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 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 6 13 10
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 2.05% 4.53% 4.27%
As % of the Applications category 50.00% 54.17% 37.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 8
10th Percentile £175 - £240
25th Percentile £183 £135 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £140 £425
Median % change year-on-year +41.07% -67.06% +56.25%
75th Percentile £216 £373 £500
90th Percentile £239 £509 -
England median daily rate £341 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -2.50% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £22.94 £17.83 -
25th Percentile £27.39 £17.94 -
Median hourly rate £36.79 £32.59 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% - -
75th Percentile £48.19 £46.18 -
90th Percentile £53.83 - -
England median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -18.85% +30.95% +16.67%

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 12 24 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 4.10% 8.36% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 17
10th Percentile £173 £188 £205
25th Percentile £181 £425 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £454 £400
Median % change year-on-year -55.95% +13.50% +3.23%
75th Percentile £384 £560 £488
90th Percentile £535 £640 £500
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £22.94 £17.85 £31.33
25th Percentile £27.39 £18.00 £31.44
Median hourly rate £36.79 £46.18 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.33% +43.19% +152.94%
75th Percentile £48.19 - £33.31
90th Percentile £53.83 £65.97 £33.58
England median hourly rate £25.01 £18.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year +38.92% -29.99% +7.13%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the North East over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the North East

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 4 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
Tyne and Wear -11 4 £195 +39.29% 17
Northumberland +7 1 - - 3
Durham +3 1 £247 - 3
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) HR Advisor
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum Master
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Coaching
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Server Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) Atlassian
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow