Microsoft Office Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 49 28
Rank change year-on-year +22 -21 +31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 162 114 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.15% 4.00% 6.41%
As % of the Applications category 59.78% 41.45% 50.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 73 129
10th Percentile £114 £172 £143
25th Percentile £148 £246 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £375 £360
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £429 £510 £475
90th Percentile £517 £550 £552
South East median daily rate £215 £300 £289
% change year-on-year -28.33% +3.70% -25.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 4 22
10th Percentile £11.79 £14.65 £10.25
25th Percentile £15.85 £17.13 £10.77
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £11.14
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +75.12% -49.39%
75th Percentile £43.75 £20.13 £13.39
90th Percentile £55.00 £20.35 £27.75
South East median hourly rate £17.55 £20.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -12.25% +37.93% -14.71%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 271 275 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.28% 9.66% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 169 259
10th Percentile £133 £187 £146
25th Percentile £186 £281 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £400 £388
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +3.23% -1.33%
75th Percentile £449 £519 £481
90th Percentile £529 £640 £566
South East median daily rate £318 £378 £390
% change year-on-year -16.01% -3.08% -2.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 27
10th Percentile £11.79 £14.63 £10.12
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.19 £10.77
Median hourly rate £22.58 £23.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +100.00% -46.51%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.84 £14.13
90th Percentile £56.39 £32.30 £38.45
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £27.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -35.78% +39.74% -9.30%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

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 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +19 127 £210 -44.00% 68
Buckinghamshire +22 28 £442 -3.81% 62
Oxfordshire +10 7 £141 -29.38% 42
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (6.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.23%) CMS
3 1 (0.62%) Moodle
Applications
1 45 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (19.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (5.56%) MS Visio
5 8 (4.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (1.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.62%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.62%) Blender
8 1 (0.62%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Primavera
2 1 (0.62%) Maximo
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.20%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (4.94%) SuccessFactors
3 7 (4.32%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.70%) Azure
4 6 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.09%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.62%) OCI
6 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.58%) LAN
2 10 (6.17%) VPN
3 6 (3.70%) 3G
3 6 (3.70%) 4G
3 6 (3.70%) 5G
3 6 (3.70%) Diameter Protocol
3 6 (3.70%) DNS
3 6 (3.70%) GGSN
3 6 (3.70%) LTE
3 6 (3.70%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (3.70%) RANAP
3 6 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (3.70%) SGSN
3 6 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.70%) VoLTE
3 6 (3.70%) WAN
3 6 (3.70%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.23%) Intranet
4 2 (1.23%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.32%) Power BI
2 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.62%) DTS
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 87 (53.70%) Social Skills
2 46 (28.40%) Organisational Skills
3 25 (15.43%) Finance
4 22 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (12.35%) Marketing
6 18 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 14 (8.64%) Legal
7 14 (8.64%) Public Sector
8 12 (7.41%) Mandarin Language
8 12 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.32%) Banking
9 7 (4.32%) Retail
9 7 (4.32%) Wholesale Banking
10 6 (3.70%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Environmental Health
11 2 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.62%) Billing
12 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (11.73%) Support Engineer
2 16 (9.88%) Desktop Engineer
2 16 (9.88%) Desktop Support
2 16 (9.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 16 (9.88%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
2 16 (9.88%) Hardware Engineer
3 15 (9.26%) Coordinator
4 14 (8.64%) Analyst
5 13 (8.02%) Technical Support
6 12 (7.41%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.94%) Communications Manager
7 8 (4.94%) Creative Designer
7 8 (4.94%) Designer
7 8 (4.94%) Internal Communications Manager
8 7 (4.32%) Project Planner
8 7 (4.32%) Technical Coordinator
9 6 (3.70%) Senior
9 6 (3.70%) Support Specialist
9 6 (3.70%) Technical Specialist
9 6 (3.70%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) Flash
1 2 (1.23%) HTML
2 1 (0.62%) ADO
2 1 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.75%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.85%) CCTV
3 3 (1.85%) Life Science
3 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.85%) PMI
4 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.23%) Social Media
4 2 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.62%) Animation
5 1 (0.62%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.62%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.62%) NHS
5 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.62%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 46 (28.40%) Windows
2 40 (24.69%) Windows 10
3 37 (22.84%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (35.80%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (30.86%) Customer Service
3 33 (20.37%) ITIL
4 29 (17.90%) Project Management
5 26 (16.05%) Service Delivery
6 21 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (11.73%) Customer Requirements
8 16 (9.88%) Hardware Maintenance
8 16 (9.88%) Software Deployment
8 16 (9.88%) Software Testing
9 14 (8.64%) Agile
9 14 (8.64%) Budget Management
9 14 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (8.02%) Project Delivery
10 13 (8.02%) Time Management
11 11 (6.79%) Data Analysis
11 11 (6.79%) Logistics
12 10 (6.17%) Risk Management
13 9 (5.56%) Business Transformation
13 9 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 69 (42.59%) Security Cleared
2 63 (38.89%) Degree
3 51 (31.48%) DV Cleared
4 13 (8.02%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.94%) APMP
6 7 (4.32%) ISEB
7 6 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.70%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.09%) PMP
8 5 (3.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.85%) CIPD
10 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.23%) CCNP
10 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.23%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.23%) RIBA
11 1 (0.62%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.62%) ACCA
11 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.62%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.88%) SLA
2 13 (8.02%) PMO
3 8 (4.94%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (9.88%) Firmware
2 12 (7.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.23%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 40 (24.69%) SCCM
2 2 (1.23%) Ansible
2 2 (1.23%) Netcool
2 2 (1.23%) Rundeck
2 2 (1.23%) Terraform
3 1 (0.62%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 115 (70.99%) Microsoft
2 41 (25.31%) HP
3 9 (5.56%) Adobe
3 9 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.32%) MicroStrategy
5 6 (3.70%) Empirix
5 6 (3.70%) NetScout
6 2 (1.23%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.23%) Cisco
6 2 (1.23%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.23%) IBM
6 2 (1.23%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.23%) McAfee
6 2 (1.23%) MobileIron
6 2 (1.23%) NEC
6 2 (1.23%) Nokia
7 1 (0.62%) Ariba
7 1 (0.62%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle
7 1 (0.62%) Remedy