Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Office
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 16 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 10.32% 4.20% 4.23%
As % of the Applications category 57.14% 50.00% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 6
10th Percentile - - £113
25th Percentile £160 £160 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 £205 £130
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% +57.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £185 £391 £164
90th Percentile £260 £444 £411
South East median daily rate £271 £350 £244
% change year-on-year -22.64% +43.44% -9.21%

All Software Application Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 28 12 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 18.06% 8.39% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 12
10th Percentile £160 - £120
25th Percentile £170 £160 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £218 £180
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% +21.15% -17.71%
75th Percentile £268 £438 £404
90th Percentile £575 £468 £627
South East median daily rate £425 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32.30
25th Percentile - - £32.31
Median hourly rate - - £32.32
Median % change year-on-year - - +104.56%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £16.06 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -54.13% +84.21% -19.81%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Carterton - 7 £177 -
Witney - 4 £160 - 1
Bicester -3 1 £850 +431.25% 2
Oxford -7 1 - - 6
Abingdon - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Intranet
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Automotive
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Deskside Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Deskside Support
2 4 (25.00%) Deskside Support Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Administration Assistant
3 1 (6.25%) Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Life Science
2 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Data Management
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) Budget Management
5 1 (6.25%) Business Strategy
5 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) ERP
5 1 (6.25%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (6.25%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
5 1 (6.25%) Six Sigma
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Systems Management
1 9 (56.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft