Microsoft Office
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 | 66 | 29 | 91 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | +62 | -18 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office | 13 | 72 | 27 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 1.40% | 4.75% | 1.43% |
| As % of the Applications category | 20.63% | 51.06% | 24.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 35 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £155 | £225 | £150 |
| 25th Percentile | £185 | £370 | £283 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £225 | £433 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.98% | +15.33% | +82.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £335 | £488 | £469 |
| 90th Percentile | £490 | £517 | £575 |
| North West median daily rate | £250 | £396 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.87% | +5.60% | +63.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 23 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.00 | £14.03 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £12.42 | £16.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.00 | £14.27 | £20.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.18% | -30.06% | +7.36% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £24.15 | £25.04 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £26.50 | £27.27 |
| North West median hourly rate | £20.00 | £13.89 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.01% | -65.79% | +24.91% |
All Software Application Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills | 63 | 141 | 112 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 6.80% | 9.29% | 5.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 59 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £156 | £241 | £188 |
| 25th Percentile | £216 | £343 | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £380 | £425 | £353 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.59% | +20.40% | +2.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £461 | £491 | £467 |
| 90th Percentile | £549 | £600 | £545 |
| North West median daily rate | £431 | £423 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.07% | +5.63% | +6.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 38 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.48 | £11.94 | £11.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.25 | £12.96 | £16.69 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £20.91 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.43% | -47.73% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.44 | £36.81 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.00 | £57.50 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £27.13 | £16.06 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +68.90% | -59.85% | +90.48% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester.
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Contract Job Locations in Manchester
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 Manchester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | -9 | 2 | £170 | - | 28 |
| Oldham | - | 1 | £200 | - | 4 |
| Stockport | - | 1 | £145 | - | 29 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: