Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Office
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 42 60
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 122 103 95
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 5.19% 4.93% 3.25%
As % of the Applications category 50.62% 60.59% 46.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 73 59
10th Percentile £201 £143 £153
25th Percentile £438 £205 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £225 £500
Median % change year-on-year +205.56% -55.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £738 £531 £608
90th Percentile - £695 £700
England median daily rate £358 £325 £267
% change year-on-year +10.15% +21.72% -27.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 22
10th Percentile £22.20 - £22.23
25th Percentile £65.00 - £45.93
Median hourly rate £119.00 £90.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% +84.73% +156.42%
75th Percentile £197.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.26 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +37.50% -2.87%

All Software Application Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 241 170 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.25% 8.13% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 109 108
10th Percentile £205 £155 £158
25th Percentile £263 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £738 £575 £588
90th Percentile - £708 £679
England median daily rate £447 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +8.36% +3.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 8 38
10th Percentile £6.00 £39.93 £14.49
25th Percentile £12.82 £64.06 £27.26
Median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year -69.83% +60.12% -27.94%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £48.72
90th Percentile £119.00 £90.00 £48.73
England median hourly rate £20.35 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.60% -16.67% +11.11%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South West

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Wiltshire +1 60 £725 +100.00% 10
Bristol -2 31 £579 +157.33% 16
Gloucestershire +8 25 £219 -36.36% 12
Somerset -10 5 £140 -65.96% 9
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 50 (40.98%) Confluence
2 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (8.20%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (34.43%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (12.30%) MS Visio
3 13 (10.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (4.92%) Adobe Captivate
4 6 (4.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.64%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.20%) Lucidchart
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (8.20%) OCI
2 6 (4.92%) Figma
3 1 (0.82%) Azure
3 1 (0.82%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.20%) Skype
2 6 (4.92%) Unified Communications
3 5 (4.10%) DHCP
3 5 (4.10%) DNS
4 2 (1.64%) BGP
4 2 (1.64%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.64%) OSPF
5 1 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.82%) DMVPN
5 1 (0.82%) Firewall
5 1 (0.82%) Internet
5 1 (0.82%) Network Security
5 1 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.82%) VLAN
5 1 (0.82%) VoIP
5 1 (0.82%) VPN
5 1 (0.82%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.82%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.82%) Power BI
1 1 (0.82%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 50 (40.98%) JIRA
2 2 (1.64%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.82%) Git
General
1 95 (77.87%) Social Skills
2 63 (51.64%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (30.33%) Military
4 23 (18.85%) Finance
5 18 (14.75%) Public Sector
6 13 (10.66%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (9.02%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.92%) Banking
8 6 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.46%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.82%) Aviation
10 1 (0.82%) Police
10 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (24.59%) Architect
1 30 (24.59%) Service Architect
2 10 (8.20%) Technical Manager
2 10 (8.20%) Technical Writer
3 9 (7.38%) Analyst
4 8 (6.56%) Wintel Engineer
5 7 (5.74%) Coordinator
6 6 (4.92%) Designer
6 6 (4.92%) IT Support
6 6 (4.92%) Visual Designer
7 5 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Incident Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Junior
7 5 (4.10%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Technical Programme Manager
8 4 (3.28%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.28%) Logistics Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.28%) REST
1 4 (3.28%) SOAP
1 4 (3.28%) Web Services
2 1 (0.82%) JFC
2 1 (0.82%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (24.59%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.38%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.56%) PKI
4 6 (4.92%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.82%) Blog
5 1 (0.82%) FMCG
5 1 (0.82%) NHS
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.95%) Windows
2 17 (13.93%) Windows 10
3 8 (6.56%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.92%) Linux
5 4 (3.28%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.46%) CentOS
6 3 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.46%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.64%) Android
8 1 (0.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (47.54%) Agile
2 52 (42.62%) ITIL
3 51 (41.80%) Critical Thinking
4 49 (40.16%) Service Management
5 37 (30.33%) Analytical Thinking
6 30 (24.59%) Acceptance Criteria
6 30 (24.59%) Business Continuity
6 30 (24.59%) Knowledge Transfer
6 30 (24.59%) Security Patching
6 30 (24.59%) Service Design
6 30 (24.59%) TOGAF
7 28 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (16.39%) Project Management
9 16 (13.11%) ERP
10 15 (12.30%) Waterfall
11 14 (11.48%) PRINCE2
12 10 (8.20%) Customer Service
12 10 (8.20%) System Testing
13 9 (7.38%) Change Control
13 9 (7.38%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.20%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.56%) SQL
3 4 (3.28%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.28%) PHP
4 2 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 78 (63.93%) Degree
1 78 (63.93%) Security Cleared
2 68 (55.74%) SC Cleared
3 30 (24.59%) TOGAF Certification
4 14 (11.48%) APMP
5 12 (9.84%) DV Cleared
6 8 (6.56%) MCSE
6 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.74%) CCNP
7 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (4.92%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.10%) CCNA
9 5 (4.10%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (3.28%) A+ Certification
10 4 (3.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.82%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (4.92%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.46%) PMO
4 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (13.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (4.10%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (24.59%) OPNET
2 8 (6.56%) WSUS
3 5 (4.10%) SCCM
4 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.46%) SCOM
5 2 (1.64%) Ansible
5 2 (1.64%) Terraform
6 1 (0.82%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.82%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 38 (31.15%) Atlassian
3 37 (30.33%) Remedy
4 31 (25.41%) ServiceNow
5 10 (8.20%) Oracle
6 8 (6.56%) Cisco
6 8 (6.56%) VMware
7 6 (4.92%) Adobe
7 6 (4.92%) SAP
7 6 (4.92%) SolarWinds
7 6 (4.92%) Veeam
8 5 (4.10%) Splunk
9 3 (2.46%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.64%) HP
10 2 (1.64%) IFS
11 1 (0.82%) Apple
11 1 (0.82%) Cerner
11 1 (0.82%) Citrix
11 1 (0.82%) Dell
11 1 (0.82%) Progress