Microsoft Office Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 51 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 895 998 1,427
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.31% 4.13% 4.62%
As % of the Applications category 44.20% 45.06% 47.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 663 917
10th Percentile £128 £154 £124
25th Percentile £168 £200 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £325 £225
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +44.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile £478 £493 £419
90th Percentile £545 £600 £503
UK median daily rate £255 £375 £300
% change year-on-year -32.00% +25.00% -17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 69 185
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.63 £10.69
25th Percentile £12.03 £14.52 £12.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £20.70 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.54% +33.55% -6.06%
75th Percentile £20.77 £42.00 £22.25
90th Percentile £42.63 £56.62 £41.57
UK median hourly rate £16.03 £22.63 £16.79
% change year-on-year -29.16% +34.80% +4.92%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,025 2,215 2,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.74% 9.16% 9.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 1,396 1,946
10th Percentile £150 £163 £140
25th Percentile £200 £231 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £390 £369
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +5.62% +7.89%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £481
90th Percentile £613 £600 £551
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £428
% change year-on-year -5.88% -0.70% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 197 327
10th Percentile £11.07 £13.24 £10.65
25th Percentile £13.68 £17.30 £12.88
Median hourly rate £16.06 £32.30 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.28% +70.00% +2.70%
75th Percentile £39.92 £52.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.80 £36.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.56% +67.44% +13.16%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
North of England +51 277 £253 -26.55% 348
South East +5 232 £210 -29.71% 391
North West +49 208 £390 +4.00% 196
South West +14 124 £245 -47.03% 194
Midlands -2 102 £225 -46.75% 266
Scotland +5 72 £225 -30.77% 96
Yorkshire +26 59 £195 -24.27% 113
East of England -15 58 £400 +60.00% 149
East Midlands +41 55 £245 +9.87% 94
West Midlands -24 47 £200 -52.94% 171
Wales +11 26 £513 +122.83% 45
North East +17 10 £195 +2.63% 44
Northern Ireland -17 5 £125 -39.76% 24
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 62 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.12%) Confluence
4 14 (1.56%) CMS
5 13 (1.45%) Skype for Business
6 10 (1.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.56%) WordPress
8 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.22%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 257 (28.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (14.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (5.81%) Spreadsheet
4 46 (5.14%) Microsoft Project
5 35 (3.91%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.67%) Acrobat
8 6 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.34%) MicroStation
10 2 (0.22%) Windchill
11 1 (0.11%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.11%) Blender
11 1 (0.11%) CATIA
11 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (2.01%) Primavera
2 6 (0.67%) Magento
3 5 (0.56%) SmartPlant
4 3 (0.34%) assyst
4 3 (0.34%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.22%) iTrent
5 2 (0.22%) Maximo
5 2 (0.22%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Utilities
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 156 (17.43%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (7.82%) Azure
3 38 (4.25%) Power Platform
4 24 (2.68%) OneDrive
5 20 (2.23%) Entra ID
5 20 (2.23%) Taleo
6 15 (1.68%) Power Automate
6 15 (1.68%) PowerApps
7 14 (1.56%) SaaS
8 11 (1.23%) GitHub
8 11 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (1.23%) Google Workspace
9 10 (1.12%) PaaS
10 9 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.01%) IaaS
11 8 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (0.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 5 (0.56%) Smartsheet
14 4 (0.45%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.25%) LAN
2 40 (4.47%) VPN
3 28 (3.13%) WAN
4 27 (3.02%) DNS
4 27 (3.02%) Firewall
5 22 (2.46%) DHCP
6 21 (2.35%) Wireless
7 20 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
7 20 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
9 15 (1.68%) DMZ
9 15 (1.68%) Skype
10 14 (1.56%) Cisco Nexus
10 14 (1.56%) TCP/IP
11 13 (1.45%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.34%) VoIP
13 11 (1.23%) VLAN
14 10 (1.12%) VSAN
15 9 (1.01%) Internet
16 8 (0.89%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.69%) Power BI
2 11 (1.23%) MySQL
2 11 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.89%) Metadata
4 4 (0.45%) SAP HANA
4 4 (0.45%) Spatial Data
5 3 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.34%) GIS
5 3 (0.34%) QGIS
6 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.11%) DTS
7 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.11%) QlikView
7 1 (0.11%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (6.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.11%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.11%) Rational Software Modeler
3 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 468 (52.29%) Social Skills
2 155 (17.32%) Finance
3 139 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (11.62%) Organisational Skills
5 96 (10.73%) Public Sector
6 56 (6.26%) Telecoms
7 51 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (4.47%) Legal
9 39 (4.36%) Mandarin Language
9 39 (4.36%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.79%) Marketing
11 24 (2.68%) Banking
12 17 (1.90%) Retail
13 16 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.12%) Multimedia
17 9 (1.01%) Local Government
17 9 (1.01%) Military
18 7 (0.78%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 157 (17.54%) Analyst
2 74 (8.27%) Administrator
3 63 (7.04%) Support Engineer
4 59 (6.59%) IT Support
5 52 (5.81%) Service Analyst
6 51 (5.70%) Project Manager
7 50 (5.59%) Service Desk Analyst
8 49 (5.47%) Lead
9 44 (4.92%) Desktop Support
10 41 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
11 39 (4.36%) Desktop Engineer
12 35 (3.91%) Coordinator
12 35 (3.91%) Support Analyst
13 33 (3.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 29 (3.24%) IT Engineer
15 28 (3.13%) 1st Line Support
16 23 (2.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 23 (2.57%) Business Analyst
16 23 (2.57%) IT Analyst
17 21 (2.35%) Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.12%) XML
2 9 (1.01%) .NET
3 8 (0.89%) Flash
4 5 (0.56%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.45%) HTML
5 4 (0.45%) JSON
6 3 (0.34%) XMPP
7 2 (0.22%) OLE
7 2 (0.22%) REST
8 1 (0.11%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.11%) ADO
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Avro
8 1 (0.11%) Google Maps API
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 1 (0.11%) React
8 1 (0.11%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.11%) SPFx
8 1 (0.11%) Vue
8 1 (0.11%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (5.36%) Driving Licence
3 44 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.02%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.12%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.01%) NHS
7 14 (1.56%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.45%) Clustering
9 12 (1.34%) iPhone
10 11 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.01%) CMDB
12 8 (0.89%) Smartphone
13 7 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.78%) PKI
14 5 (0.56%) Animation
14 5 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.45%) Life Science
15 4 (0.45%) Social Media
16 3 (0.34%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 274 (30.61%) Windows
2 178 (19.89%) Windows 10
3 65 (7.26%) Windows 7
4 35 (3.91%) Windows Server
5 24 (2.68%) Apple iOS
6 23 (2.57%) Mac OS
7 18 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (1.45%) Android
10 12 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.89%) Linux
12 6 (0.67%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.34%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
2 209 (23.35%) Customer Service
3 114 (12.74%) Time Management
4 113 (12.63%) Agile
5 111 (12.40%) Project Management
6 106 (11.84%) ITIL
7 99 (11.06%) Decision-Making
8 80 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 56 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (5.81%) Project Delivery
11 51 (5.70%) Service Management
12 47 (5.25%) Service Delivery
13 46 (5.14%) Customer Requirements
14 41 (4.58%) Data Protection
14 41 (4.58%) Risk Management
15 40 (4.47%) Asset Management
15 40 (4.47%) ITSM
16 39 (4.36%) Business Intelligence
16 39 (4.36%) Change Management
17 37 (4.13%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (1.90%) SQL
2 16 (1.79%) PowerShell
3 11 (1.23%) PHP
3 11 (1.23%) Python
4 9 (1.01%) C#
5 7 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.22%) Java
7 2 (0.22%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.22%) VBA
8 1 (0.11%) Bash
8 1 (0.11%) C
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.11%) Jython
8 1 (0.11%) Perl
8 1 (0.11%) R
8 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 294 (32.85%) Degree
2 205 (22.91%) Security Cleared
3 100 (11.17%) SC Cleared
4 76 (8.49%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 29 (3.24%) APMP
7 28 (3.13%) NVQ Level 3
8 22 (2.46%) PMP
9 20 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (2.12%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.68%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.56%) DBS Check
14 13 (1.45%) CCNA
15 12 (1.34%) A+ Certification
16 10 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (1.01%) CCNP
17 9 (1.01%) HNC
18 8 (0.89%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (9.83%) SLA
2 60 (6.70%) PMO
3 30 (3.35%) Disclosure Scotland
4 22 (2.46%) QA
5 14 (1.56%) GDPR
6 13 (1.45%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.56%) NIST
9 4 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) COREP
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.11%) FINREP
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) NCSC
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.11%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 144 (16.09%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.01%) Firmware
4 16 (1.79%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (1.01%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.22%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 91 (10.17%) SCCM
2 35 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (1.23%) Argo
5 9 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.67%) Autotask
7 6 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.45%) Terraform
8 4 (0.45%) WhatsUp Gold
9 3 (0.34%) Ansible
9 3 (0.34%) AppManager
9 3 (0.34%) WSUS
10 2 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.22%) Netcool
10 2 (0.22%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.11%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 625 (69.83%) Microsoft
2 68 (7.60%) ServiceNow
3 48 (5.36%) HP
4 46 (5.14%) Cisco
5 45 (5.03%) SAP
6 38 (4.25%) Atlassian
7 36 (4.02%) Apple
8 35 (3.91%) VMware
9 20 (2.23%) Citrix
10 17 (1.90%) Oracle
11 16 (1.79%) Adobe
12 15 (1.68%) F5
12 15 (1.68%) Google
13 14 (1.56%) Salesforce
14 13 (1.45%) Palo Alto
15 10 (1.12%) Sitecore
16 7 (0.78%) MicroStrategy
16 7 (0.78%) Veeam
17 6 (0.67%) Datto
17 6 (0.67%) Pega