Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft Office
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 8 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 14.04% 0.79% 4.12%
As % of the Applications category 72.73% 8.33% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £202 - £168
25th Percentile £205 £463 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £475 £338
Median % change year-on-year -55.79% +40.74% +73.08%
75th Percentile £215 £488 £350
90th Percentile £218 - £394
West Midlands median daily rate £300 £430 £252
% change year-on-year -30.15% +70.57% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £40.00 - £34.50
% change year-on-year - - +140.25%

All Software Application Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 11 12 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 19.30% 9.45% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 15
10th Percentile £152 - £184
25th Percentile £170 £413 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% +12.50% +100.00%
75th Percentile £210 £547 £447
90th Percentile £216 £575 £488
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £46.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +120.93% -14.00%
75th Percentile £31.00 £48.75 £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.91 £48.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year -30.44% +87.50% +81.06%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Stafford - 5 - -
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £210 - 4
Microsoft Office
West Midlands

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DHCP
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco IOS
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 5 (62.50%) PuTTY
2 5 (62.50%) WAN
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) WLAN
3 1 (12.50%) Internet
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Virtual Team
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Change Management
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
1 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
2 1 (12.50%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Peregrine
2 5 (62.50%) Remedy
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow