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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 79 86
Rank change year-on-year +19 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,231 1,454 2,093
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.34% 2.96% 2.97%
As % of the Applications category 42.14% 38.74% 39.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 1,029 1,406
10th Percentile £137 £163 £135
25th Percentile £188 £213 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £375 £300
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +25.00% -16.96%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £475
90th Percentile £611 £684 £575
UK median daily rate £256 £375 £303
% change year-on-year -31.83% +23.76% -15.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 82 195
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.00 £10.73
25th Percentile £12.63 £16.28 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.75 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% +28.47% -3.26%
75th Percentile £23.46 £42.19 £25.58
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.84 £43.13
UK median hourly rate £15.86 £22.63 £16.88
% change year-on-year -29.94% +34.08% +6.68%

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 2,921 3,753 5,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.93% 7.64% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,458 2,468 3,537
10th Percentile £161 £197 £159
25th Percentile £213 £293 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £435 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £661 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 230 398
10th Percentile £11.68 £14.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.93 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.45 £34.25 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.99% +57.47% +14.47%
75th Percentile £38.19 £50.90 £47.31
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -46.15% +51.16% +16.72%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +17 440 £319 -29.17% 469
North of England +46 259 £253 -27.86% 414
South East -2 226 £215 -28.33% 415
North West +49 191 £383 -4.38% 236
South West +13 126 £245 -47.28% 218
Midlands +7 103 £225 -46.75% 326
Yorkshire +24 58 £220 -28.16% 133
East Midlands +43 57 £245 +9.87% 120
East of England -20 54 £388 +55.00% 175
West Midlands -23 46 £200 -52.94% 206
North East +14 10 £195 +2.63% 48
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
1 106 (8.61%) SharePoint
2 69 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (2.36%) Confluence
4 26 (2.11%) Skype for Business
5 25 (2.03%) CMS
6 10 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.49%) 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
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%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
11 1 (0.081%) Moodle
11 1 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 377 (30.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 189 (15.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 80 (6.50%) Microsoft Project
4 73 (5.93%) MS Visio
5 68 (5.52%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.89%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.65%) Acrobat
8 8 (0.65%) 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%) InDesign
11 1 (0.081%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.081%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.081%) Blender
11 1 (0.081%) CATIA
11 1 (0.081%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.38%) Primavera
2 6 (0.49%) Magento
3 5 (0.41%) SmartPlant
4 4 (0.32%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.24%) OPENHousing
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 (0.081%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.081%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.081%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.081%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 274 (22.26%) Microsoft 365
2 107 (8.69%) Azure
3 51 (4.14%) Power Platform
4 38 (3.09%) Entra ID
5 31 (2.52%) OneDrive
6 27 (2.19%) Google Workspace
7 25 (2.03%) SaaS
8 20 (1.62%) Taleo
9 16 (1.30%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.14%) IaaS
11 14 (1.14%) PaaS
12 12 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 12 (0.97%) WhatsApp
13 11 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (0.89%) Slack
14 8 (0.65%) Google Docs
14 8 (0.65%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 8 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (0.57%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.36%) VPN
2 55 (4.47%) Wireless
3 53 (4.31%) LAN
4 38 (3.09%) Firewall
4 38 (3.09%) WAN
5 29 (2.36%) Skype
6 28 (2.27%) DNS
6 28 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (2.03%) Cisco IOS
8 21 (1.71%) Internet
9 19 (1.54%) VoIP
10 17 (1.38%) DHCP
11 16 (1.30%) SD-WAN
12 15 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
12 15 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (1.14%) TCP/IP
13 14 (1.14%) VLAN
14 13 (1.06%) DMZ
15 8 (0.65%) Network Security
15 8 (0.65%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.66%) Power BI
2 26 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.73%) Tableau
4 8 (0.65%) Metadata
5 7 (0.57%) GIS
6 4 (0.32%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.32%) Spatial Data
7 3 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.24%) QGIS
7 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.16%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.081%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.081%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.081%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 83 (6.74%) JIRA
2 4 (0.32%) Git
2 4 (0.32%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.24%) Subversion
4 2 (0.16%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
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 (0.081%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.081%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.081%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.081%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.081%) Zephyr
General
1 599 (48.66%) Social Skills
2 293 (23.80%) Finance
3 193 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (10.32%) Organisational Skills
5 100 (8.12%) Public Sector
6 89 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
7 72 (5.85%) Telecoms
8 68 (5.52%) Legal
9 67 (5.44%) Banking
10 52 (4.22%) Marketing
11 47 (3.82%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.44%) Retail
13 28 (2.27%) Mandarin Language
