Microsoft Office Contracts in Kent

Microsoft Office
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 17 21 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 4 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 3.81% 3.96% 3.65%
As % of the Applications category 66.67% 72.73% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £125 - £185
25th Percentile £128 £203 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £205 £200
Median % change year-on-year -34.15% +2.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £143 £288 £225
90th Percentile £146 £400 £240
South East median daily rate £375 £210 £300
% change year-on-year +78.57% -30.00% +8.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £16.36 £11.45 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.88% - -
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £17.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year -19.32% -12.00% +37.93%

All Software Application Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6 11 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 5.71% 5.45% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £129 - £187
25th Percentile £138 £203 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £253 £240 £225
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% +6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £383 £416 £344
90th Percentile £423 £467 £513
South East median daily rate £413 £275 £375
% change year-on-year +50.00% -26.67% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £46.94
25th Percentile - £11.45 £50.38
Median hourly rate £16.36 £11.90 £56.24
Median % change year-on-year +37.54% -78.85% +195.97%
75th Percentile - £18.94 £56.41
90th Percentile - £30.83 £56.45
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £32.30
% change year-on-year +8.57% -45.82% +65.64%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Kent

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Kent

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Kent

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent 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
Dartford - 1 £125 - 27
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft