Microsoft Office Contracts in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 16 50
Rank change year-on-year -32 +34 -22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 21 62 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.05% 7.13% 2.87%
As % of the Applications category 34.43% 53.91% 34.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 38 19
10th Percentile £142 £167 £198
25th Percentile £150 £200 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £253 £255
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% -0.98% +13.33%
75th Percentile - £391 £531
90th Percentile £313 £450 £705
England median daily rate £350 £300 £380
% change year-on-year +16.60% -21.05% +22.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 5
10th Percentile £15.59 - £10.96
25th Percentile £16.35 £12.75 £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.77 £14.27 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year +31.50% -1.72% -21.51%
75th Percentile £19.50 £26.15 £26.48
90th Percentile £21.60 £26.36 -
England median hourly rate £18.77 £16.06 £21.50
% change year-on-year +16.84% -25.30% +24.89%

All Software Application Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 61 115 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.87% 13.22% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 53 65
10th Percentile £132 £167 £183
25th Percentile £200 £188 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £255 £475
Median % change year-on-year +60.59% -46.32% +58.33%
75th Percentile £522 £392 £591
90th Percentile £755 £450 £625
England median daily rate £416 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +4.08% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 29 5
10th Percentile £15.59 £12.74 £10.96
25th Percentile £16.35 £13.52 £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.77 £14.27 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year +31.50% -1.72% -24.57%
75th Percentile £19.50 £26.15 £26.48
90th Percentile £21.60 £29.70 -
England median hourly rate £25.08 £16.23 £26.24
% change year-on-year +54.53% -38.15% +16.62%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the East Midlands

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Derbyshire -10 7 £200 - 22
Leicestershire 0 6 £150 -42.38% 30
Lincolnshire +5 3 - - 18
Nottinghamshire -10 3 £196 -59.90% 34
Northamptonshire -10 2 £447 +14.18% 15
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) SAS
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (14.29%) LAN
2 3 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) IT Support
3 4 (19.05%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (19.05%) IT Technician
3 4 (19.05%) Support Technician
4 3 (14.29%) Field Support Technician
5 2 (9.52%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (9.52%) Service Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Administrator
6 1 (4.76%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.76%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (4.76%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Junior
6 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows 10
2 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Vista
3 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Customer Service
2 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) Break/Fix
4 2 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (9.52%) Active Listening
4 2 (9.52%) Agile
4 2 (9.52%) Analytics
4 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
4 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
4 2 (9.52%) Inventory Management
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (4.76%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (4.76%) Logistics
5 1 (4.76%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) CCENT
3 3 (14.29%) CCNA
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (9.52%) Degree
5 1 (4.76%) CBAP
5 1 (4.76%) IIBA
5 1 (4.76%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
2 1 (4.76%) Genesys
2 1 (4.76%) Ivanti