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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 18 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 8 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 3.20% 3.00% 3.10%
As % of the Applications category 61.54% 27.27% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £173 - -
25th Percentile £178 - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £186 £250 £141
Median % change year-on-year -25.80% +76.99% -21.53%
75th Percentile £193 - £158
90th Percentile £197 - -
South East median daily rate £453 £350 £215
% change year-on-year +29.29% +62.79% -21.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £17.70 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 £13.08 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £14.08 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year +95.38% +4.57% -
75th Percentile £29.00 £15.07 -
90th Percentile £31.70 - -
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £16.36 £17.55
% change year-on-year -2.20% -6.78% -12.25%

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 13 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 5.20% 11.00% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £185 £275 £133
25th Percentile £213 £313 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £145
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +158.62% -57.82%
75th Percentile £475 £438 £180
90th Percentile £625 £475 £244
South East median daily rate £475 £419 £325
% change year-on-year +13.30% +29.00% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £17.70 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 £13.08 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £46.30 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -40.60% +243.98% -52.20%
75th Percentile £29.00 - -
90th Percentile £31.70 - -
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £25.00 £17.80
% change year-on-year -38.00% +40.45% -60.44%

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
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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Oxfordshire

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 30 March 2026. 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 - 5 £171 - 1
Oxford +1 2 £200 -20.00% 2
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Aviation
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Administrator
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Data Administrator
1 2 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Data Entry Administrator
1 2 (25.00%) DBA
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Administration Assistant
2 1 (12.50%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Content Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (12.50%) Web Content Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Data Entry
1 3 (37.50%) Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Order Management
2 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Ariba
2 1 (12.50%) Facebook
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) SAP