Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Microsoft Office
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 29 17
Rank change year-on-year -14 -12 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 10 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.41% 2.50% 6.86%
As % of the Applications category 27.03% 26.67% 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £371 £398 £554
25th Percentile £401 £459 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £513 £676
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% -24.19% -
75th Percentile £596 £563 £725
90th Percentile £644 £609 -
Cheshire median daily rate £420 £450 £165
% change year-on-year -6.67% +172.73% -22.35%

All Software Application Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 37 15 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 12.63% 9.38% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 12
10th Percentile £318 £313 £425
25th Percentile £358 £357 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £483 £585
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% -17.55% +46.31%
75th Percentile £462 £510 £698
90th Percentile £589 £530 £725
Cheshire median daily rate £420 £456 £405
% change year-on-year -7.89% +12.59% +3.45%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Knutsford over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Knutsford

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) Confluence
1 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
1 3 (30.00%) Wireless
2 2 (20.00%) Internet
2 2 (20.00%) SSH
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Service Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Service Transition Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Transition Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Manager
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Service Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Network Support
2 1 (10.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (20.00%) PKI
2 2 (20.00%) Tandem
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Change Management
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 7 (70.00%) Service Management
3 5 (50.00%) ITSM
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (40.00%) Cryptography
5 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) Key Management
5 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
5 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Release Management
5 3 (30.00%) Threat Detection
6 2 (20.00%) Attestation
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (20.00%) DevOps
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) CCNA
2 3 (30.00%) CCNP
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (30.00%) Broadcom
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (30.00%) ForeScout
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Splunk
3 2 (20.00%) Gemalto
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (20.00%) Thales