Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Office
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 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 39 33 40
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 3 15 22
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.12% 5.03% 3.72%
As % of the Applications category 16.67% 83.33% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 15 18
10th Percentile - £194 £130
25th Percentile £273 £263 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £450 £279
Median % change year-on-year -39.22% +61.29% -22.50%
75th Percentile £274 £510 £363
90th Percentile - - £512
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £274 £425 £279
% change year-on-year -35.65% +52.33% -22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.19
25th Percentile - - £13.26
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £13.36
75th Percentile - - £13.47
90th Percentile - - £13.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £13.00 - £13.36
% change year-on-year - - +17.61%

All Software Application Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 18 18 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 6.74% 6.04% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 54
10th Percentile £299 £196 £214
25th Percentile £331 £255 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £351
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +28.21% -22.86%
75th Percentile £487 £510 £497
90th Percentile £494 - £592
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £350 £425 £356
% change year-on-year -17.65% +19.55% -22.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £24.63 - £13.23
25th Percentile - £35.58 £13.36
Median hourly rate £29.61 £36.17 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +166.51% +19.45%
75th Percentile - £36.75 £16.16
90th Percentile - - £17.71
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £36.17 £16.40
% change year-on-year -57.83% +120.52% +44.37%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee