Microsoft Office Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Office
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 59 41 50
Rank change year-on-year -18 +9 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 54 104 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.82% 3.77% 4.18%
As % of the Applications category 30.51% 37.41% 40.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 67 96
10th Percentile £150 £150 £163
25th Percentile £181 £186 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £225 £423
Median % change year-on-year +39.11% -46.75% +92.05%
75th Percentile £500 £273 £538
90th Percentile £538 £410 £540
England median daily rate £325 £255 £375
% change year-on-year +27.45% -32.00% +28.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 26 11
10th Percentile £12.25 £12.06 £12.00
25th Percentile £13.67 £12.88 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.77 £14.27 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year +31.50% -1.72% +21.00%
75th Percentile £21.25 £26.41 £19.09
90th Percentile £23.30 £26.50 £26.48
England median hourly rate £17.25 £16.03 £22.00
% change year-on-year +7.61% -27.14% +29.68%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 177 278 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.25% 10.08% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 136 228
10th Percentile £167 £160 £163
25th Percentile £235 £200 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £260 £420
Median % change year-on-year +53.97% -38.02% +11.55%
75th Percentile £525 £438 £532
90th Percentile £584 £600 £580
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 57 19
10th Percentile £12.25 £11.01 £12.40
25th Percentile £14.65 £13.00 £14.44
Median hourly rate £18.88 £15.65 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.65% -15.41% +42.31%
75th Percentile £28.56 £28.75 £26.18
90th Percentile £33.91 £49.00 £52.50
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the Midlands

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Midlands

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Midlands

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +2 35 £425 +112.50% 106
East Midlands -20 18 £200 -18.37% 88
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.56%) Confluence
2 3 (5.56%) IBM Notes
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.85%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (24.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (5.56%) InfoPath
5 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
5 2 (3.70%) Open Workbench
6 1 (1.85%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (1.85%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.96%) Power Platform
3 6 (11.11%) Azure
4 4 (7.41%) PowerApps
5 3 (5.56%) Azure Functions
5 3 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (5.56%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.56%) Power Automate
5 3 (5.56%) Serverless
6 1 (1.85%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.85%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (7.41%) VLAN
3 3 (5.56%) LAN
3 3 (5.56%) VPN
3 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Power BI
2 3 (5.56%) RDBMS
2 3 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.70%) Tableau
4 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 28 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 16 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (22.22%) Finance
4 7 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Billing
7 1 (1.85%) Local Government
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Police
7 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Analyst
2 5 (9.26%) IT Support
2 5 (9.26%) Service Analyst
2 5 (9.26%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (7.41%) Lead
3 4 (7.41%) PMO Analyst
3 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
4 3 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (5.56%) Administrator
4 3 (5.56%) Architect
4 3 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (5.56%) Field Support Technician
4 3 (5.56%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (5.56%) IT Technician
4 3 (5.56%) PMO Lead
4 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 3 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (5.56%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) .NET
1 3 (5.56%) .NET Framework
1 3 (5.56%) ASP.NET
1 3 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (5.56%) CSS
1 3 (5.56%) Entity Framework
1 3 (5.56%) HTML
1 3 (5.56%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (3.70%) OLE
3 1 (1.85%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (27.78%) Windows
2 11 (20.37%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.41%) Windows 7
3 4 (7.41%) Windows Vista
4 3 (5.56%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.56%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Customer Service
2 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (22.22%) Agile
4 9 (16.67%) Workflow
5 8 (14.81%) Process Improvement
6 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
6 7 (12.96%) Project Management
7 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (11.11%) Change Management
7 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (9.26%) Data Collection
8 5 (9.26%) Demand Management
8 5 (9.26%) Project Planning
9 4 (7.41%) Commercial Awareness
9 4 (7.41%) CRM
9 4 (7.41%) Decision-Making
9 4 (7.41%) Matrix Management
9 4 (7.41%) Resource Management
9 4 (7.41%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 3 (5.56%) C#
2 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.56%) CCENT
4 3 (5.56%) CCNA
4 3 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.56%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.70%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.70%) MCP
5 2 (3.70%) MCSE
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.85%) CBAP
6 1 (1.85%) CISSP
6 1 (1.85%) IIBA
6 1 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.85%) PMP
6 1 (1.85%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) PMO
2 3 (5.56%) SLA
3 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.85%) COSHH
System Software
1 9 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (64.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) Atlassian
3 3 (5.56%) Apple
3 3 (5.56%) Lotus
3 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (1.85%) Adobe
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) Ivanti
5 1 (1.85%) Quark