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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 23 23
Rank change year-on-year -24 0 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 9 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.30% 4.39% 5.38%
As % of the Applications category 24.32% 38.46% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 7
10th Percentile £378 £501 £554
25th Percentile £426 £513 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £640 £676
Median % change year-on-year -23.13% -5.33% -
75th Percentile £596 £685 £725
90th Percentile £644 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £461 £505 £165
% change year-on-year -8.76% +206.06% -58.75%

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 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 13.55% 11.40% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 12 12
10th Percentile £308 £317 £425
25th Percentile £350 £415 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £497 £593
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -16.26% +48.25%
75th Percentile £500 £563 £698
90th Percentile £585 £681 £725
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £496 £438
% change year-on-year -9.30% +13.40% +9.38%

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 13 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Knutsford

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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 6 (66.67%) Confluence
1 6 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SSH
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Billing
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Transition Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Manager
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Tandem
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) PKI
3 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Unix
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Change Management
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Cryptography
3 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 5 (55.56%) Information Security
3 5 (55.56%) Key Management
4 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
4 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
4 4 (44.44%) Project Management
4 4 (44.44%) Service Management
5 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 3 (33.33%) Release Management
6 2 (22.22%) Attestation
6 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
6 2 (22.22%) DevOps
6 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (22.22%) CISSP
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (11.11%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) IBM
3 3 (33.33%) Gemalto
3 3 (33.33%) Thales
4 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow