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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 50 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 12 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 5.43% 2.05% 0.57%
As % of the Applications category 57.14% 27.27% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 1
10th Percentile £391 £270 -
25th Percentile £401 £284 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £332 £392
Median % change year-on-year +27.80% -15.23% -
75th Percentile £448 £356 -
90th Percentile £492 £425 -
Cheshire median daily rate £400 £346 £250
% change year-on-year +15.65% +38.35% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.90 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 £17.75 £11.00
% change year-on-year -1.41% +61.36% -37.14%

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 21 22 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 9.50% 7.53% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 15
10th Percentile £362 £300 £370
25th Percentile £393 £317 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £438 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% -10.53% +27.68%
75th Percentile £448 £492 £507
90th Percentile £500 £511 £632
Cheshire median daily rate £401 £431 £488
% change year-on-year -7.01% -11.54% +39.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.90 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 £18.31 £14.25
% change year-on-year -4.42% +28.49% -36.00%

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 29 August 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 7 (58.33%) Confluence
2 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) SSH
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) Wireless
3 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 10 (83.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 1 (8.33%) Help Desk Technician
2 1 (8.33%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
2 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Network Support
2 1 (8.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Service Transition Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (33.33%) PKI
3 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (25.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Unix
3 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Change Management
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
1 8 (66.67%) Service Management
2 7 (58.33%) Cryptography
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Key Management
4 5 (41.67%) Release Management
5 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 4 (33.33%) Customer Experience
5 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) ITSM
5 4 (33.33%) Problem Management
5 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 4 (33.33%) Project Management
6 3 (25.00%) Application Security
6 3 (25.00%) Attestation
6 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (16.67%) CEH
3 2 (16.67%) CISM
3 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (16.67%) OSCP
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Ansible
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Gemalto
1 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 4 (33.33%) Thales
2 3 (25.00%) Broadcom
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (25.00%) ForeScout
2 3 (25.00%) IBM
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Splunk