Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Microsoft Office
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.85% 7.27% 4.00%
As % of the Applications category 20.00% 66.67% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £160 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £205 £120
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +70.83% -18.64%
75th Percentile - £297 £130
90th Percentile - £381 £136
Oxfordshire median daily rate £174 £205 £120
% change year-on-year -15.12% +70.83% -20.00%

All Software Application Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 10 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 19.23% 10.91% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 3
10th Percentile £211 £160 -
25th Percentile £222 £173 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £218 £120
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +81.73% -46.67%
75th Percentile £229 £244 £130
90th Percentile £364 £344 £136
Oxfordshire median daily rate £225 £218 £180
% change year-on-year +3.18% +21.15% -15.29%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Oxford

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

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

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

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

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Ariba
2 1 (50.00%) SAP