Microsoft Office Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 3 9
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 5 34 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.38% 16.67% 12.38%
As % of the Applications category 31.25% 68.00% 65.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 14
10th Percentile £112 £144 -
25th Percentile £112 £156 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 £200 £150
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +33.33% +19.05%
75th Percentile £244 £238 £162
90th Percentile £308 £310 £163
UK median daily rate £256 £375 £300
% change year-on-year -31.83% +25.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £13.78 £10.61
25th Percentile - £13.84 £13.09
Median hourly rate £12.99 £15.84 £14.82
Median % change year-on-year -18.01% +6.94% +41.10%
75th Percentile - £19.51 £21.00
90th Percentile - £20.55 -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £22.77 £16.83
% change year-on-year -29.72% +35.30% +5.16%

All Software Application Skills
Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 16 50 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.81% 24.51% 18.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 18
10th Percentile £112 £148 -
25th Percentile £186 £156 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £228 £152
Median % change year-on-year +40.11% +49.67% -59.47%
75th Percentile £531 £309 £163
90th Percentile £569 £538 £443
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £428
% change year-on-year -5.88% -0.58% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 10
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.37 £10.70
25th Percentile £16.76 £14.09 £13.88
Median hourly rate £21.10 £16.00 £17.37
Median % change year-on-year +31.88% -7.89% +65.43%
75th Percentile £23.54 £17.39 £20.81
90th Percentile £32.64 £18.99 £21.00
UK median hourly rate £17.80 £37.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -51.89% +76.19% +9.01%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
County Antrim -16 5 £125 -39.76% 20
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Compliance Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Excel Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) BYOD
1 1 (20.00%) iPad
1 1 (20.00%) iPhone
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) PDA
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) PLM
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Intel