Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 47 23
Rank change year-on-year -11 -24 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 75 76 182
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 3.58% 3.90% 7.41%
As % of the Applications category 49.02% 46.63% 58.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 47 116
10th Percentile £184 £143 £138
25th Percentile £239 £188 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £315 £210
Median % change year-on-year +43.65% +50.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £535 £438 £315
90th Percentile £640 £498 £525
South East median daily rate £400 £325 £215
% change year-on-year +23.08% +51.16% -21.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 7
10th Percentile £13.65 £19.00 £13.40
25th Percentile £13.88 £19.38 £15.21
Median hourly rate £22.06 £42.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.11% +41.67% +75.34%
75th Percentile £38.52 £43.75 £43.12
90th Percentile £53.66 £55.03 £57.99
South East median hourly rate £14.75 £35.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -57.86% +100.00% -15.25%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 153 163 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.31% 8.36% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 85 199
10th Percentile £211 £166 £148
25th Percentile £280 £219 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £401 £279
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% +43.55% -25.60%
75th Percentile £535 £500 £441
90th Percentile £640 £600 £550
South East median daily rate £475 £401 £313
% change year-on-year +18.60% +28.16% -14.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 16
10th Percentile £14.20 £19.13 £13.79
25th Percentile £14.50 £30.31 £18.42
Median hourly rate £29.61 £42.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -30.33% +31.50% +71.37%
75th Percentile - £60.03 £47.66
90th Percentile £29.91 £62.91 £62.17
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -54.29% +37.25% -1.92%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Berkshire -3 51 £492 +56.19% 24
Buckinghamshire 0 13 £459 +13.69% 20
Oxfordshire -8 11 £192 -23.20% 11
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (8.00%) Confluence
2 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.33%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (29.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (21.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (5.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (17.33%) Azure
3 5 (6.67%) AWS
4 2 (2.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.67%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.67%) Slack
5 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.33%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.33%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.33%) Firewall
1 7 (9.33%) Wireless
2 4 (5.33%) VPN
3 2 (2.67%) BGP
3 2 (2.67%) MPLS
3 2 (2.67%) Network Security
3 2 (2.67%) SNMP
3 2 (2.67%) TACACS
3 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.67%) WAN
4 1 (1.33%) DHCP
4 1 (1.33%) DNS
4 1 (1.33%) Internet
4 1 (1.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (5.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Burp Suite
1 7 (9.33%) Metasploit
2 6 (8.00%) JIRA
3 1 (1.33%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.33%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.33%) Subversion
General
1 34 (45.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.00%) Finance
3 11 (14.67%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.67%) Automotive
6 2 (2.67%) Electronics
6 2 (2.67%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.67%) Marketing
7 1 (1.33%) Advertising
7 1 (1.33%) Agriculture
7 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Law
7 1 (1.33%) Legal
7 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (22.67%) Analyst
2 9 (12.00%) Data Analyst
2 9 (12.00%) Senior
3 7 (9.33%) Lead
3 7 (9.33%) Penetration Tester
3 7 (9.33%) Tester
4 6 (8.00%) Development Officer
4 6 (8.00%) Trainer
5 5 (6.67%) Administrator
5 5 (6.67%) Project Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Architect
6 4 (5.33%) Data Centre Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 4 (5.33%) PMO Lead
6 4 (5.33%) Technical Architect
7 3 (4.00%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) HR Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) HR Data Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Project Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) .NET
2 2 (2.67%) NETCONF
2 2 (2.67%) OpenConfig
2 2 (2.67%) RESTCONF
2 2 (2.67%) YANG
3 1 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Virtual Team
2 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.33%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.67%) IoT
6 2 (2.67%) Life Science
7 1 (1.33%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (24.00%) Windows
2 4 (5.33%) Mac OS
2 4 (5.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.67%) Linux
3 2 (2.67%) Unix
4 1 (1.33%) Android
4 1 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (16.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (16.00%) PRINCE2
2 12 (16.00%) Project Management
3 11 (14.67%) Change Management
3 11 (14.67%) Project Delivery
3 11 (14.67%) Time Management
4 9 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (10.67%) Agile
5 8 (10.67%) Line Management
5 8 (10.67%) PRINCE
6 7 (9.33%) Data Management
6 7 (9.33%) ITIL
6 7 (9.33%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (9.33%) Project Governance
6 7 (9.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (9.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (8.00%) Analytics
7 6 (8.00%) Data Protection
7 6 (8.00%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.33%) SQL
2 3 (4.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (34.67%) Security Cleared
2 22 (29.33%) SC Cleared
3 20 (26.67%) Degree
4 7 (9.33%) CHECK Team Member
5 5 (6.67%) CREST Certified
5 5 (6.67%) Cyber Scheme
5 5 (6.67%) Postgraduate
6 4 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (5.33%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.33%) PMI Certification
6 4 (5.33%) PMP
7 3 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.67%) CCIE
8 2 (2.67%) CCSP
8 2 (2.67%) CISM
8 2 (2.67%) CISSP
8 2 (2.67%) GCFE
8 2 (2.67%) GREM
8 2 (2.67%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.33%) PMO
2 7 (9.33%) GDPR
2 7 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.33%) PCI DSS
3 5 (6.67%) QA
4 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.33%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (9.33%) Nmap
2 6 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 6 (8.00%) SCCM
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.00%) PaperCut
4 2 (2.67%) Ansible
4 2 (2.67%) EnCase
4 2 (2.67%) FTK
5 1 (1.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 52 (69.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.00%) Autodesk
2 3 (4.00%) Citrix
2 3 (4.00%) McAfee
2 3 (4.00%) Oracle
2 3 (4.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.00%) Workday
3 2 (2.67%) Cisco
3 2 (2.67%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (2.67%) Darktrace
3 2 (2.67%) F5
3 2 (2.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (2.67%) Juniper
3 2 (2.67%) SAP
4 1 (1.33%) Ariba
4 1 (1.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.33%) Coverity
4 1 (1.33%) Facebook
4 1 (1.33%) Google
4 1 (1.33%) Planview