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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 31 31
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 21 10 25
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 4.15% 3.26% 4.26%
As % of the Applications category 36.21% 50.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £226 - £126
25th Percentile £281 £188 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £243 £165
Median % change year-on-year +80.41% +46.97% -47.62%
75th Percentile £456 £296 £176
90th Percentile £550 £299 £182
South East median daily rate £438 £375 £210
% change year-on-year +16.67% +78.57% -29.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 15
10th Percentile - £20.25 £12.70
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.63 £16.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year - +26.40% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £24.38 £45.00
90th Percentile - £24.75 -
South East median hourly rate £16.36 £14.20 £17.70
% change year-on-year +15.21% -19.77% -11.50%

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 58 20 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 11.46% 6.51% 8.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 12 18
10th Percentile £211 £154 £158
25th Percentile £325 £188 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £300 £438
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -31.43% +36.72%
75th Percentile £550 £503 £483
90th Percentile £586 £513 £529
South East median daily rate £475 £413 £275
% change year-on-year +15.15% +50.00% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 23
10th Percentile £24.13 £20.25 -
25th Percentile £28.44 £20.63 £11.71
Median hourly rate £36.25 £22.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% +40.63% -64.44%
75th Percentile £43.44 £24.38 £18.75
90th Percentile £47.38 £24.75 £45.00
South East median hourly rate £16.42 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.59% +8.57% -45.82%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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
Egham - 5 - -
Reigate - 4 - -
Epsom - 3 £263 - 1
Redhill -4 2 £550 - 1
Leatherhead -4 1 £208 +6.41%
Guildford -9 1 £438 - 2
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 (19.05%) Confluence
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) SAP Business One
1 4 (19.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) AWS
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Network Security
2 2 (9.52%) WebEx
3 1 (4.76%) Firewall
3 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (4.76%) Burp Suite
3 1 (4.76%) Metasploit
3 1 (4.76%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
1 5 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (19.05%) General Ledger
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Automotive
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Accountant
2 4 (19.05%) Financial Accountant
3 3 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Pensions Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Project Planner
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Tester
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Lead
5 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.76%) Training Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
1 4 (19.05%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) AI
1 7 (33.33%) ITIL
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
3 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Process Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Accounts Payable
4 4 (19.05%) Accounts Receivable
4 4 (19.05%) Change Management
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Data Migration
4 4 (19.05%) ERP
4 4 (19.05%) Incident Management
4 4 (19.05%) Information Security
4 4 (19.05%) Manual Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (19.05%) SDLC
4 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
4 4 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (19.05%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) ACCA
2 4 (19.05%) CIMA
3 1 (4.76%) CHECK Team Member
3 1 (4.76%) CREST Certified
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Scheme
3 1 (4.76%) Postgraduate
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (19.05%) QA
2 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 3 (14.29%) PMO
3 1 (4.76%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (4.76%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) SAP