14 22 (1.79%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.79%) Law
15 18 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.46%) Local Government
16 17 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (1.30%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 240 (19.50%) Analyst
2 99 (8.04%) Support Engineer
3 84 (6.82%) Service Analyst
4 81 (6.58%) IT Support
5 80 (6.50%) Project Manager
6 78 (6.34%) Administrator
7 77 (6.26%) Service Desk Analyst
8 72 (5.85%) Lead
9 70 (5.69%) Desktop Support
10 62 (5.04%) 2nd Line Support
11 59 (4.79%) Senior
12 55 (4.47%) Support Analyst
13 49 (3.98%) Desktop Engineer
14 46 (3.74%) IT Engineer
15 44 (3.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 40 (3.25%) Business Analyst
17 38 (3.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 36 (2.92%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 36 (2.92%) Coordinator
19 33 (2.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.54%) XML
2 14 (1.14%) .NET
3 11 (0.89%) HTML
4 8 (0.65%) CSS
5 7 (0.57%) Flash
5 7 (0.57%) JSON
6 6 (0.49%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.41%) Web Services
8 4 (0.32%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.32%) React
9 3 (0.24%) ADO
9 3 (0.24%) EDI
9 3 (0.24%) jQuery
9 3 (0.24%) XMPP
10 2 (0.16%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.16%) Ajax
10 2 (0.16%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.16%) DOM
10 2 (0.16%) WSH
11 1 (0.081%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 45 (3.66%) Driving Licence
4 32 (2.60%) Data Centre
5 28 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 26 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.11%) Smartphone
7 24 (1.95%) iPhone
8 22 (1.79%) NHS
9 21 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.22%) iPad
12 14 (1.14%) Clustering
12 14 (1.14%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.06%) CMDB
14 12 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.73%) Blackberry
15 9 (0.73%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.73%) Social Media
16 8 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 387 (31.44%) Windows
2 219 (17.79%) Windows 10
3 89 (7.23%) Windows 7
4 51 (4.14%) Windows Server
5 44 (3.57%) Android
6 36 (2.92%) Apple iOS
7 35 (2.84%) Mac OS
8 23 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (1.06%) Linux
9 13 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (0.89%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.32%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.24%) Unix
15 2 (0.16%) VMS
15 2 (0.16%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.081%) CentOS
16 1 (0.081%) Windows Phone
16 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
2 254 (20.63%) Customer Service
3 199 (16.17%) Project Management
4 153 (12.43%) ITIL
5 137 (11.13%) Agile
6 122 (9.91%) Time Management
7 121 (9.83%) Decision-Making
8 110 (8.94%) Project Delivery
9 99 (8.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 70 (5.69%) Change Management
11 67 (5.44%) Service Delivery
12 66 (5.36%) PRINCE2
12 66 (5.36%) Service Management
13 65 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
13 65 (5.28%) ITSM
14 62 (5.04%) Data Protection
15 61 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
16 60 (4.87%) Asset Management
17 54 (4.39%) Risk Management
18 53 (4.31%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (3.01%) SQL
2 36 (2.92%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.46%) Python
4 17 (1.38%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.30%) C#
6 11 (0.89%) Java
7 10 (0.81%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.65%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.57%) VBA
10 5 (0.41%) Bash
10 5 (0.41%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.24%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.16%) C++
12 2 (0.16%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) VB
12 2 (0.16%) VBScript
13 1 (0.081%) Bicep
13 1 (0.081%) C
13 1 (0.081%) R
Qualifications
1 378 (30.71%) Degree
2 234 (19.01%) Security Cleared
3 117 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 81 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 52 (4.22%) APMP
6 37 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (2.60%) PMI Certification
8 31 (2.52%) PMP
9 28 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (2.27%) NVQ Level 3
10 25 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.79%) Master's Degree
12 19 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
14 15 (1.22%) DBS Check
15 14 (1.14%) CCNA
15 14 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (1.06%) A+ Certification
16 13 (1.06%) CCNP
16 13 (1.06%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (7.55%) PMO
2 92 (7.47%) SLA
3 39 (3.17%) QA
4 32 (2.60%) GDPR
5 27 (2.19%) Disclosure Scotland
6 23 (1.87%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.14%) Data Quality
8 11 (0.89%) NIST
9 10 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.49%) GRC
11 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.32%) P3O
12 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.16%) NCSC
12 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.081%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.081%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 211 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.95%) Firmware
4 20 (1.62%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.57%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.24%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.16%) vSphere
9 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.081%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.081%) vCloud
9 1 (0.081%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 109 (8.85%) SCCM
2 59 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (0.81%) WSUS
5 9 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.57%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.49%) Autotask
9 5 (0.41%) Terraform
9 5 (0.41%) WhatsUp Gold
10 3 (0.24%) 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%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.16%) WMI
12 1 (0.081%) Iperf
12 1 (0.081%) SCOM
Vendors
1 877 (71.24%) Microsoft
2 96 (7.80%) ServiceNow
3 62 (5.04%) SAP
4 57 (4.63%) Apple
5 56 (4.55%) Cisco
6 54 (4.39%) Citrix
7 49 (3.98%) Google
8 45 (3.66%) HP
9 38 (3.09%) Oracle
9 38 (3.09%) VMware
10 33 (2.68%) Adobe
11 28 (2.27%) Salesforce
12 20 (1.62%) Atlassian
13 19 (1.54%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.38%) F5
15 13 (1.06%) Veeam
16 10 (0.81%) Sitecore
17 7 (0.57%) iManage
17 7 (0.57%) MicroStrategy
17 7 (0.57%) Progress