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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 111 109
Rank change year-on-year -23 -2 +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 272 401 603
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.12% 2.28% 2.39%
As % of the Applications category 27.81% 38.63% 34.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 256 452
10th Percentile £186 £156 £180
25th Percentile £235 £207 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.79% -26.32% +26.67%
75th Percentile £500 £539 £650
90th Percentile £639 £638 £743
England median daily rate £350 £300 £380
% change year-on-year +16.67% -21.05% +21.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 52 19
10th Percentile - £12.50 £18.44
25th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £20.72
Median hourly rate £21.63 £21.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% -18.32% +3.26%
75th Percentile £25.00 £25.66 £30.09
90th Percentile £25.15 £27.86 £43.19
England median hourly rate £18.88 £16.06 £20.70
% change year-on-year +17.57% -22.42% +18.29%

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 978 1,038 1,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.63% 5.90% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 679 1,244
10th Percentile £233 £189 £214
25th Percentile £325 £275 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £636
90th Percentile £738 £688 £725
England median daily rate £421 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +5.19% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 81 47
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.75 £15.82
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.00 £21.50 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -16.37% -34.91%
75th Percentile £33.94 £27.25 £43.93
90th Percentile £50.94 £50.00 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £16.23 £25.86
% change year-on-year +54.96% -37.23% +14.91%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +9 63 £413 +13.79% 115
South London +7 14 £413 +83.33% 21
West London +18 12 £250 +17.65% 22
East London +1 4 £415 -30.81% 53
North London -4 1 £550 -31.25% 2
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 36 (13.24%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.25%) Confluence
3 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.21%) CMS
4 6 (2.21%) Moodle
5 3 (1.10%) Alfresco
5 3 (1.10%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
Applications
1 89 (32.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (19.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (9.93%) MS Visio
4 21 (7.72%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.74%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.37%) Revit
7 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) CA PPM
1 4 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.10%) Shopify
3 2 (0.74%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 65 (23.90%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (13.24%) Azure
3 22 (8.09%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.57%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.21%) Asana
7 6 (2.21%) Slack
8 5 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.84%) Miro
9 4 (1.47%) AWS
9 4 (1.47%) Canva
9 4 (1.47%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.10%) BigCommerce
10 3 (1.10%) Figma
10 3 (1.10%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.10%) Yammer
11 2 (0.74%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.74%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.25%) VPN
2 14 (5.15%) Wireless
3 13 (4.78%) Firewall
4 12 (4.41%) DNS
5 11 (4.04%) WAN
6 9 (3.31%) LAN
7 8 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (2.94%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.57%) Internet
9 6 (2.21%) Network Security
9 6 (2.21%) WebEx
10 5 (1.84%) VoIP
11 4 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (1.47%) DWDM
11 4 (1.47%) SSL
11 4 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.10%) 4G
12 3 (1.10%) DHCP
12 3 (1.10%) IPsec
12 3 (1.10%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.09%) Power BI
2 6 (2.21%) Power Query
2 6 (2.21%) Tableau
3 4 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.47%) MS Access
3 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.74%) Data Mart
4 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.37%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.37%) MySQL
5 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.37%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (12.87%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) Ant
2 2 (0.74%) JUnit
2 2 (0.74%) SoapUI
2 2 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.74%) Toad
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.37%) Subversion
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 148 (54.41%) Social Skills
2 99 (36.40%) Finance
3 37 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (13.60%) Banking
4 31 (11.40%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (5.88%) Marketing
8 13 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.04%) Financial Institution
10 10 (3.68%) Retail
11 9 (3.31%) Legal
11 9 (3.31%) Local Government
12 8 (2.94%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.57%) Back Office
13 7 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.57%) Investment Banking
14 6 (2.21%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.84%) Billing
15 5 (1.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (29.04%) Analyst
2 30 (11.03%) Business Analyst
3 25 (9.19%) Project Manager
4 24 (8.82%) Support Engineer
5 18 (6.62%) Support Analyst
6 13 (4.78%) Senior
7 12 (4.41%) IT Support
8 11 (4.04%) Coordinator
9 10 (3.68%) Support Specialist
10 9 (3.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (3.31%) Desktop Support
10 9 (3.31%) Lead
10 9 (3.31%) Service Analyst
10 9 (3.31%) Service Desk Analyst
11 8 (2.94%) Architect
11 8 (2.94%) Data Analyst
11 8 (2.94%) Developer
11 8 (2.94%) IT Manager
12 7 (2.57%) Desktop Engineer
12 7 (2.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.57%) EDI
2 6 (2.21%) HTML
3 3 (1.10%) .NET
3 3 (1.10%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.10%) CSS
3 3 (1.10%) VML
4 2 (0.74%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.74%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.74%) IBM Integration Bus
4 2 (0.74%) jQuery
4 2 (0.74%) Kafka
4 2 (0.74%) Middleware
4 2 (0.74%) SOAP
4 2 (0.74%) Web Services
4 2 (0.74%) XML
5 1 (0.37%) ADO
5 1 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.37%) JSON
5 1 (0.37%) XMPP
5 1 (0.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (5.15%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.04%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.04%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.68%) Smartphone
4 10 (3.68%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (2.94%) PMI
6 7 (2.57%) Market Risk
6 7 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.21%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.21%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.84%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.47%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.47%) iPhone
9 4 (1.47%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.47%) Social Media
10 3 (1.10%) iPad
10 3 (1.10%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 71 (26.10%) Windows
2 29 (10.66%) Windows 10
3 19 (6.99%) Android
4 18 (6.62%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.15%) Mac OS
6 10 (3.68%) Linux
7 7 (2.57%) Unix
8 4 (1.47%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.47%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.74%) AIX
9 2 (0.74%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.74%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (28.31%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (18.75%) Customer Service
2 51 (18.75%) Project Management
3 47 (17.28%) Agile
4 30 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (10.66%) ITIL
6 27 (9.93%) Change Management
7 24 (8.82%) Time Management
8 23 (8.46%) Project Delivery
9 22 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (6.99%) Asset Management
10 19 (6.99%) Data Analysis
10 19 (6.99%) Decision-Making
10 19 (6.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (6.25%) Analytics
11 17 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (6.25%) User Experience
12 15 (5.51%) Migration
12 15 (5.51%) Process Improvement
12 15 (5.51%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.09%) SQL
2 10 (3.68%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.68%) Python
3 4 (1.47%) Perl
3 4 (1.47%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.10%) Java
4 3 (1.10%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.10%) VBA
5 2 (0.74%) C#
5 2 (0.74%) Korn
6 1 (0.37%) Bash
6 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (26.84%) Degree
2 22 (8.09%) SC Cleared
2 22 (8.09%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.41%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.21%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.84%) CCNP
6 5 (1.84%) CIPD
6 5 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.84%) PMP
7 4 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 3 (1.10%) CBAP
8 3 (1.10%) CISM
8 3 (1.10%) CISSP
8 3 (1.10%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.74%) CCIE
9 2 (0.74%) CCNA
9 2 (0.74%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.25%) PMO
2 16 (5.88%) SLA
3 8 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.21%) QA
4 6 (2.21%) WCAG
5 4 (1.47%) NIST
6 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.74%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.74%) SEPA
8 1 (0.37%) Basel III
8 1 (0.37%) COREP
8 1 (0.37%) GDPR
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 45 (16.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.84%) vSphere
3 3 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.10%) XenApp
4 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) IAG
5 1 (0.37%) Xen
5 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.78%) SCCM
3 5 (1.84%) Ansible
4 3 (1.10%) Terraform
5 2 (0.74%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (0.74%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.37%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.37%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 182 (66.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.35%) Apple
2 20 (7.35%) Cisco
2 20 (7.35%) SAP
2 20 (7.35%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.25%) Adobe
4 16 (5.88%) HP
4 16 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 12 (4.41%) Dell
5 12 (4.41%) Oracle
6 10 (3.68%) Citrix
7 7 (2.57%) Google
8 6 (2.21%) Veritas
8 6 (2.21%) VMware
8 6 (2.21%) Workday
9 5 (1.84%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.84%) Remedy
10 4 (1.47%) Arista
10 4 (1.47%) McAfee
10 4 (1.47%) Reuters