Microsoft Office Contracts in England

Microsoft Office
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 82 87
Rank change year-on-year +26 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,269 1,508 2,076
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.43% 2.98% 2.92%
As % of the Applications category 43.02% 39.21% 38.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 1,075 1,386
10th Percentile £135 £163 £133
25th Percentile £188 £213 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £375 £294
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +27.66% -18.97%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £475
90th Percentile £619 £684 £575
UK median daily rate £256 £375 £304
% change year-on-year -31.83% +23.36% -15.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 79 203
10th Percentile £10.98 £12.93 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.74 £16.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £22.00 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +29.95% -3.94%
75th Percentile £22.52 £43.39 £26.29
90th Percentile £38.75 £55.28 £42.64
UK median hourly rate £16.03 £22.90 £16.88
% change year-on-year -30.00% +35.68% +5.48%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,950 3,846 5,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.98% 7.61% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 2,547 3,548
10th Percentile £160 £195 £158
25th Percentile £213 £286 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £657 £688 £644
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 585 229 404
10th Percentile £11.69 £14.14 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £19.35 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £39.00 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +79.31% +8.75%
75th Percentile £38.75 £52.97 £45.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +26 459 £312 -30.67% 446
North of England +46 272 £255 -24.44% 358
South East +4 231 £210 -30.00% 395
North West +43 206 £390 +4.00% 205
South West +13 125 £248 -46.49% 199
Midlands 0 103 £225 -46.75% 300
East of England -17 57 £388 +55.00% 151
East Midlands +40 56 £245 +9.87% 106
Yorkshire +13 56 £195 -24.27% 113
West Midlands -19 47 £200 -52.94% 194
North East +18 10 £195 +2.63% 43
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 108 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (2.36%) Confluence
4 29 (2.29%) Skype for Business
5 25 (1.97%) CMS
6 10 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.32%) Drupal
8 4 (0.32%) WordPress
9 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.24%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.16%) Apache
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.16%) Documentum
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
11 1 (0.079%) Moodle
11 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 386 (30.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 195 (15.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 76 (5.99%) Microsoft Project
4 74 (5.83%) MS Visio
5 65 (5.12%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.87%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.63%) Acrobat
8 8 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.24%) Camtasia
9 3 (0.24%) MicroStation
9 3 (0.24%) Revit
10 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.16%) InDesign
11 1 (0.079%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.079%) Blender
11 1 (0.079%) CATIA
11 1 (0.079%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.42%) Primavera
2 6 (0.47%) Magento
3 5 (0.39%) SmartPlant
4 4 (0.32%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.24%) OPENHousing
6 2 (0.16%) assyst
6 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.16%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.16%) Maximo
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.16%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.079%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.079%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.079%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 297 (23.40%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (9.69%) Azure
3 50 (3.94%) Power Platform
4 43 (3.39%) Entra ID
5 33 (2.60%) OneDrive
6 28 (2.21%) Google Workspace
7 25 (1.97%) SaaS
8 20 (1.58%) Taleo
9 16 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.26%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.18%) PaaS
10 15 (1.18%) WhatsApp
11 14 (1.10%) IaaS
12 13 (1.02%) Power Automate
13 12 (0.95%) Slack
14 10 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.63%) Asana
15 8 (0.63%) Google Docs
15 8 (0.63%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 8 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.59%) VPN
2 64 (5.04%) Wireless
3 56 (4.41%) LAN
4 39 (3.07%) Firewall
4 39 (3.07%) WAN
5 31 (2.44%) Skype
6 28 (2.21%) DNS
6 28 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (2.05%) Cisco IOS
8 21 (1.65%) Internet
9 20 (1.58%) DHCP
10 19 (1.50%) VoIP
11 18 (1.42%) Remote Desktop
12 16 (1.26%) SD-WAN
12 16 (1.26%) TCP/IP
13 15 (1.18%) Cisco Nexus
13 15 (1.18%) DMZ
14 14 (1.10%) VLAN
15 10 (0.79%) VSAN
16 8 (0.63%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.55%) Power BI
2 31 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.71%) Metadata
3 9 (0.71%) Tableau
4 7 (0.55%) GIS
5 4 (0.32%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.32%) Spatial Data
6 3 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.24%) QGIS
6 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.16%) MySQL
7 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.16%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.079%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.079%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 89 (7.01%) JIRA
2 4 (0.32%) Git
2 4 (0.32%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.24%) Subversion
4 2 (0.16%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.16%) JUnit
4 2 (0.16%) Mockito
4 2 (0.16%) ScalaTest
4 2 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.079%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.079%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.079%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.079%) Zephyr
General
1 623 (49.09%) Social Skills
2 292 (23.01%) Finance
3 211 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (10.48%) Organisational Skills
5 103 (8.12%) Public Sector
6 88 (6.93%) Presentation Skills
7 75 (5.91%) Legal
8 70 (5.52%) Banking
9 69 (5.44%) Telecoms
10 52 (4.10%) Marketing
11 47 (3.70%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.36%) Mandarin Language
12 30 (2.36%) Retail
13 24 (1.89%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.73%) Law
15 19 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 19 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (1.34%) Local Government
18 14 (1.10%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 262 (20.65%) Analyst
2 108 (8.51%) Support Engineer
3 89 (7.01%) IT Support
3 89 (7.01%) Service Analyst
4 81 (6.38%) Administrator
5 79 (6.23%) Service Desk Analyst
6 73 (5.75%) Project Manager
7 72 (5.67%) Desktop Support
8 66 (5.20%) 2nd Line Support
9 65 (5.12%) Lead
10 56 (4.41%) Senior
10 56 (4.41%) Support Analyst
11 51 (4.02%) Desktop Engineer
12 50 (3.94%) IT Engineer
13 46 (3.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 40 (3.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 40 (3.15%) Business Analyst
15 38 (2.99%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 37 (2.92%) Coordinator
17 35 (2.76%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.73%) XML
2 16 (1.26%) .NET
3 11 (0.87%) HTML
4 8 (0.63%) CSS
4 8 (0.63%) Flash
4 8 (0.63%) JSON
5 6 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.39%) Web Services
7 4 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.32%) React
8 3 (0.24%) ADO
8 3 (0.24%) EDI
8 3 (0.24%) jQuery
8 3 (0.24%) XMPP
9 2 (0.16%) Ajax
9 2 (0.16%) DOM
9 2 (0.16%) OLE
9 2 (0.16%) REST
9 2 (0.16%) SOAP
9 2 (0.16%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.38%) Management Information System
2 77 (6.07%) Self-Motivation
3 49 (3.86%) Driving Licence
4 31 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 27 (2.13%) Virtual Team
6 26 (2.05%) iPhone
7 25 (1.97%) Smartphone
8 23 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
9 22 (1.73%) NHS
10 20 (1.58%) iPad
11 18 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.18%) Clustering
13 14 (1.10%) Product Ownership
14 13 (1.02%) CMDB
15 12 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (0.87%) Hedge funds
17 9 (0.71%) Blackberry
17 9 (0.71%) Social Media
18 7 (0.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 406 (31.99%) Windows
2 228 (17.97%) Windows 10
3 98 (7.72%) Windows 7
4 51 (4.02%) Android
5 50 (3.94%) Windows Server
6 38 (2.99%) Apple iOS
7 36 (2.84%) Mac OS
8 23 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (0.95%) Linux
9 12 (0.95%) Mac OS X
9 12 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.32%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.16%) Unix
13 2 (0.16%) VMS
13 2 (0.16%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.079%) Windows Phone
14 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (21.28%) Customer Service
3 188 (14.81%) Project Management
4 162 (12.77%) ITIL
5 144 (11.35%) Agile
6 129 (10.17%) Time Management
7 123 (9.69%) Decision-Making
8 107 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 101 (7.96%) Project Delivery
10 70 (5.52%) ITSM
11 69 (5.44%) Change Management
11 69 (5.44%) Service Delivery
12 65 (5.12%) Service Management
13 64 (5.04%) Business Intelligence
14 63 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (4.96%) Data Protection
15 62 (4.89%) Asset Management
15 62 (4.89%) Customer Requirements
16 55 (4.33%) PRINCE2
17 54 (4.26%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (3.23%) SQL
2 40 (3.15%) PowerShell
3 19 (1.50%) Python
4 17 (1.34%) C#
5 16 (1.26%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.87%) Java
6 11 (0.87%) T-SQL
7 10 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.47%) VB.NET
8 6 (0.47%) VBA
9 5 (0.39%) Bash
10 3 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.16%) C++
11 2 (0.16%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.16%) R
11 2 (0.16%) Scala
11 2 (0.16%) VBScript
12 1 (0.079%) C
12 1 (0.079%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.079%) VB
Qualifications
1 400 (31.52%) Degree
2 233 (18.36%) Security Cleared
3 117 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 82 (6.46%) DV Cleared
5 41 (3.23%) APMP
6 36 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (2.36%) PMI Certification
8 30 (2.36%) PMP
9 28 (2.21%) NVQ Level 3
10 27 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.73%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.42%) A+ Certification
13 18 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
14 15 (1.18%) CCNA
14 15 (1.18%) DBS Check
15 14 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (1.02%) CCNP
16 13 (1.02%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (7.80%) SLA
2 91 (7.17%) PMO
3 45 (3.55%) QA
4 34 (2.68%) GDPR
5 27 (2.13%) Disclosure Scotland
6 23 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.26%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.79%) NIST
9 6 (0.47%) GRC
10 5 (0.39%) P3O
11 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.16%) NCSC
13 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.079%) GMP
14 1 (0.079%) GxP
14 1 (0.079%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 222 (17.49%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (2.05%) Firmware
4 20 (1.58%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (0.71%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.24%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.16%) vSphere
9 1 (0.079%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.079%) vCloud
9 1 (0.079%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 118 (9.30%) SCCM
2 64 (5.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (0.79%) WSUS
5 9 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (0.71%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (0.47%) Autotask
8 5 (0.39%) Terraform
8 5 (0.39%) WhatsUp Gold
9 4 (0.32%) Ansible
10 3 (0.24%) AppManager
11 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.16%) Netcool
11 2 (0.16%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.16%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.16%) WMI
12 1 (0.079%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 893 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 104 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 62 (4.89%) SAP
4 60 (4.73%) Apple
4 60 (4.73%) Cisco
5 59 (4.65%) Citrix
6 49 (3.86%) Google
6 49 (3.86%) HP
7 41 (3.23%) VMware
8 38 (2.99%) Oracle
9 33 (2.60%) Adobe
10 27 (2.13%) Salesforce
11 23 (1.81%) Atlassian
12 20 (1.58%) Palo Alto
13 17 (1.34%) F5
14 14 (1.10%) Veeam
15 10 (0.79%) Sitecore
16 8 (0.63%) iManage
16 8 (0.63%) Progress
17 7 (0.55%) Avaya