Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Microsoft Office
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 5 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 1.77% 3.27% 3.36%
As % of the Applications category 41.67% 50.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £299 £380 -
25th Percentile £306 £387 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 £421 £215
Median % change year-on-year -21.87% +95.70% +13.16%
75th Percentile £347 £450 £233
90th Percentile £354 - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £329 £421 £215
% change year-on-year -21.87% +95.70% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.52
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - - £14.52
% change year-on-year - - -55.32%

All Software Application Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 12 14 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 4.26% 6.54% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 10
10th Percentile £308 £297 £163
25th Percentile £324 £348 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £375 £215
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +74.24% -28.33%
75th Percentile £431 £425 £475
90th Percentile £469 £450 £478
Northamptonshire median daily rate £348 £383 £275
% change year-on-year -9.22% +39.29% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.52
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - - £11.83
% change year-on-year - - -63.60%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Northampton

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

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

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

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

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

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Salesforce Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (40.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (40.00%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 2 (40.00%) KYC
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Review
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) DocuSign
2 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (20.00%) Workday