Microsoft Office Contracts in England

Microsoft Office
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 90 56 81
Rank change year-on-year -34 +25 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 709 1,272 1,508
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.91% 3.42% 2.99%
As % of the Applications category 34.27% 42.80% 39.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 690 1,074
10th Percentile £154 £135 £163
25th Percentile £213 £188 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £255 £375
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% -32.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £550
90th Percentile £613 £619 £684
UK median daily rate £325 £255 £375
% change year-on-year +27.29% -31.91% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 294 80
10th Percentile £14.03 £10.97 £12.97
25th Percentile £14.28 £12.71 £16.47
Median hourly rate £17.25 £16.03 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% -27.14% +29.68%
75th Percentile £23.63 £22.56 £43.39
90th Percentile £27.37 £38.75 £55.14
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £22.77
% change year-on-year +6.25% -29.72% +34.88%

All Software Application Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,069 2,972 3,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.50% 7.99% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 1,493 2,546
10th Percentile £188 £160 £194
25th Percentile £258 £213 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £429
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £662 £688
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 584 229
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.69 £14.24
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £38.75 £52.97
90th Percentile £74.88 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
London -44 279 £400 +28.21% 941
North of England -20 142 £235 -7.84% 676
South East -25 95 £375 +78.57% 828
South West +7 86 £235 -5.05% 376
Yorkshire +14 69 £235 +13.25% 271
North West -38 63 £250 -36.87% 325
Midlands -18 54 £313 +39.11% 550
East of England +18 44 £245 -36.77% 421
West Midlands +2 35 £425 +112.50% 290
East Midlands -20 18 £200 -18.37% 229
North East 0 10 £195 - 85
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
1 110 (15.51%) SharePoint
2 82 (11.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 68 (9.59%) Confluence
4 19 (2.68%) Skype for Business
5 8 (1.13%) CMS
6 5 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.56%) IBM Notes
8 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.42%) MS Project Server
8 3 (0.42%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 195 (27.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 118 (16.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (7.33%) MS Visio
4 29 (4.09%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (1.97%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.42%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.28%) Open Workbench
8 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.28%) Revit
8 2 (0.28%) Trello
9 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.14%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.56%) CA PPM
2 4 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.42%) SAP Retail
3 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.28%) Alphatax
4 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.28%) Kondor
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.28%) SAP CAR
4 2 (0.28%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.14%) Endur
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (25.53%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (12.13%) Azure
3 46 (6.49%) Entra ID
4 36 (5.08%) Power Platform
5 28 (3.95%) OneDrive
6 12 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.41%) AWS
8 9 (1.27%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.13%) Asana
9 8 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.13%) Slack
9 8 (1.13%) Yammer
10 7 (0.99%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.71%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.71%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.71%) Serverless
12 4 (0.56%) IBM Blueworks
13 3 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.42%) SaaS
14 2 (0.28%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 75 (10.58%) VPN
2 66 (9.31%) DNS
3 43 (6.06%) DHCP
4 39 (5.50%) Firewall
5 38 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
6 34 (4.80%) WAN
7 32 (4.51%) LAN
8 30 (4.23%) VLAN
9 27 (3.81%) Skype
10 26 (3.67%) Remote Desktop
11 24 (3.39%) Wireless
12 20 (2.82%) TCP/IP
13 18 (2.54%) VoIP
14 16 (2.26%) Internet
15 14 (1.97%) Network Security
16 12 (1.69%) Intranet
17 10 (1.41%) SAN
18 9 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
19 8 (1.13%) DWDM
19 8 (1.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.37%) Power BI
2 13 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.27%) Tableau
4 7 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.56%) MS Access
6 4 (0.56%) Power Query
7 3 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.42%) Metadata
7 3 (0.42%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.28%) Big Data
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.14%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.14%) IDMS
9 1 (0.14%) Looker
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.14%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.14%) QGIS
9 1 (0.14%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 96 (13.54%) JIRA
2 15 (2.12%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.85%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.42%) Hudson
5 3 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.28%) Git
7 1 (0.14%) Ant
7 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.14%) JUnit
7 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 408 (57.55%) Social Skills
2 174 (24.54%) Finance
3 129 (18.19%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (10.44%) Banking
5 64 (9.03%) Public Sector
6 57 (8.04%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.37%) Legal
10 28 (3.95%) Marketing
11 26 (3.67%) Manufacturing
11 26 (3.67%) Retail
12 23 (3.24%) Local Government
13 20 (2.82%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (2.40%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.97%) Law
