Microsoft Office Contracts in London

Microsoft Office
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 84 112
Rank change year-on-year -44 +28 +30
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 279 461 620
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.22% 2.59% 2.29%
As % of the Applications category 28.07% 39.40% 33.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 303 474
10th Percentile £168 £150 £180
25th Percentile £243 £201 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £312 £450
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -30.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £650
90th Percentile £641 £645 £720
England median daily rate £325 £255 £375
% change year-on-year +27.45% -32.00% +28.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 54 15
10th Percentile - £12.50 £17.03
25th Percentile £15.84 £15.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.97 £22.63
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -11.78% -9.79%
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.43 £32.67
90th Percentile £25.49 £27.67 £54.19
England median hourly rate £17.25 £16.03 £22.00
% change year-on-year +7.61% -27.14% +29.68%

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 994 1,170 1,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.92% 6.56% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 765 1,306
10th Percentile £213 £188 £215
25th Percentile £314 £255 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.57% -4.95%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £738 £712 £738
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 86 47
10th Percentile £15.84 £13.09 £16.24
25th Percentile £16.56 £17.00 £18.97
Median hourly rate £24.66 £21.00 £31.92
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -34.21% -28.27%
75th Percentile £34.51 £27.25 £44.00
90th Percentile £52.18 £51.75 £54.25
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in London

