Microsoft Office Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Office
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 17 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 26 10 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.79% 6.67% 13.25%
As % of the Applications category 45.61% 62.50% 61.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 9
10th Percentile £147 £124 £172
25th Percentile £300 £146 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £153 £320
Median % change year-on-year +144.26% -52.34% +93.94%
75th Percentile £538 £164 £388
90th Percentile - £189 £580
UK median daily rate £358 £331 £336
% change year-on-year +8.08% -1.49% +5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £12.52 - -
25th Percentile £12.66 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £13.60 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.72% - -
75th Percentile - £28.58 -
90th Percentile £17.26 £36.93 -
UK median hourly rate £19.97 £18.06 £19.00
% change year-on-year +10.61% -4.97% +8.57%

All Software Application Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 57 16 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.65% 10.67% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 8 12
10th Percentile £210 £132 £180
25th Percentile £322 £147 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £158 £363
Median % change year-on-year +205.56% -56.55% +98.63%
75th Percentile £575 £303 £508
90th Percentile £606 £580 £571
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £13.11 £22.56 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -41.91% +62.19% -26.79%
75th Percentile £13.60 £28.58 -
90th Percentile £14.52 £36.93 -
UK median hourly rate £22.84 £17.80 £22.64
% change year-on-year +28.31% -21.38% +2.91%

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 16 August 2025.

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 16 August 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
County Antrim +4 25 £373 +144.26% 28
County Down -1 1 - - 1
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 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (57.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (57.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) DHCP
1 3 (11.54%) DNS
1 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 17 (65.38%) Social Skills
2 14 (53.85%) Finance
3 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (23.08%) Financial Institution
5 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
6 4 (15.38%) Banking
6 4 (15.38%) Front Office
7 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 2 (7.69%) Legal
8 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Support Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Information Governance Officer
4 3 (11.54%) Information Officer
4 3 (11.54%) IT Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) IT Support
4 3 (11.54%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Help Desk Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) Account Executive
6 1 (3.85%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.85%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Risk Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Sales Executive
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.69%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Android
2 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Mathematics
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
3 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 3 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
4 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
4 3 (11.54%) Data Security
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
4 3 (11.54%) Informatics
4 3 (11.54%) Information Governance
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.69%) Business Process Modelling
5 2 (7.69%) Change Management
5 2 (7.69%) Contingency Planning
5 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.69%) Data Extraction
5 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 2 (7.69%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) HNC
2 3 (11.54%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) GDPR
1 3 (11.54%) PMO
2 2 (7.69%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) MiFID
3 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Apple
2 2 (7.69%) VMware
3 1 (3.85%) Sun