Microsoft Office Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Office
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 85 81
Rank change year-on-year +52 -4 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 63 27 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.41% 1.49% 2.55%
As % of the Applications category 51.22% 24.32% 47.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 16 51
10th Percentile £210 £150 £120
25th Percentile £363 £188 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £375 £225
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% +66.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £437 £475 £344
90th Percentile £515 £575 £438
North West median daily rate £396 £400 £250
% change year-on-year -1.00% +60.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 3
10th Percentile £11.97 £13.58 £17.60
25th Percentile £12.00 £14.96 £18.50
Median hourly rate £13.78 £16.72 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.61% -16.40% +63.83%
75th Percentile £24.77 £20.48 £21.76
90th Percentile £26.50 £25.44 £22.82
North West median hourly rate £13.78 £34.05 £22.42
% change year-on-year -59.54% +51.87% +13.94%

All Software Application Skills
Manchester

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 123 111 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 8.60% 6.11% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 63 117
10th Percentile £212 £165 £128
25th Percentile £344 £258 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £356 £375
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% -5.07% +42.86%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £475
90th Percentile £600 £563 £563
North West median daily rate £433 £400 £390
% change year-on-year +8.13% +2.56% +32.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 14 5
10th Percentile £11.85 £15.99 £17.80
25th Percentile £12.84 £19.85 £19.00
Median hourly rate £24.15 £40.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.64% +100.00% +51.29%
75th Percentile £36.81 £59.69 £23.53
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £26.66
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -59.85% +95.12% +7.89%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Manchester

Microsoft Office
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 14 May 2024. 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 - 3 - - 10
Salford +2 1 £255 - 3
Microsoft Office
North West

Microsoft Office
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.76%) Confluence
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (39.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (23.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.94%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (6.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) ResourceLink
2 1 (1.59%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.59%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.52%) Azure
3 5 (7.94%) SaaS
4 4 (6.35%) Google Workspace
4 4 (6.35%) IaaS
4 4 (6.35%) PaaS
5 2 (3.17%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.63%) Cisco IOS
1 13 (20.63%) Cisco Nexus
1 13 (20.63%) DMZ
1 13 (20.63%) SD-WAN
2 11 (17.46%) Wireless
3 4 (6.35%) Firewall
3 4 (6.35%) LAN
3 4 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.76%) VLAN
4 3 (4.76%) VoIP
4 3 (4.76%) VPN
4 3 (4.76%) WAN
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.59%) NAS
5 1 (1.59%) SAN
5 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 29 (46.03%) Finance
2 23 (36.51%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (12.70%) Mandarin Language
5 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.11%) Banking
5 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.35%) Legal
6 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Local Government
9 1 (1.59%) Advertising
9 1 (1.59%) Billing
9 1 (1.59%) German Language
9 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.59%) Law
9 1 (1.59%) Military
9 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.59%) Police
9 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Analyst
2 13 (20.63%) Network Engineer
3 10 (15.87%) Administrator
4 9 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.94%) IT Support
5 5 (7.94%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (7.94%) Wireless Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.35%) IT Administrator
7 3 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Service Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (3.17%) Technical Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.94%) Virtual Team
3 4 (6.35%) Clustering
4 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Windows
2 4 (6.35%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
3 3 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.59%) Android
4 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.22%) ITSM
2 12 (19.05%) Project Management
3 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (14.29%) Time Management
4 7 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 6 (9.52%) Agile
6 5 (7.94%) Change Management
6 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (7.94%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (7.94%) Project Delivery
7 4 (6.35%) Data Analysis
7 4 (6.35%) Decision-Making
7 4 (6.35%) ITIL
7 4 (6.35%) Risk Management
7 4 (6.35%) Service Management
7 4 (6.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.76%) Customer Service
8 3 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (4.76%) Quality Management
8 3 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Degree
2 9 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 9 (14.29%) PMP
3 4 (6.35%) APMP
4 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) PMO
2 3 (4.76%) SLA
3 2 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.17%) QA
4 1 (1.59%) COREP
4 1 (1.59%) FINREP
4 1 (1.59%) GxP
4 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.35%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.76%) Autotask
2 3 (4.76%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.76%) SCCM
3 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.22%) Cisco
3 13 (20.63%) F5
3 13 (20.63%) Palo Alto
4 4 (6.35%) Google
4 4 (6.35%) Oracle
4 4 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.35%) SAP
5 3 (4.76%) Apple
5 3 (4.76%) Datto
5 3 (4.76%) VMware
6 2 (3.17%) Facebook
6 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.59%) HP
7 1 (1.59%) iManage
7 1 (1.59%) Meraki
7 1 (1.59%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.59%) Okta
7 1 (1.59%) Workday