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in London

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Central London +5 72 £419 +4.69% 41
South London +18 20 £600 +166.67% 8
West London +10 7 £338 +35.00% 69
East London -3 5 £330 -24.98% 15
North London -4 1 £550 - 1
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 45 (16.13%) SharePoint
2 28 (10.04%) Confluence
3 15 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.15%) CMS
5 3 (1.08%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 83 (29.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (20.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (11.47%) MS Visio
4 20 (7.17%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (2.51%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.72%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.36%) Revit
8 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.43%) CA PPM
2 3 (1.08%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.72%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) Kondor
3 2 (0.72%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.72%) SAP CAR
3 2 (0.72%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.72%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.36%) Endur
4 1 (0.36%) Maximo
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 74 (26.52%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (12.90%) Azure
3 17 (6.09%) Power Platform
4 12 (4.30%) OneDrive
5 10 (3.58%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.87%) Asana
7 7 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.51%) Slack
8 6 (2.15%) AWS
8 6 (2.15%) Yammer
9 5 (1.79%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.43%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.43%) IBM Blueworks
10 4 (1.43%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.72%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.72%) Figma
11 2 (0.72%) Miro
11 2 (0.72%) Serverless
11 2 (0.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.81%) Firewall
1 19 (6.81%) VPN
2 14 (5.02%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (4.30%) DNS
4 11 (3.94%) Remote Desktop
5 10 (3.58%) Network Security
5 10 (3.58%) Wireless
6 9 (3.23%) WAN
7 8 (2.87%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (2.51%) LAN
9 5 (1.79%) DHCP
9 5 (1.79%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.43%) DWDM
10 4 (1.43%) SSL
11 3 (1.08%) Internet
11 3 (1.08%) IPsec
11 3 (1.08%) Skype
11 3 (1.08%) VLAN
11 3 (1.08%) VoIP
12 2 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.73%) Power BI
2 6 (2.15%) Tableau
3 5 (1.79%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.43%) MS Access
4 4 (1.43%) Power Query
4 4 (1.43%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) Big Data
6 1 (0.36%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.36%) DTS
6 1 (0.36%) Essbase
6 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.36%) IDMS
6 1 (0.36%) Metadata
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.36%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (15.77%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.36%) Ant
3 1 (0.36%) JUnit
3 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.36%) Toad
3 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 154 (55.20%) Social Skills
2 101 (36.20%) Finance
3 48 (17.20%) Banking
4 37 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.60%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (7.89%) Public Sector
8 17 (6.09%) Financial Institution
9 14 (5.02%) Marketing
10 11 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (3.23%) Investment Banking
13 7 (2.51%) Local Government
14 6 (2.15%) Front Office
14 6 (2.15%) Legal
14 6 (2.15%) Retail
14 6 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.79%) Back Office
15 5 (1.79%) French Language
15 5 (1.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (25.45%) Analyst
2 22 (7.89%) Support Engineer
3 21 (7.53%) Business Analyst
4 18 (6.45%) Project Manager
5 17 (6.09%) IT Support
5 17 (6.09%) Support Analyst
6 14 (5.02%) IT Analyst
6 14 (5.02%) Senior
7 13 (4.66%) Architect
8 12 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (4.30%) Desktop Support
8 12 (4.30%) Lead
9 11 (3.94%) Desktop Engineer
10 10 (3.58%) Consultant
10 10 (3.58%) Coordinator
10 10 (3.58%) Developer
10 10 (3.58%) Network Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.43%) .NET
1 4 (1.43%) .NET Core
1 4 (1.43%) CSS
1 4 (1.43%) HTML
2 3 (1.08%) ADO
2 3 (1.08%) jQuery
2 3 (1.08%) Web Services
3 2 (0.72%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.72%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.36%) Kafka
4 1 (0.36%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) React
4 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.36%) SOAP
4 1 (0.36%) VML
4 1 (0.36%) XML
4 1 (0.36%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.81%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
3 17 (6.09%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.94%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.87%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.51%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.51%) PMI
8 6 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.79%) iPhone
9 5 (1.79%) IVR
10 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.43%) Social Media
11 3 (1.08%) iPad
11 3 (1.08%) Market Risk
11 3 (1.08%) Reference Data
12 2 (0.72%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.72%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.72%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 92 (32.97%) Windows
2 38 (13.62%) Windows 10
3 21 (7.53%) Apple iOS
4 18 (6.45%) Android
5 14 (5.02%) Mac OS
6 10 (3.58%) Windows Server
7 9 (3.23%) Linux
8 8 (2.87%) Unix
9 4 (1.43%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.36%) AIX
11 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (20.07%) Project Management
3 43 (15.41%) Agile
4 37 (13.26%) Customer Service
5 36 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (9.32%) Change Management
7 25 (8.96%) ITIL
8 24 (8.60%) Risk Management
9 23 (8.24%) Project Delivery
10 21 (7.53%) Decision-Making
10 21 (7.53%) Migration
10 21 (7.53%) Time Management
11 20 (7.17%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (7.17%) Service Management
12 19 (6.81%) Asset Management
12 19 (6.81%) Requirements Gathering
13 18 (6.45%) Service Delivery
14 17 (6.09%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (6.09%) ITSM
15 16 (5.73%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.45%) SQL
2 12 (4.30%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.58%) Python
4 5 (1.79%) VBA
5 4 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.08%) C#
6 3 (1.08%) Perl
7 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.72%) R
8 1 (0.36%) Formula Language
8 1 (0.36%) Java
8 1 (0.36%) Korn
Qualifications
1 56 (20.07%) Degree
2 18 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 18 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.94%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.15%) FFIEC
5 6 (2.15%) PMP
6 5 (1.79%) CCNP
6 5 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.08%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.08%) CISM
8 3 (1.08%) CISSP
9 2 (0.72%) CCIE
9 2 (0.72%) CCNA
9 2 (0.72%) CISA
9 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.96%) PMO
2 13 (4.66%) SLA
3 10 (3.58%) GDPR
4 8 (2.87%) QA
5 6 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.08%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.72%) NIST
7 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.72%) SEPA
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 50 (17.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.72%) vSphere
4 2 (0.72%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.36%) IAG
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (7.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 21 (7.53%) SCCM
2 5 (1.79%) Ansible
3 2 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.72%) AppManager
3 2 (0.72%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 2 (0.72%) RSA Archer
3 2 (0.72%) Terraform
4 1 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.36%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 212 (75.99%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.81%) SAP
3 17 (6.09%) Cisco
4 16 (5.73%) Apple
5 12 (4.30%) Salesforce
5 12 (4.30%) VMware
6 11 (3.94%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.58%) Citrix
7 10 (3.58%) HP
8 7 (2.51%) Adobe
8 7 (2.51%) Dell
9 6 (2.15%) Veritas
10 5 (1.79%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.79%) Genesys
10 5 (1.79%) Oracle
10 5 (1.79%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.79%) Reuters
10 5 (1.79%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.43%) Arista
11 4 (1.43%) Broadcom