-year - - -65.56%
75th Percentile £19.25 - £27.77
90th Percentile - - £38.11
South West median hourly rate £24.29 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -58.66% +30.56% -18.18%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Devon

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Devon over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Devon

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
Exeter -19 8 £55 - 3
Microsoft Office
South West

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 10 (83.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (83.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) Power BI
General
1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (83.33%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (75.00%) Finance
4 5 (41.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Project Officer
1 10 (83.33%) Project Support Officer
1 10 (83.33%) Support Officer
2 2 (16.67%) Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
1 10 (83.33%) Change Control
1 10 (83.33%) PRINCE2
1 10 (83.33%) Project Management
1 10 (83.33%) Waterfall
2 9 (75.00%) Portfolio Management
2 9 (75.00%) Project Planning
2 9 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (41.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 5 (41.67%) Business Case
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft