Microsoft Office
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 2 | 19 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +17 | -11 |
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office | 0 | 24 | 6 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | - | 42.86% | 6.67% |
As % of the Applications category | - | 75.00% | 60.00% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10th Percentile | - | - | - |
25th Percentile | - | - | £313 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £325 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -31.58% |
75th Percentile | - | - | £338 |
90th Percentile | - | - | - |
Lancashire median daily rate | - | £419 | £243 |
% change year-on-year | - | +72.68% | -53.81% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 24 | 5 |
10th Percentile | - | £11.77 | - |
25th Percentile | - | - | £37.80 |
Median hourly rate | - | £16.06 | £49.57 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -67.60% | +17.86% |
75th Percentile | - | - | £53.35 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £55.18 |
Lancashire median hourly rate | £13.50 | £16.06 | £49.57 |
% change year-on-year | -15.94% | -67.60% | +21.88% |
All Software Application Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills | 8 | 32 | 10 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 11.27% | 57.14% | 11.11% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 3 |
10th Percentile | - | £493 | £287 |
25th Percentile | - | £519 | £296 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £447 | £575 | £325 |
Median % change year-on-year | -22.26% | +76.92% | +85.71% |
75th Percentile | £489 | £619 | £371 |
90th Percentile | £513 | £638 | £391 |
Lancashire median daily rate | £450 | £569 | £350 |
% change year-on-year | -20.88% | +62.50% | +100.00% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 29 | 7 |
10th Percentile | - | £11.77 | £37.80 |
25th Percentile | £51.10 | - | £38.52 |
Median hourly rate | £55.20 | £16.06 | £49.57 |
Median % change year-on-year | +243.71% | -67.60% | +34.88% |
75th Percentile | £59.30 | - | £54.88 |
90th Percentile | - | £43.54 | £56.84 |
Lancashire median hourly rate | £43.00 | £16.06 | £49.57 |
% change year-on-year | +167.75% | -67.60% | +44.20% |
Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Preston.
Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in Preston.