Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Microsoft Office
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 6 11 5
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.80% 9.02% 2.94%
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 84.62% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £261 £328 £470
25th Percentile £278 £507 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £518 £528
Median % change year-on-year -39.70% -1.89% +134.78%
75th Percentile £353 £528 £575
90th Percentile £374 £534 £598
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £425 £415
% change year-on-year +11.76% +2.41% +69.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £12.23 - -
25th Percentile £12.25 - -
Median hourly rate £12.36 - -
75th Percentile £62.97 - -
90th Percentile £93.29 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £24.68 £35.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -29.49% +100.00% -20.45%

All Software Application Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 18 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 11.39% 10.66% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 3
10th Percentile £234 £289 £421
25th Percentile £255 £444 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £517 £457
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +13.13% +82.80%
75th Percentile £488 £527 £535
90th Percentile - £533 £582
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +41.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £12.23 - -
25th Percentile £12.27 - -
Median hourly rate £13.18 - -
75th Percentile £38.88 - -
90th Percentile £83.65 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £21.35
% change year-on-year -35.71% +63.93% -2.95%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Southampton

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in Southampton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in Southampton over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Southampton

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Administrator
1 1 (16.67%) Project Administrator
1 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
1 1 (16.67%) Project Support Administrator
1 1 (16.67%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (16.67%) Resource Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Sales Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Support Officer
1 1 (16.67%) System Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Competitive Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (16.67%) OCR
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
3 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Telesales
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP