Microsoft Office Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Office
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 10 26 17
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 14 2 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 14.29% 1.21% 8.80%
As % of the Applications category 63.64% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 12
10th Percentile £218 - £420
25th Percentile £223 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £610
Median % change year-on-year - - +238.89%
75th Percentile £575 - £612
90th Percentile £579 - -
South West median daily rate £235 £248 £463
% change year-on-year -5.05% -46.49% +85.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £25.00 £13.00 £20.93
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% -37.89% +21.35%
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £37.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year +53.33% +105.48% -49.85%

All Software Application Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 22 2 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 22.45% 1.21% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 12
10th Percentile £223 - £420
25th Percentile £463 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £610
Median % change year-on-year - - +158.20%
75th Percentile £575 - £612
90th Percentile £585 - -
South West median daily rate £375 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £20.93
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% -37.89% -49.82%
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £45.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +38.89% -30.77% +85.71%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Dorset

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Dorset

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Dorset

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Dorset

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset 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
Blandford Forum - 8 £550 -
Bournemouth +2 3 - - 27
Microsoft Office
South West

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (35.71%) Confluence
3 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) OneDrive
3 2 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Skype
1 4 (28.57%) VLAN
1 4 (28.57%) VoIP
1 4 (28.57%) VPN
2 3 (21.43%) DHCP
2 3 (21.43%) DNS
2 3 (21.43%) LAN
2 3 (21.43%) WAN
2 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.14%) Firewall
3 1 (7.14%) NAS
3 1 (7.14%) Network Security
3 1 (7.14%) SAN
3 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 9 (64.29%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Senior
1 4 (28.57%) Senior Wintel Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Virtualisation Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Developer
3 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Clustering
1 4 (28.57%) PKI
2 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.14%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
1 8 (57.14%) Windows 10
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Critical Thinking
1 8 (57.14%) NsoIT
1 8 (57.14%) Service Management
1 8 (57.14%) System Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) High Availability
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (28.57%) Power Management
2 4 (28.57%) Validation
2 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.14%) Analytics
4 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 1 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
1 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (28.57%) CCNA
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 4 (28.57%) MCSE
3 4 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 8 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (28.57%) VMware NSX
3 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) vCenter Server
1 4 (28.57%) WSUS
2 3 (21.43%) AppManager
2 3 (21.43%) SCCM
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) VMware
3 5 (35.71%) Atlassian
4 4 (28.57%) Cisco
5 3 (21.43%) Ivanti