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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 33 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -22 +20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 18 25 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 5.25% 4.64% 11.23%
As % of the Applications category 52.94% 51.02% 59.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 67
10th Percentile £200 £157 £158
25th Percentile £208 £223 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £300 £300
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £236 £350 £400
90th Percentile £265 £364 £650
South East median daily rate £250 £350 £255
% change year-on-year -28.57% +37.25% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £15.82 £29.13 -
25th Percentile £16.49 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £17.60 £45.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.89% +63.64% +111.54%
75th Percentile £20.80 - £28.75
90th Percentile £22.72 £49.00 -
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £35.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -59.43% +118.75% +10.34%

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 34 49 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 9.91% 9.09% 19.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 114
10th Percentile £206 £223 £159
25th Percentile £208 £304 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £365 £375
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -2.67% -5.66%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £499
90th Percentile £514 £560 £650
South East median daily rate £387 £400 £373
% change year-on-year -3.25% +7.11% -6.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 6
10th Percentile £15.82 - £24.75
25th Percentile £16.49 £11.71 £28.75
Median hourly rate £17.60 £29.25 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.83% -29.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £20.80 £45.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £22.72 £45.80 £76.38
South East median hourly rate £15.25 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -56.43% +66.67% -1.82%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office 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
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 September 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
Leatherhead +7 5 £215 - 6
Guildford -1 2 £275 +83.33% 13
Camberley - 1 - - 4
Egham - 1 - -
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 7 (38.89%) Mattermost
1 7 (38.89%) Skype for Business
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (5.56%) SAP HCM
2 1 (5.56%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) Skype
2 1 (5.56%) FTP
2 1 (5.56%) Symposium
2 1 (5.56%) WebEx
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
1 7 (38.89%) Messaging Analyst
1 7 (38.89%) Messaging Support
1 7 (38.89%) Messaging Support Analyst
1 7 (38.89%) Support Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (27.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Desktop Support
3 5 (27.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Mobile Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support
6 1 (5.56%) Electronics Technician
6 1 (5.56%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) SAP Payroll Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) SAP Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Linux
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) ITIL
2 7 (38.89%) B2B
2 7 (38.89%) Information Security
2 7 (38.89%) ITSM
2 7 (38.89%) Problem Management
2 7 (38.89%) Validation
3 5 (27.78%) Patch Management
3 5 (27.78%) Service Management
4 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
5 2 (11.11%) Workflow
6 1 (5.56%) CRM
6 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
6 1 (5.56%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.56%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.56%) Software Testing
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) PowerShell
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.56%) HNC
3 1 (5.56%) HND
3 1 (5.56%) MCP
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.56%) XenApp
2 1 (5.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) HP SiteScope
1 7 (38.89%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) Cisco
3 7 (38.89%) Remedy
3 7 (38.89%) Splunk
4 2 (11.11%) Apple
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (5.56%) SAP