Microsoft Office Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Office
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 53 34
Rank change year-on-year +18 -19 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 44 56 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.70% 2.92% 4.98%
As % of the Applications category 23.16% 25.11% 41.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 67
10th Percentile £186 £104 £157
25th Percentile £225 £138 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £388 £250
Median % change year-on-year -36.77% +55.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £375 £488 £350
90th Percentile £525 £500 £508
England median daily rate £325 £255 £375
% change year-on-year +27.45% -32.00% +28.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 25 14
10th Percentile £14.80 £12.13 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.62 £13.82 £14.09
Median hourly rate £17.80 £14.16 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -35.64% +51.72%
75th Percentile £24.66 £15.76 £48.00
90th Percentile £30.78 £20.11 £69.88
England median hourly rate £17.00 £16.06 £22.00
% change year-on-year +5.85% -27.00% +29.68%

All Software Application Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 190 223 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.28% 11.64% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 47 127
10th Percentile £188 £151 £169
25th Percentile £225 £245 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £375 £330
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £456 £494 £481
90th Percentile £525 £500 £593
England median daily rate £425 £400 £428
% change year-on-year +6.25% -6.54% +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 140 47
10th Percentile £14.98 £14.16 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.48 £20.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £15.79 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.91% -62.85% +73.47%
75th Percentile £65.13 £42.64 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £65.75
England median hourly rate £24.62 £17.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year +40.70% -51.39% +67.44%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the East of England

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cambridgeshire +7 14 £325 +140.74% 31
Essex +4 8 £245 -16.95% 25
Bedfordshire -3 8 £550 +29.41% 8
Suffolk - 6 £225 - 15
Hertfordshire +26 5 £425 -10.53% 53
Norfolk +3 3 £140 +14.80% 15
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.64%) Azure
2 6 (13.64%) Entra ID
3 4 (9.09%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.45%) DNS
1 9 (20.45%) VPN
2 6 (13.64%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.82%) DHCP
3 3 (6.82%) LAN
3 3 (6.82%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (6.82%) VLAN
3 3 (6.82%) VoIP
3 3 (6.82%) WAN
3 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.55%) Wireless
5 1 (2.27%) 4G
5 1 (2.27%) 5G
5 1 (2.27%) Firewall
5 1 (2.27%) Internet
5 1 (2.27%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Big Data
1 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Hudson
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Public Sector
3 7 (15.91%) Finance
4 6 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.82%) Automotive
7 3 (6.82%) General Ledger
7 3 (6.82%) Legal
7 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.82%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.55%) Electronics
8 2 (4.55%) Japanese Language
8 2 (4.55%) Lithuanian Language
8 2 (4.55%) Marketing
8 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.27%) Back Office
9 1 (2.27%) Banking
9 1 (2.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Support Officer
2 9 (20.45%) Desktop Engineer
2 9 (20.45%) IT Support
3 6 (13.64%) Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Desktop Support
4 5 (11.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Support Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Service Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) IFS Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) C++ Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Developer in Test
7 2 (4.55%) Linux Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Python Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Desktop Support
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (9.09%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.55%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (2.27%) IoT
5 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.27%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 19 (43.18%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Linux
2 5 (11.36%) Mac OS
3 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.55%) Android
5 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.73%) Customer Service
1 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.45%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (18.18%) ITIL
3 8 (18.18%) ITSM
4 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (13.64%) Project Management
5 5 (11.36%) Data Management
5 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
5 5 (11.36%) IT Strategy
6 4 (9.09%) Biology
6 4 (9.09%) Biomedicine
6 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.82%) Workshop Facilitation
8 2 (4.55%) API Testing
8 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office Automation
8 2 (4.55%) Office Automation
8 2 (4.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) C++
1 2 (4.55%) Groovy
1 2 (4.55%) Python
2 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 10 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) Degree
3 2 (4.55%) A+ Certification
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) SLA
2 5 (11.36%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) SCCM
2 3 (6.82%) AppManager
2 3 (6.82%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 39 (88.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.82%) HP
3 3 (6.82%) IFS
3 3 (6.82%) Ivanti
3 3 (6.82%) Remedy
3 3 (6.82%) VMware
4 2 (4.55%) Apple
4 2 (4.55%) SAP
5 1 (2.27%) Adobe
5 1 (2.27%) Dell
5 1 (2.27%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (2.27%) Nokia
5 1 (2.27%) Oracle