16 13 (1.83%) Public Speaking
17 12 (1.69%) Investment Banking
18 9 (1.27%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 143 (20.17%) Analyst
2 82 (11.57%) Support Engineer
3 56 (7.90%) IT Support
4 51 (7.19%) Desktop Engineer
5 44 (6.21%) Desktop Support
5 44 (6.21%) Service Analyst
6 41 (5.78%) Service Desk Analyst
7 40 (5.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 33 (4.65%) Senior
9 31 (4.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 31 (4.37%) 2nd Line Support
10 28 (3.95%) Developer
11 27 (3.81%) Business Analyst
11 27 (3.81%) Project Manager
12 26 (3.67%) Architect
13 25 (3.53%) Administrator
13 25 (3.53%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 24 (3.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 24 (3.39%) IT Engineer
15 22 (3.10%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.69%) Flash
2 10 (1.41%) CSS
2 10 (1.41%) HTML
3 8 (1.13%) .NET
4 6 (0.85%) ADO
5 5 (0.71%) .NET Core
6 4 (0.56%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.56%) Web Services
7 3 (0.42%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (0.42%) Entity Framework
7 3 (0.42%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (0.42%) jQuery
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.28%) Bootstrap
8 2 (0.28%) OLE
8 2 (0.28%) React
8 2 (0.28%) REST
8 2 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.51%) Management Information System
2 31 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.24%) Video Conferencing
4 22 (3.10%) Smartphone
5 18 (2.54%) iPhone
6 17 (2.40%) Driving Licence
7 15 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.69%) Clustering
9 12 (1.69%) PKI
10 11 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.55%) PMI
11 10 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.13%) IVR
13 7 (0.99%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.71%) e-Learning
14 5 (0.71%) Social Media
15 4 (0.56%) Learning Management System
15 4 (0.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 267 (37.66%) Windows
2 108 (15.23%) Windows 10
3 42 (5.92%) Windows Server
4 39 (5.50%) Mac OS
5 35 (4.94%) Apple iOS
6 28 (3.95%) Android
7 23 (3.24%) Linux
8 15 (2.12%) Windows 7
9 12 (1.69%) Unix
9 12 (1.69%) VMS
9 12 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.56%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.56%) Windows Vista
12 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.14%) AIX
14 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (18.19%) Customer Service
3 127 (17.91%) ITIL
4 96 (13.54%) Project Management
5 91 (12.83%) Agile
6 84 (11.85%) Service Management
7 82 (11.57%) ITSM
8 69 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 63 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
10 54 (7.62%) Time Management
11 48 (6.77%) Change Management
12 45 (6.35%) Service Delivery
13 43 (6.06%) Decision-Making
14 42 (5.92%) Migration
15 41 (5.78%) Project Delivery
16 37 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
17 36 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
17 36 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 36 (5.08%) Risk Management
18 34 (4.80%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 50 (7.05%) SQL
2 35 (4.94%) PowerShell
3 22 (3.10%) Python
4 20 (2.82%) C#
5 17 (2.40%) PL/SQL
6 14 (1.97%) Delphi
7 11 (1.55%) VBA
8 8 (1.13%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.85%) VB
9 6 (0.85%) VBScript
10 4 (0.56%) Perl
11 3 (0.42%) Groovy
12 2 (0.28%) C++
12 2 (0.28%) R
13 1 (0.14%) Bash
13 1 (0.14%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.14%) Java
13 1 (0.14%) JCL
13 1 (0.14%) Korn
13 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 166 (23.41%) Degree
2 103 (14.53%) Security Cleared
3 93 (13.12%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (3.81%) DV Cleared
6 26 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (2.96%) CCNA
8 18 (2.54%) PMI Certification
9 17 (2.40%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.97%) A+ Certification
10 14 (1.97%) DBS Check
10 14 (1.97%) MCSE
10 14 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 11 (1.55%) CCNP
13 9 (1.27%) PMP
14 7 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.05%) PMO
2 41 (5.78%) SLA
3 13 (1.83%) GDPR
4 12 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.69%) QA
5 9 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.42%) NCSC
7 3 (0.42%) NIST
7 3 (0.42%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.28%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.28%) RMADS
8 2 (0.28%) SEPA
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) COSHH
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 169 (23.84%) Active Directory
2 47 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.83%) Hyper-V
3 13 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (1.83%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 8 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.85%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.42%) Brightmail
7 3 (0.42%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.28%) vSphere
8 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.14%) Docker
9 1 (0.14%) IAG
9 1 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 47 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (6.49%) SCCM
3 19 (2.68%) WSUS
4 13 (1.83%) AppManager
4 13 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (1.83%) vCenter Server
5 9 (1.27%) Ansible
6 5 (0.71%) Terraform
7 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.42%) TeamSite
9 2 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.28%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 2 (0.28%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.28%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.28%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.28%) SCOM
10 1 (0.14%) VxRail
10 1 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 528 (74.47%) Microsoft
2 56 (7.90%) ServiceNow
2 56 (7.90%) VMware
3 52 (7.33%) Apple
4 44 (6.21%) Cisco
5 35 (4.94%) Citrix
6 28 (3.95%) Atlassian
7 27 (3.81%) Oracle
7 27 (3.81%) SAP
8 23 (3.24%) Salesforce
9 17 (2.40%) HP
10 14 (1.97%) Ivanti
11 11 (1.55%) Adobe
12 10 (1.41%) Veritas
13 9 (1.27%) Dell
13 9 (1.27%) Veeam
14 8 (1.13%) Palo Alto
14 8 (1.13%) Remedy
15 7 (0.99%) Arista
15 7 (0.99%) Google