Microsoft Office Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Office
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 46 39
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 232 277 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.16% 4.72% 4.99%
As % of the Applications category 55.90% 50.83% 48.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 170 232
10th Percentile £114 £181 £140
25th Percentile £158 £200 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £286 £261
Median % change year-on-year -26.64% +9.67% -34.44%
75th Percentile £419 £474 £450
90th Percentile £517 £612 £550
England median daily rate £250 £375 £293
% change year-on-year -33.33% +28.21% -20.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 16 44
10th Percentile £11.45 £14.33 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £17.35 £10.77
Median hourly rate £17.70 £20.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +37.93% -6.99%
75th Percentile £40.62 £26.73 £22.25
90th Percentile £49.38 £49.38 £27.33
England median hourly rate £16.06 £22.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -27.00% +33.33% -5.71%

All Software Application Skills
South East

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 415 545 810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.44% 9.29% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 322 519
10th Percentile £140 £185 £143
25th Percentile £200 £240 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -3.16%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £500
90th Percentile £550 £625 £575
England median daily rate £396 £429 £425
% change year-on-year -7.69% +0.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 52 72
10th Percentile £11.71 £17.72 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.48 £21.03 £11.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.00 £19.51
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +105.02% -9.26%
75th Percentile £27.69 £47.50 £25.19
90th Percentile £45.00 £49.88 £46.24
England median hourly rate £17.50 £39.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -55.13% +81.40% +7.50%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +23 167 £210 -46.63% 166
Berkshire +20 137 £210 -46.63% 55
Hampshire -41 25 £421 +79.26% 71
Surrey -8 24 £165 -48.44% 51
Buckinghamshire +19 23 £400 - 60
Kent +2 8 £205 +9.33% 28
Oxfordshire +10 7 £141 -37.22% 51
West Sussex +1 6 £113 -43.75% 20
East Sussex +8 2 - - 12
Middlesex - 1 £650 - 1
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.29%) Confluence
4 2 (0.86%) CMS
4 2 (0.86%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) Moodle
Applications
1 70 (30.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (18.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (7.33%) MS Visio
4 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.86%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.43%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.43%) Blender
7 1 (0.43%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 11 (4.74%) Primavera
2 5 (2.16%) SmartPlant
3 2 (0.86%) assyst
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (17.67%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (6.90%) Azure
3 8 (3.45%) Power Automate
3 8 (3.45%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (2.59%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.16%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.16%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.29%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.86%) AWS
8 1 (0.43%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.43%) OCI
8 1 (0.43%) SaaS
8 1 (0.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.36%) LAN
2 13 (5.60%) VPN
3 12 (5.17%) WAN
4 11 (4.74%) DNS
5 10 (4.31%) TCP/IP
6 9 (3.88%) DHCP
6 9 (3.88%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (2.16%) VLAN
9 4 (1.72%) 3G
9 4 (1.72%) 4G
9 4 (1.72%) 5G
9 4 (1.72%) Diameter Protocol
9 4 (1.72%) GGSN
9 4 (1.72%) LTE
9 4 (1.72%) Radio Access Network
9 4 (1.72%) RANAP
9 4 (1.72%) SGSN
9 4 (1.72%) VoLTE
9 4 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.02%) Power BI
2 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.43%) DTS
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 3 (1.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 116 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.14%) Organisational Skills
3 32 (13.79%) Finance
4 31 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.91%) Telecoms
6 20 (8.62%) Legal
6 20 (8.62%) Marketing
7 17 (7.33%) Public Sector
8 14 (6.03%) Mandarin Language
9 12 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.31%) Retail
11 9 (3.88%) Manufacturing
12 8 (3.45%) Banking
13 7 (3.02%) Wholesale Banking
14 4 (1.72%) Automotive
14 4 (1.72%) Environmental Health
14 4 (1.72%) Multimedia
15 3 (1.29%) Electronics
15 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 28 (12.07%) Support Engineer
2 21 (9.05%) Analyst
2 21 (9.05%) Desktop Support
3 19 (8.19%) Coordinator
3 19 (8.19%) Hardware Engineer
4 18 (7.76%) Desktop Engineer
4 18 (7.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 18 (7.76%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
5 14 (6.03%) Technical Support
6 13 (5.60%) Designer
7 11 (4.74%) Administrator
7 11 (4.74%) IT Support
8 10 (4.31%) Lead
9 9 (3.88%) IT Engineer
9 9 (3.88%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.45%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (3.45%) Architect
10 8 (3.45%) Communications Manager
10 8 (3.45%) Creative Designer
10 8 (3.45%) Internal Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.29%) HTML
1 3 (1.29%) XML
1 3 (1.29%) XMPP
2 2 (0.86%) Flash
2 2 (0.86%) JSON
2 2 (0.86%) OLE
3 1 (0.43%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.81%) Driving Licence
2 5 (2.16%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
3 4 (1.72%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.29%) CCTV
4 3 (1.29%) Life Science
4 3 (1.29%) NHS
4 3 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (0.86%) PMI
5 2 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.86%) Social Media
6 1 (0.43%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.43%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.43%) IoT
6 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.43%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 74 (31.90%) Windows
2 57 (24.57%) Windows 10
3 44 (18.97%) Windows 7
4 8 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.29%) Android
6 3 (1.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.29%) Linux
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (31.90%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (28.45%) Customer Service
3 39 (16.81%) ITIL
4 30 (12.93%) Service Delivery
5 26 (11.21%) Project Management
6 24 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (9.48%) Customer Requirements
8 19 (8.19%) Software Deployment
8 19 (8.19%) Software Testing
9 18 (7.76%) Agile
9 18 (7.76%) Hardware Maintenance
10 17 (7.33%) Time Management
11 16 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (6.03%) Budget Management
13 13 (5.60%) Risk Management
14 12 (5.17%) Data Analysis
14 12 (5.17%) Project Delivery
15 11 (4.74%) Computer Science
16 10 (4.31%) Logistics
16 10 (4.31%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
1 3 (1.29%) Python
2 2 (0.86%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.43%) R
3 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (36.21%) Degree
2 80 (34.48%) Security Cleared
3 54 (23.28%) DV Cleared
4 15 (6.47%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.16%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.16%) PMP
7 4 (1.72%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.29%) CIPD
8 3 (1.29%) MCITP
9 2 (0.86%) APMP
9 2 (0.86%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.86%) CCNP
9 2 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.86%) HND
9 2 (0.86%) ISEB
10 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.62%) SLA
2 17 (7.33%) PMO
3 8 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.86%) GDPR
4 2 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (15.95%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.19%) Firmware
3 4 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.86%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (20.69%) SCCM
2 3 (1.29%) AppManager
3 2 (0.86%) Ansible
3 2 (0.86%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.86%) Netcool
3 2 (0.86%) Rundeck
3 2 (0.86%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 162 (69.83%) Microsoft
2 46 (19.83%) HP
3 12 (5.17%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.74%) Adobe
5 10 (4.31%) SAP
6 7 (3.02%) MicroStrategy
7 6 (2.59%) Cisco
8 4 (1.72%) Apple
8 4 (1.72%) Empirix
8 4 (1.72%) IFS
8 4 (1.72%) NetScout
8 4 (1.72%) VMware
9 3 (1.29%) Ivanti
10 2 (0.86%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.86%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.86%) IBM
10 2 (0.86%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.86%) McAfee
10 2 (0.86%) Nokia
10 2 (0.86%) Oracle