Microsoft Office Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft Office
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 35 39
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 22 23 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 6.40% 4.34% 4.31%
As % of the Applications category 55.00% 85.19% 55.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 31
10th Percentile £218 £179 £133
25th Percentile £489 £191 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £413 £200
Median % change year-on-year +24.85% +106.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £526 £497 £450
90th Percentile £548 £500 £475
Wales median daily rate £513 £225 £188
% change year-on-year +127.78% +20.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £11.01 - -
25th Percentile £11.02 £12.28 £12.24
Median hourly rate £11.64 £12.58 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.44% +0.64% -52.76%
75th Percentile £13.31 £12.87 £12.75
90th Percentile £13.94 - -
Wales median hourly rate £11.64 £21.79 £12.50
% change year-on-year -46.57% +74.37% -13.83%

All Software Application Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 40 27 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 11.63% 5.09% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 17 52
10th Percentile £220 £166 £130
25th Percentile £489 £183 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year +47.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £625 £488 £450
90th Percentile - £500 £475
Wales median daily rate £515 £220 £225
% change year-on-year +134.09% -2.22% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile £11.00 £12.60 -
25th Percentile £11.02 £13.09 £10.49
Median hourly rate £49.68 £14.29 £11.49
Median % change year-on-year +247.72% +24.32% -30.40%
75th Percentile £87.80 £15.59 £16.12
90th Percentile £87.86 £16.14 £18.58
Wales median hourly rate £49.68 £16.00 £11.49
% change year-on-year +210.50% +39.22% -30.35%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in South Wales

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in South Wales

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in South Wales over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in South Wales

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in South Wales

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 24 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
Cardiff +16 19 £515 +8.42% 19
Newport -2 2 - - 4
Gwent +2 1 £166 - 2
Microsoft Office
Wales

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Azure
2 9 (40.91%) GitHub
2 9 (40.91%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) LAN
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) MySQL
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Project Manager
2 9 (40.91%) Migration Manager
2 9 (40.91%) Migration Project Manager
3 5 (22.73%) Software Project Manager
4 4 (18.18%) Agile Project Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Development Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Development Project Manager
5 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Software Development Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Software Development Project Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Software Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Agile Development Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Database Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Field Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Delivery Project Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) IT Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) IT Support
7 1 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Software Delivery Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.55%) Android
4 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Agile
1 15 (68.18%) Scrum
1 15 (68.18%) SDLC
2 9 (40.91%) Containerisation
2 9 (40.91%) Migration
2 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (36.36%) Project Management
4 7 (31.82%) Project Governance
5 6 (27.27%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (22.73%) Kanban
7 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
8 2 (9.09%) Analytics
8 2 (9.09%) Data Analytics
8 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 2 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
8 2 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 1 (4.55%) Conflict Resolution
9 1 (4.55%) Defect Management
9 1 (4.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) PHP
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (40.91%) Argo
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 15 (68.18%) Atlassian
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco
3 2 (9.09%) Dell
3 2 (9.09%) Progress
3 2 (9.09%) SonicWALL
3 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) WatchGuard