Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Merton

Microsoft Office
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 12.90% - 3.03%
As % of the Applications category 57.14% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £272 - -
25th Percentile £403 - £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £155
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.30%
75th Percentile £525 - £158
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £488 £190 £190
% change year-on-year +156.58% - -32.14%

All Software Application Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 7 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 22.58% 7.14% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £202 £466 £184
25th Percentile £238 £472 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £315
Median % change year-on-year -17.99% +54.84% +51.81%
75th Percentile £525 £497 £405
90th Percentile - £499 £455
South London median daily rate £463 £444 £200
% change year-on-year +4.23% +121.88% -43.26%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Merton

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Merton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Merton over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Merton

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

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

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

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Merton

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 Merton region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
New Malden - 3 £500 -
Morden - 1 £190 - 2
Microsoft Office
South London

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Workload Management
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) EMC Certification
1 3 (75.00%) HNC
1 3 (75.00%) HND
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft