Microsoft Office Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Office
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 39 54
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 -9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 506 855 955
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.91% 4.18% 4.08%
As % of the Applications category 39.10% 42.22% 44.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 407 629
10th Percentile £153 £129 £154
25th Percentile £197 £178 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £220 £325
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -32.31% +41.30%
75th Percentile £450 £467 £488
90th Percentile £580 £538 £600
UK median daily rate £323 £263 £375
% change year-on-year +22.86% -30.00% +22.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 248 69
10th Percentile £13.08 £10.95 £12.93
25th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.36 £14.94 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +9.54% -26.25% +30.65%
75th Percentile £21.00 £20.77 £42.00
90th Percentile £26.19 £43.75 £53.96
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £15.93 £22.77
% change year-on-year +6.73% -30.04% +35.30%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,294 2,025 2,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.01% 9.89% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 710 846 1,337
10th Percentile £163 £150 £168
25th Percentile £225 £200 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £576 £617 £600
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 532 201
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.08 £13.91
25th Percentile £15.25 £13.64 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £16.06 £31.27
Median % change year-on-year +36.99% -48.64% +64.58%
75th Percentile £46.30 £38.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year +28.57% -50.70% +65.12%

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 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 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
North of England -17 142 £235 -16.52% 329
South East -21 98 £350 +62.79% 479
South West +7 86 £263 +5.00% 169
Yorkshire +20 74 £235 +6.82% 110
North West -44 59 £250 -36.87% 178
Scotland 0 58 £250 +25.00% 78
Midlands -21 54 £314 +42.73% 192
East of England +15 44 £245 -36.77% 144
West Midlands +6 35 £400 +100.00% 95
East Midlands -20 18 £200 -18.37% 91
Northern Ireland +3 14 £205 +82.22% 33
North East -5 9 £195 - 48
Wales -8 9 £344 -33.09% 39
Channel Islands - 2 £298 -
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 74 (14.62%) SharePoint
2 73 (14.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (8.10%) Confluence
4 16 (3.16%) Skype for Business
5 5 (0.99%) IBM Notes
5 5 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.59%) Office Communications Server
8 2 (0.40%) CMS
8 2 (0.40%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.20%) CICS
9 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 128 (25.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (14.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (4.55%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.59%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.40%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.20%) QuarkXPress
8 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.59%) iTrent
3 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Actimize
4 1 (0.20%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 126 (24.90%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (11.26%) Azure
3 41 (8.10%) Entra ID
4 25 (4.94%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.57%) OneDrive
6 8 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.58%) PowerApps
7 6 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.79%) AWS
8 4 (0.79%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.59%) Azure Functions
9 3 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.59%) Google Docs
9 3 (0.59%) Google Sheets
9 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.59%) Serverless
10 2 (0.40%) Yammer
11 1 (0.20%) GCP
11 1 (0.20%) IaaS
11 1 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 61 (12.06%) VPN
2 55 (10.87%) DNS
3 38 (7.51%) DHCP
4 26 (5.14%) LAN
4 26 (5.14%) WAN
5 24 (4.74%) Firewall
5 24 (4.74%) Skype
5 24 (4.74%) VLAN
6 22 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 22 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (3.56%) Wireless
8 16 (3.16%) Internet
8 16 (3.16%) Remote Desktop
9 14 (2.77%) VoIP
10 11 (2.17%) Intranet
11 8 (1.58%) SAN
11 8 (1.58%) Unified Communications
12 6 (1.19%) BGP
12 6 (1.19%) OSPF
12 6 (1.19%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.15%) Power BI
2 6 (1.19%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.79%) Tableau
4 3 (0.59%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.40%) Metadata
6 1 (0.20%) Big Data
6 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.20%) GIS
6 1 (0.20%) MS Access
6 1 (0.20%) MySQL
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 57 (11.26%) JIRA
2 15 (2.96%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.99%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.79%) Hudson
5 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.59%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.40%) Git
6 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 292 (57.71%) Social Skills
2 104 (20.55%) Finance
3 99 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (13.83%) Public Sector
5 44 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (8.10%) Banking
6 41 (8.10%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (4.74%) Manufacturing
7 24 (4.74%) Retail
8 23 (4.55%) Legal
9 16 (3.16%) Local Government
10 14 (2.77%) Marketing
11 13 (2.57%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.37%) Public Speaking
13 10 (1.98%) Law
14 9 (1.78%) Automotive
14 9 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.38%) Electronics
16 6 (1.19%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (19.17%) Analyst
2 62 (12.25%) Support Engineer
3 49 (9.68%) IT Support
4 41 (8.10%) Desktop Engineer
5 38 (7.51%) Service Analyst
6 35 (6.92%) Desktop Support
7 34 (6.72%) Service Desk Analyst
8 31 (6.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 29 (5.73%) Administrator
10 23 (4.55%) IT Engineer
11 21 (4.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 21 (4.15%) Senior
12 20 (3.95%) 1st Line Support
12 20 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
13 19 (3.75%) Developer
14 17 (3.36%) Support Manager
15 16 (3.16%) Help Desk Support
16 15 (2.96%) IT Support Engineer
17 14 (2.77%) Delphi Developer
17 14 (2.77%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.37%) Flash
2 7 (1.38%) CSS
3 6 (1.19%) HTML
4 4 (0.79%) .NET
5 3 (0.59%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.59%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.59%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (0.59%) Entity Framework
5 3 (0.59%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.20%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.20%) ADO
6 1 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.20%) ISPF
6 1 (0.20%) ODBC
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.20%) REST
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.20%) Web Services
6 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.14%) Management Information System
2 18 (3.56%) Driving Licence
2 18 (3.56%) Smartphone
3 17 (3.36%) iPhone
4 15 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.77%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.37%) Clustering
6 12 (2.37%) PKI
7 10 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.78%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.19%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.99%) Blackberry
10 5 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.79%) Molecular Biology
11 4 (0.79%) PMI
12 3 (0.59%) Analogue Electronics
12 3 (0.59%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 193 (38.14%) Windows
2 79 (15.61%) Windows 10
3 32 (6.32%) Windows Server
4 31 (6.13%) Mac OS
5 17 (3.36%) Apple iOS
6 16 (3.16%) Linux
7 14 (2.77%) Android
8 12 (2.37%) Windows 7
9 11 (2.17%) VMS
9 11 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.99%) Windows Vista
12 4 (0.79%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.59%) Unix
13 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.40%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (23.12%) ITIL
3 108 (21.34%) Customer Service
4 81 (16.01%) ITSM
5 77 (15.22%) Service Management
6 65 (12.85%) Agile
7 45 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
8 42 (8.30%) Project Management
9 39 (7.71%) Time Management
10 38 (7.51%) Incident Management
11 34 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (6.13%) Service Delivery
13 30 (5.93%) Decision-Making
14 29 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 25 (4.94%) Change Management
15 25 (4.94%) Critical Thinking
16 23 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
16 23 (4.55%) Computer Science
16 23 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (4.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.32%) SQL
2 22 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.95%) C#
4 15 (2.96%) PL/SQL
5 14 (2.77%) Delphi
6 13 (2.57%) Python
7 7 (1.38%) VB
7 7 (1.38%) VBA
8 6 (1.19%) VBScript
9 4 (0.79%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.40%) C++
10 2 (0.40%) Groovy
11 1 (0.20%) JCL
11 1 (0.20%) Perl
11 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.20%) VB6
Qualifications
1 128 (25.30%) Degree
2 88 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 77 (15.22%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.34%) DV Cleared
5 25 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (3.75%) CCNA
8 14 (2.77%) Master's Degree
8 14 (2.77%) MCSE
8 14 (2.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 13 (2.57%) A+ Certification
9 13 (2.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 11 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.78%) CCNP
12 6 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.19%) MCP
12 6 (1.19%) MCSA
12 6 (1.19%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.32%) SLA
2 27 (5.34%) PMO
3 14 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.79%) QA
7 3 (0.59%) GDPR
7 3 (0.59%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.59%) NCSC
7 3 (0.59%) RMADS
7 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.59%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) COSHH
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 134 (26.48%) Active Directory
2 33 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.57%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (2.57%) VMware NSX
4 9 (1.78%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 8 (1.58%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (1.19%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.59%) Brightmail
8 3 (0.59%) ISA Server
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.40%) XenApp
10 1 (0.20%) Docker
10 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (7.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (6.32%) SCCM
3 18 (3.56%) WSUS
4 17 (3.36%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (2.57%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.58%) AppManager
7 4 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.79%) Ansible
8 3 (0.59%) AirWatch
8 3 (0.59%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.59%) TeamSite
8 3 (0.59%) Terraform
9 2 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.40%) SCOM
9 2 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.20%) NSN NetAct
10 1 (0.20%) ServiceCenter
10 1 (0.20%) Sysprep
10 1 (0.20%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 368 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 59 (11.66%) ServiceNow
3 45 (8.89%) Apple
4 43 (8.50%) VMware
5 33 (6.52%) Cisco
6 31 (6.13%) Citrix
7 30 (5.93%) Atlassian
8 20 (3.95%) Oracle
9 14 (2.77%) HP
10 11 (2.17%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.78%) Ivanti
11 9 (1.78%) Remedy
12 8 (1.58%) Veeam
13 7 (1.38%) SAP
14 6 (1.19%) Adobe
14 6 (1.19%) Google
14 6 (1.19%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.19%) SolarWinds
15 5 (0.99%) Lotus
16 4 (0.79%) McAfee