Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Microsoft Office
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 10 20
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 2 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.33% 8.08% 5.62%
As % of the Applications category 25.00% 53.33% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £177 -
25th Percentile £188 £195 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £210 £130
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +61.54% +21.50%
75th Percentile £203 £235 £316
90th Percentile - £296 £725
East Midlands median daily rate £169 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -54.95% -16.75% +181.25%

All Software Application Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 8 15 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 5.33% 15.15% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 12
10th Percentile - £181 -
25th Percentile £132 £185 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £205 £240
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% -14.58% +14.29%
75th Percentile £203 £235 £438
90th Percentile £366 £299 £696
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £340 £376
% change year-on-year +21.22% -9.50% +25.33%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Office within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 2 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester -5 1 - - 6
Market Harborough - 1 £195 -
Microsoft Office
East Midlands

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft