Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Office
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 35 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 32 10 22
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 5.36% 3.10% 3.87%
As % of the Applications category 57.14% 34.48% 45.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 9
10th Percentile £158 - £123
25th Percentile £228 £208 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £215 £300
Median % change year-on-year +43.02% -28.33% -
75th Percentile £456 £243 £350
90th Percentile £538 £269 £366
South East median daily rate £355 £250 £350
% change year-on-year +42.00% -28.57% +30.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 10
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.55 -
25th Percentile £14.25 £18.31 £17.80
Median hourly rate £16.33 £22.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% -50.00% +63.64%
75th Percentile - £23.88 -
90th Percentile £21.40 £23.95 £45.80
South East median hourly rate £16.33 £14.20 £30.83
% change year-on-year +15.00% -53.93% +92.66%

All Software Application Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 56 29 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 9.38% 8.98% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 23 26
10th Percentile £181 £208 £201
25th Percentile £304 £221 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £300 £403
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -25.56% +15.14%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £511
90th Percentile £550 £543 £538
South East median daily rate £463 £358 £400
% change year-on-year +29.19% -10.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 17
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.55 -
25th Percentile £13.97 £18.31 £11.71
Median hourly rate £15.67 £22.50 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -30.38% +26.40% -60.44%
75th Percentile £16.33 £23.88 £45.00
90th Percentile £21.20 £23.95 -
South East median hourly rate £17.75 £15.25 £23.54
% change year-on-year +16.39% -35.22% +11.51%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Surrey

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Surrey over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Surrey

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 August 2026. 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
Staines - 5 £305 -
Leatherhead -9 4 £165 -23.26% 3
Reigate - 4 - -
Guildford -10 3 £438 +59.09% 10
Egham - 3 - -
Epsom - 1 - - 1
Caterham - 1 - -
Redhill - 1 £525 - 5
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £300 -
Warlingham - 1 - -
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) SAP Business One
1 4 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (9.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) AWS
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 17 (53.13%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Arabic Language
3 5 (15.63%) Finance
3 5 (15.63%) French Language
4 4 (12.50%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Administrator
2 4 (12.50%) Accountant
2 4 (12.50%) Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Financial Accountant
3 3 (9.38%) Construction Planner
3 3 (9.38%) Data Administrator
3 3 (9.38%) Data Entry Administrator
3 3 (9.38%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.38%) Project Planner
4 2 (6.25%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (6.25%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Training Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) 1st Line Technical Support
5 1 (3.13%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Pensions Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.50%) Public Cloud
3 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 7 (21.88%) Agile
3 7 (21.88%) Customer Service
3 7 (21.88%) Customer-Centricity
3 7 (21.88%) ERP
3 7 (21.88%) Matrix Organization
4 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 6 (18.75%) ITIL
5 4 (12.50%) Accounts Payable
5 4 (12.50%) Accounts Receivable
5 4 (12.50%) AI
5 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 4 (12.50%) Migration
5 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 4 (12.50%) SDLC
5 4 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (12.50%) Validation
6 3 (9.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
1 1 (3.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) ACCA
2 4 (12.50%) CIMA
3 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Data Quality
1 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (3.13%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow
3 4 (12.50%) SAP