Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Office
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 124 95
Rank change year-on-year -74 -29 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 223 278 440
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 2.23% 2.49%
As % of the Applications category 23.20% 28.34% 38.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 160 290
10th Percentile £186 £160 £150
25th Percentile £234 £237 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £319
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% -29.17%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £538
90th Percentile £599 £638 £645
England median daily rate £401 £325 £255
% change year-on-year +23.38% +27.45% -32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 26 51
10th Percentile £20.09 - £12.50
25th Percentile £21.32 £15.84 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.31 £17.25 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -17.86% -7.75%
75th Percentile £39.37 £23.60 £25.21
90th Percentile £45.35 £25.49 £27.00
England median hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -26.44%

All Software Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 961 981 1,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 5.37% 7.86% 6.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 614 744
10th Percentile £263 £210 £188
25th Percentile £380 £313 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -11.92%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £738 £712
England median daily rate £450 £421 £400
% change year-on-year +7.02% +5.13% -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 50 81
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.84 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.32 £16.50 £16.24
Median hourly rate £28.55 £24.66 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.77% +17.43% -34.21%
75th Percentile £39.50 £34.51 £27.00
90th Percentile £49.88 £52.18 £50.00
England median hourly rate £20.35 £24.66 £16.45
% change year-on-year -17.48% +49.95% -54.00%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in London

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in London

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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
Central London -45 31 £436 +5.64% 47
West London -17 16 £319 -5.56% 14
South London -30 5 £450 -25.00% 6
East London -12 1 - - 6
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 36 (16.14%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.28%) Confluence
3 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.45%) Drupal
6 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 97 (43.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (33.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (13.45%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 4 (1.79%) Finacle
2 4 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.35%) Aladdin
3 3 (1.35%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.35%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.90%) Magento
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.90%) Shopify
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.45%) Primavera
5 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 54 (24.22%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (14.80%) Azure
3 15 (6.73%) AWS
4 9 (4.04%) Google Workspace
5 8 (3.59%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.69%) Amazon SageMaker
6 6 (2.69%) Dagster
6 6 (2.69%) GitHub
6 6 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.24%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.79%) Canva
8 4 (1.79%) Google Docs
8 4 (1.79%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.35%) GCP
9 3 (1.35%) Google Sheets
9 3 (1.35%) SaaS
10 2 (0.90%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.59%) VPN
1 8 (3.59%) Wireless
2 6 (2.69%) Firewall
3 5 (2.24%) DNS
3 5 (2.24%) NetScaler
4 4 (1.79%) LAN
4 4 (1.79%) VoIP
5 3 (1.35%) DHCP
5 3 (1.35%) Internet
5 3 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.90%) Network Security
6 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.90%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.90%) WebEx
7 1 (0.45%) HTTP
7 1 (0.45%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.45%) SSL
7 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.04%) Oracle Database
2 8 (3.59%) RDBMS
2 8 (3.59%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.24%) Power BI
5 4 (1.79%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.45%) DB2
6 1 (0.45%) Metadata
6 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.45%) QlikView
6 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.07%) JIRA
2 9 (4.04%) Git
3 8 (3.59%) Toad
4 6 (2.69%) MLflow
5 3 (1.35%) Subversion
6 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.45%) Ant
7 1 (0.45%) JUnit
7 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.45%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 128 (57.40%) Social Skills
2 91 (40.81%) Finance
3 51 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (20.63%) Banking
5 30 (13.45%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.97%) Legal
7 17 (7.62%) Marketing
8 15 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (6.73%) Investment Banking
8 15 (6.73%) Public Sector
9 12 (5.38%) Front Office
10 7 (3.14%) Back Office
10 7 (3.14%) French Language
10 7 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.14%) Law
11 6 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.69%) Retail
12 5 (2.24%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (24.22%) Analyst
2 30 (13.45%) Business Analyst
3 19 (8.52%) Senior
4 16 (7.17%) Support Engineer
5 13 (5.83%) IT Support
6 11 (4.93%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.48%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 10 (4.48%) Support Analyst
8 8 (3.59%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.14%) IT Analyst
9 7 (3.14%) Systems Support
9 7 (3.14%) Technical Support
10 6 (2.69%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (2.69%) Citrix Support
10 6 (2.69%) Data Scientist
10 6 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.69%) Senior Business Analyst
10 6 (2.69%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.69%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.69%) NumPy
1 6 (2.69%) Pandas
1 6 (2.69%) scikit-learn
1 6 (2.69%) Seaborn
2 3 (1.35%) VML
3 2 (0.90%) HTML
3 2 (0.90%) SOAP
3 2 (0.90%) Web Services
3 2 (0.90%) XML
4 1 (0.45%) HTML5
4 1 (0.45%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.45%) JSON
4 1 (0.45%) JWT
4 1 (0.45%) Kafka
4 1 (0.45%) LDAP
4 1 (0.45%) OAuth
4 1 (0.45%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.45%) REST
4 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.62%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.17%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.48%) Social Media
4 9 (4.04%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.04%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.59%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (3.14%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.69%) BYOD
7 6 (2.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.24%) iPhone
8 5 (2.24%) PMI
9 4 (1.79%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.79%) Blog
9 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.35%) Graphic Design
10 3 (1.35%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 47 (21.08%) Windows
2 24 (10.76%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (3.59%) Linux
6 7 (3.14%) Android
7 6 (2.69%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.69%) Unix
7 6 (2.69%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.24%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.45%) AIX
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (21.08%) Project Management
3 42 (18.83%) Project Delivery
4 40 (17.94%) Agile
5 38 (17.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (12.11%) Business Analysis
6 27 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (11.21%) Migration
8 24 (10.76%) Change Management
9 23 (10.31%) Decision-Making
9 23 (10.31%) Workshop Facilitation
10 22 (9.87%) Requirements Gathering
11 21 (9.42%) AI
11 21 (9.42%) Waterfall
12 18 (8.07%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (8.07%) Data Management
13 17 (7.62%) DevOps
13 17 (7.62%) Risk Management
13 17 (7.62%) Roadmaps
13 17 (7.62%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.80%) SQL
2 15 (6.73%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.04%) Python
4 5 (2.24%) Perl
4 5 (2.24%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.79%) PHP
6 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.45%) C
7 1 (0.45%) C++
7 1 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 75 (33.63%) Degree
2 22 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.07%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.04%) CBAP
4 9 (4.04%) IIBA
4 9 (4.04%) PMP
5 8 (3.59%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.14%) CCA
6 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.69%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.69%) MCSA
7 6 (2.69%) MCSE
8 5 (2.24%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (2.24%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.35%) CCNP
9 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.90%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.45%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.76%) PMO
2 14 (6.28%) QA
3 9 (4.04%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.14%) SLA
5 4 (1.79%) GDPR
5 4 (1.79%) MiFID
6 2 (0.90%) ECSS
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.90%) P3O
7 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.45%) COBIT
7 1 (0.45%) EMIR
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (12.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.59%) Docker
3 5 (2.24%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.24%) XenApp
3 5 (2.24%) XenDesktop
4 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (9.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.83%) SCCM
3 6 (2.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (2.24%) SCVMM
5 3 (1.35%) TeamSite
6 2 (0.90%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (0.90%) Terraform
7 1 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 159 (71.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.28%) Oracle
3 13 (5.83%) Google
4 10 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 9 (4.04%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.59%) Adobe
6 8 (3.59%) Cisco
6 8 (3.59%) Citrix
7 7 (3.14%) Apple
7 7 (3.14%) Planview
7 7 (3.14%) SAP
8 6 (2.69%) Remedy
9 5 (2.24%) Bloomberg
9 5 (2.24%) NEC
10 4 (1.79%) Charles River
10 4 (1.79%) HP
11 3 (1.35%) Dell
11 3 (1.35%) FactSet
11 3 (1.35%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.35%) SimCorp