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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 44 32
Rank change year-on-year +13 -12 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 14 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 5.81% 1.54% 1.22%
As % of the Applications category 53.85% 22.22% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile £398 £283 £390
25th Percentile £401 £305 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £346 £391
Median % change year-on-year +28.08% -11.48% -
75th Percentile £504 £392 £391
90th Percentile £588 £452 £391
Cheshire median daily rate £401 £400 £165
% change year-on-year +0.25% +142.42% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.90 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.29
% change year-on-year - - -0.20%

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 26 18 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 10.79% 6.95% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 13
10th Percentile £359 £308 £397
25th Percentile £394 £317 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £438 £489
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -10.53% +22.25%
75th Percentile £477 £497 £507
90th Percentile £581 £522 £672
Cheshire median daily rate £415 £438 £488
% change year-on-year -5.14% -10.39% +22.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.90 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 £29.00 £17.39
% change year-on-year -39.66% +66.74% -21.88%

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 1 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 (50.00%) Confluence
2 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) SSH
2 3 (21.43%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) Network Security
2 3 (21.43%) Wireless
3 2 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Consultant
1 4 (28.57%) Security Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Service Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Service Transition Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Transition Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Technician
3 1 (7.14%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) IT Technician
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Manager
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Service Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Network Support
3 1 (7.14%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 4 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (28.57%) PKI
3 3 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (21.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Unix
3 3 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Change Management
1 10 (71.43%) ITIL
1 10 (71.43%) Service Management
2 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (50.00%) Cryptography
4 6 (42.86%) ITSM
4 6 (42.86%) Key Management
4 6 (42.86%) Release Management
5 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
5 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
6 4 (28.57%) Customer Experience
6 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
6 4 (28.57%) Information Security
6 4 (28.57%) Problem Management
6 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (28.57%) Project Management
7 3 (21.43%) Application Security
7 3 (21.43%) Attestation
7 3 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (21.43%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) CCNA
2 3 (21.43%) CCNP
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (14.29%) CEH
3 2 (14.29%) CISM
3 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (14.29%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) Gemalto
3 4 (28.57%) Thales
4 3 (21.43%) Broadcom
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco
4 3 (21.43%) CyberArk
4 3 (21.43%) ForeScout
4 3 (21.43%) IBM
4 3 (21.43%) Splunk