Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Office
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 29 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 -6 +30
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 11 15 10
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 2.66% 5.07% 3.94%
As % of the Applications category 68.75% 55.56% 34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile - £135 £154
25th Percentile £170 £143 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £150 £190
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.05% -19.49%
75th Percentile £201 £229 £216
90th Percentile £218 £383 £229
England median daily rate £358 £315 £260
% change year-on-year +13.65% +21.15% -30.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £21.75 - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £46.18 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year -45.86% +198.71% -
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.12
90th Percentile £28.25 - £19.71
England median hourly rate £20.02 £27.96 £20.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% +39.78% -6.10%

All Software Application Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 16 27 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 3.86% 9.12% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 11
10th Percentile - £144 £140
25th Percentile £170 £213 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £450 £195
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% +130.77% -29.09%
75th Percentile £390 £500 £230
90th Percentile £494 £743 £260
England median daily rate £449 £411 £400
% change year-on-year +9.12% +2.81% -9.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £21.75 - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £46.18 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year -45.86% +198.71% -
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.12
90th Percentile £28.25 - £19.71
England median hourly rate £20.26 £25.09 £30.00
% change year-on-year -19.27% -16.37% -5.99%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the North East

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Tyne and Wear -10 10 £175 +16.67% 7
Durham +3 1 £247 - 4
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Wireless
2 4 (36.36%) DHCP
2 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Electronics
2 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 5 (45.45%) Marketing
2 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (54.55%) Desktop Support
2 5 (45.45%) IT Support
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Service Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Android
2 5 (45.45%) Mac OS
3 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (45.45%) Programme Management
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
3 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity Management
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
3 1 (9.09%) IT Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Server Management
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Service Management
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) CISA
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) COBIT
1 1 (9.09%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Apple
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco
1 5 (45.45%) Dell
1 5 (45.45%) HP
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow