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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 8 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.33% 1.64% -
As % of the Applications category 36.36% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £271 - -
25th Percentile £301 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £685 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.33% - -
75th Percentile £466 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £400 £250 £122
% change year-on-year +60.00% +104.92% -51.20%

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 22 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 9.17% 9.84% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 1
10th Percentile £268 £356 -
25th Percentile £330 £394 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% -4.26% -19.05%
75th Percentile £500 £508 £520
90th Percentile £551 £668 -
Cheshire median daily rate £442 £483 £200
% change year-on-year -8.39% +141.38% -52.94%

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 16 December 2025.

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 5 (62.50%) Confluence
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) SSH
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Transition Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Tandem
2 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Unix
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (75.00%) Change Management
2 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (62.50%) Cryptography
3 5 (62.50%) Information Security
3 5 (62.50%) Key Management
4 4 (50.00%) Data Protection
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (50.00%) Project Management
4 4 (50.00%) Release Management
4 4 (50.00%) Service Management
5 3 (37.50%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) Attestation
5 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
5 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
6 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (25.00%) Service Design
6 2 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (12.50%) CISM
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) IBM
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Gemalto
2 3 (37.50%) Thales
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow