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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 2.49% 0.60% -
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £271 - -
25th Percentile £295 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £334 £392 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% - -
75th Percentile £423 - -
90th Percentile £489 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £332 £250 £200
% change year-on-year +32.75% +25.00% -28.89%

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 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 7.47% 5.99% -
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 0
10th Percentile £268 £356 -
25th Percentile £317 £395 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £483 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% - -
75th Percentile £488 £510 -
90th Percentile £511 £715 -
Cheshire median daily rate £418 £463 £375
% change year-on-year -9.73% +23.33% -16.67%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Knutsford

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Knutsford over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

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

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Publishing
4 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Service Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Transition Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
1 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Change Management
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Release Management
3 4 (57.14%) Service Design
3 4 (57.14%) Service Management
4 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (42.86%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (42.86%) DevOps
4 3 (42.86%) ITSM
4 3 (42.86%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) Programme Governance
4 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) Test Management
4 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
5 2 (28.57%) Product Management
5 2 (28.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) IBM