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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 61 43
Rank change year-on-year +20 -18 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 47 54 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.37% 2.79% 3.95%
As % of the Applications category 25.82% 21.26% 35.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 50
10th Percentile £212 £103 £171
25th Percentile £225 £199 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £388 £311
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +24.50% +35.33%
75th Percentile £503 £488 £350
90th Percentile £583 £494 £556
England median daily rate £350 £300 £380
% change year-on-year +16.67% -21.05% +21.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 10
10th Percentile £15.46 £12.20 -
25th Percentile £16.55 £13.83 £13.29
Median hourly rate £21.00 £14.42 £14.33
Median % change year-on-year +45.68% +0.63% -13.02%
75th Percentile £31.00 £17.66 £22.63
90th Percentile £33.09 £28.03 £53.48
England median hourly rate £18.88 £16.06 £20.70
% change year-on-year +17.57% -22.42% +18.29%

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 182 254 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.93% 13.13% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 48 116
10th Percentile £177 £156 £178
25th Percentile £225 £259 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £388 £330
Median % change year-on-year -17.42% +17.42% +1.54%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £433
90th Percentile £528 £515 £588
England median daily rate £421 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +5.19% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 163 36
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £16.44
Median hourly rate £19.00 £15.79 £41.80
Median % change year-on-year +20.33% -62.22% +54.93%
75th Percentile £43.75 £30.83 £49.25
90th Percentile £76.25 £60.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £16.23 £25.86
% change year-on-year +54.96% -37.23% +14.91%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 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
Cambridgeshire +17 20 £500 +100.00% 50
Hertfordshire +26 8 £413 +3.13% 59
Suffolk - 7 £225 - 14
Essex +4 6 £269 -2.27% 42
Bedfordshire -10 6 - - 26
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 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.26%) MS Project Server
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.13%) Simulink
4 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (14.89%) Azure
2 7 (14.89%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.26%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (29.79%) DNS
2 9 (19.15%) DHCP
3 7 (14.89%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (14.89%) PuTTY
4 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
4 6 (12.77%) VPN
5 4 (8.51%) Wireless
6 3 (6.38%) Firewall
6 3 (6.38%) LAN
6 3 (6.38%) WAN
7 2 (4.26%) Internet
7 2 (4.26%) WLAN
8 1 (2.13%) 4G
8 1 (2.13%) 5G
8 1 (2.13%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.13%) SAN
8 1 (2.13%) VLAN
8 1 (2.13%) VoIP
8 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Big Data
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Hudson
2 2 (4.26%) JIRA
3 1 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.13%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Manufacturing
3 7 (14.89%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.77%) Finance
4 6 (12.77%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) General Ledger
7 2 (4.26%) Law
7 2 (4.26%) Legal
7 2 (4.26%) Local Government
7 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.13%) Automotive
8 1 (2.13%) Back Office
8 1 (2.13%) Banking
8 1 (2.13%) Lithuanian Language
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) IT Support
2 9 (19.15%) Support Officer
3 7 (14.89%) Network Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Support Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Network Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Network Support
5 5 (10.64%) Network Support Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Network Support Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) IFS Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Service Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) VMware Specialist
8 1 (2.13%) Data Centre Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.40%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (8.51%) Molecular Biology
3 2 (4.26%) IoT
3 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.26%) PMI
3 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.13%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.13%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (31.91%) Windows
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.13%) Android
3 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.15%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (19.15%) ITIL
2 9 (19.15%) Project Management
3 7 (14.89%) Computer Science
3 7 (14.89%) ITSM
4 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
4 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (10.64%) Data Management
4 5 (10.64%) IT Strategy
5 4 (8.51%) Biology
5 4 (8.51%) Biomedicine
5 4 (8.51%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (8.51%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (6.38%) Change Management
6 3 (6.38%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.38%) Process Improvement
6 3 (6.38%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.38%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.26%) Accounts Payable
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) C#
1 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.13%) MATLAB
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.13%) Python
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) Security Cleared
2 11 (23.40%) Degree
2 11 (23.40%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.89%) CCNA
3 7 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) CCNP
4 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) SLA
2 5 (10.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (21.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) SCCM
1 2 (4.26%) TeamSite
1 2 (4.26%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.13%) AppManager
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (89.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.28%) ServiceNow
3 7 (14.89%) Cisco
4 4 (8.51%) IFS
4 4 (8.51%) Remedy
5 3 (6.38%) VMware
6 2 (4.26%) Apple
6 2 (4.26%) Dell
6 2 (4.26%) HP
6 2 (4.26%) Peregrine
6 2 (4.26%) SAP
7 1 (2.13%) Adobe
7 1 (2.13%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (2.13%) Ericsson
7 1 (2.13%) Google
7 1 (2.13%) Ivanti
7 1 (2.13%) Nokia
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle