Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Microsoft Office
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 23 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -13 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 12 10 21
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 5.63% 4.33% 10.29%
As % of the Applications category 38.71% 83.33% 61.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 12
10th Percentile - £190 £115
25th Percentile £163 £229 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £250 £258
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -2.91% -45.79%
75th Percentile £188 - £500
90th Percentile £378 £310 -
North West median daily rate £325 £250 £240
% change year-on-year +30.00% +4.17% -38.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.29 - -
Median hourly rate £20.04 - -
75th Percentile £20.79 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £20.88 £24.74 £17.14
% change year-on-year -15.61% +44.34% -21.30%

All Software Application Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 31 12 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 14.55% 5.19% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 19
10th Percentile - £169 £127
25th Percentile £163 £203 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £249 £325
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% -23.46% -33.67%
75th Percentile £467 £250 £500
90th Percentile £500 £295 -
North West median daily rate £420 £400 £275
% change year-on-year +5.00% +45.45% -36.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £19.64 - £13.76
25th Percentile £20.16 - £14.69
Median hourly rate £21.27 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.79%
75th Percentile £21.52 - £34.38
90th Percentile - - £43.75
North West median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £20.58
% change year-on-year -31.34% +57.92% -5.51%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Merseyside over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Merseyside

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Liverpool 0 8 £175 -30.00% 7
Microsoft Office
North West

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (8.33%) Banking
1 1 (8.33%) Finance
1 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) IT Support
2 6 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) Support Technician
4 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Technical Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Process Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Re-Platforming Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Apple iOS
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
1 10 (83.33%) Windows 10
2 9 (75.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) Coaching
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) High Availability
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL
3 1 (8.33%) Logistics
3 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (8.33%) Service Management
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) User Experience
3 1 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) MCP
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft