Microsoft Office Contracts

Microsoft Office
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 60 80
Rank change year-on-year -30 +20 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 814 1,415 1,748
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.78% 3.25% 2.93%
As % of the Applications category 33.58% 41.04% 39.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 777 1,215
10th Percentile £157 £138 £160
25th Percentile £213 £188 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £256 £375
Median % change year-on-year +27.13% -31.83% +25.00%
75th Percentile £518 £488 £540
90th Percentile £606 £600 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £220 £325
% change year-on-year +13.64% -32.31% +44.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 312 98
10th Percentile £14.06 £11.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.75 £12.60 £17.07
Median hourly rate £17.50 £16.03 £22.77
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -29.58% +34.88%
75th Percentile £23.59 £22.52 £52.50
90th Percentile £27.16 £43.38 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.51 £15.00 £20.82
% change year-on-year +10.08% -27.94% +34.29%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,424 3,448 4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.29% 7.91% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,743 2,896
10th Percentile £188 £163 £188
25th Percentile £261 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.76%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £391
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.54% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 635 264
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.57 £13.94
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £18.48
Median hourly rate £23.59 £17.80 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -51.23% +69.77%
75th Percentile £43.75 £39.92 £53.45
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £32.30
% change year-on-year +40.10% -50.28% +70.00%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 18 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -29 714 £325 +27.45% 1,632
UK excluding London -20 499 £250 +13.64% 1,074
London -34 284 £400 +28.21% 638
Work from Home -9 234 £400 - 702
North of England -17 143 £235 -6.93% 265
South East -25 97 £375 +78.57% 308
South West +4 84 £235 -5.05% 134
Yorkshire +21 69 £235 +20.51% 94
North West -40 64 £250 -34.64% 144
Scotland -1 58 £275 +33.33% 56
Midlands -18 54 £313 +39.11% 179
East of England +20 43 £245 -36.77% 105
West Midlands +4 35 £425 +112.50% 97
East Midlands -20 18 £200 -18.37% 82
North East 0 10 £195 - 31
Northern Ireland -3 10 £160 +28.00% 23
Wales -12 9 £344 -32.93% 32
Channel Islands - 2 £298 -

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 123 (15.11%) SharePoint
2 92 (11.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 70 (8.60%) Confluence
4 19 (2.33%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.98%) CMS
6 5 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.61%) IBM Notes
6 5 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.37%) MS Project Server
8 3 (0.37%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) CICS
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 223 (27.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 137 (16.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 55 (6.76%) MS Visio
4 35 (4.30%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.97%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.37%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.25%) Open Workbench
8 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.25%) Revit
8 2 (0.25%) Trello
9 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.12%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.49%) CA PPM
3 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.37%) iTrent
4 3 (0.37%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.25%) Alphatax
5 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.25%) Kondor
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 2 (0.25%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.12%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 205 (25.18%) Microsoft 365
2 106 (13.02%) Azure
3 51 (6.27%) Entra ID
4 47 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.56%) OneDrive
6 15 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (1.60%) PowerApps
8 11 (1.35%) AWS
9 8 (0.98%) Asana
9 8 (0.98%) Google Workspace
9 8 (0.98%) Slack
9 8 (0.98%) Yammer
10 7 (0.86%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.61%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.61%) Serverless
12 4 (0.49%) IBM Blueworks
13 3 (0.37%) Google Docs
13 3 (0.37%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (9.95%) VPN
2 73 (8.97%) DNS
3 50 (6.14%) DHCP
4 45 (5.53%) Firewall
5 40 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
6 38 (4.67%) WAN
7 36 (4.42%) LAN
8 29 (3.56%) VLAN
9 28 (3.44%) TCP/IP
10 27 (3.32%) Remote Desktop
10 27 (3.32%) Wireless
11 26 (3.19%) Skype
12 19 (2.33%) Internet
12 19 (2.33%) VoIP
13 17 (2.09%) Network Security
14 12 (1.47%) Intranet
15 10 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
15 10 (1.23%) SAN
16 8 (0.98%) DWDM
16 8 (0.98%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.16%) Power BI
2 13 (1.60%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.23%) Tableau
4 7 (0.86%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.49%) MS Access
6 4 (0.49%) Power Query
7 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.37%) Metadata
7 3 (0.37%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.25%) Big Data
8 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.12%) IDMS
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.12%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.12%) QGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 109 (13.39%) JIRA
2 15 (1.84%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.49%) Git
4 4 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.37%) Hudson
5 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.12%) Ant
7 1 (0.12%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.12%) JUnit
7 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.12%) Toad
General
1 451 (55.41%) Social Skills
2 211 (25.92%) Finance
3 148 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (11.30%) Public Sector
5 88 (10.81%) Banking
6 64 (7.86%) Organisational Skills
7 51 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (3.81%) Legal
9 31 (3.81%) Manufacturing
9 31 (3.81%) Marketing
10 26 (3.19%) Retail
11 24 (2.95%) Local Government
12 21 (2.58%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.33%) Financial Institution
14 18 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.84%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.84%) Law
16 13 (1.60%) Public Speaking
17 11 (1.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 173 (21.25%) Analyst
2 87 (10.69%) Support Engineer
3 59 (7.25%) IT Support
4 53 (6.51%) Desktop Engineer
5 47 (5.77%) Service Analyst
6 46 (5.65%) Desktop Support
7 42 (5.16%) Service Desk Analyst
8 40 (4.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 40 (4.91%) Senior
9 37 (4.55%) Administrator
9 37 (4.55%) Business Analyst
10 36 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support
11 33 (4.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 30 (3.69%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.56%) Developer
13 29 (3.56%) IT Engineer
14 28 (3.44%) Support Analyst
15 27 (3.32%) IT Analyst
16 26 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 26 (3.19%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.47%) Flash
2 11 (1.35%) CSS
3 10 (1.23%) HTML
4 8 (0.98%) .NET
5 6 (0.74%) ADO
6 5 (0.61%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.49%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.49%) Web Services
8 3 (0.37%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.37%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (0.37%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.37%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.37%) jQuery
8 3 (0.37%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.25%) Bootstrap
9 2 (0.25%) OLE
9 2 (0.25%) React
9 2 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.07%) Onboarding
4 24 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
5 22 (2.70%) Smartphone
6 20 (2.46%) Driving Licence
7 18 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 18 (2.21%) iPhone
8 16 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.47%) Clustering
9 12 (1.47%) PKI
9 12 (1.47%) PMI
9 12 (1.47%) Product Ownership
10 11 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.98%) IVR
13 7 (0.86%) Blackberry
14 6 (0.74%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.74%) Replication
15 5 (0.61%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 295 (36.24%) Windows
2 126 (15.48%) Windows 10
3 43 (5.28%) Windows Server
4 39 (4.79%) Mac OS
5 38 (4.67%) Apple iOS
6 33 (4.05%) Android
7 27 (3.32%) Linux
8 16 (1.97%) Windows 7
9 13 (1.60%) Unix
9 13 (1.60%) VMS
9 13 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.61%) Windows Vista
12 4 (0.49%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.49%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.25%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.12%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (26.78%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (17.44%) Customer Service
2 142 (17.44%) ITIL
3 115 (14.13%) Agile
4 103 (12.65%) Project Management
5 96 (11.79%) ITSM
6 94 (11.55%) Service Management
7 77 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (7.86%) Collaborative Working
9 60 (7.37%) Time Management
10 55 (6.76%) Decision-Making
11 53 (6.51%) Change Management
12 47 (5.77%) Service Delivery
13 46 (5.65%) Project Delivery
14 43 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
14 43 (5.28%) Migration
15 42 (5.16%) Incident Management
16 41 (5.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (5.04%) Risk Management
17 39 (4.79%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (6.39%) SQL
2 36 (4.42%) PowerShell
3 25 (3.07%) Python
4 23 (2.83%) C#
5 17 (2.09%) PL/SQL
6 14 (1.72%) Delphi
7 11 (1.35%) VBA
8 8 (0.98%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.74%) VB
9 6 (0.74%) VBScript
10 4 (0.49%) Perl
11 3 (0.37%) Groovy
12 2 (0.25%) C++
12 2 (0.25%) R
13 1 (0.12%) Bash
13 1 (0.12%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.12%) Java
13 1 (0.12%) JCL
13 1 (0.12%) Korn
13 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 195 (23.96%) Degree
2 110 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 98 (12.04%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (3.07%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.58%) CCNA
8 19 (2.33%) PMI Certification
9 18 (2.21%) Master's Degree
10 17 (2.09%) A+ Certification
11 15 (1.84%) MCSE
12 14 (1.72%) DBS Check
12 14 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 13 (1.60%) CCNP
13 13 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.11%) PMP
15 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.86%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.13%) PMO
2 46 (5.65%) SLA
3 14 (1.72%) QA
4 13 (1.60%) GDPR
5 11 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.23%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.37%) NCSC
9 3 (0.37%) NIST
9 3 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.25%) SEPA
11 1 (0.12%) COSHH
11 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 192 (23.59%) Active Directory
2 50 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.60%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 8 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.74%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.37%) Brightmail
8 3 (0.37%) Docker
8 3 (0.37%) ISA Server
8 3 (0.37%) vSphere
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.25%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.25%) XenApp
9 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.12%) IAG
10 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 63 (7.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (7.13%) SCCM
3 19 (2.33%) WSUS
4 13 (1.60%) AppManager
4 13 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (1.60%) vCenter Server
5 9 (1.11%) Ansible
6 5 (0.61%) Terraform
7 4 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.37%) AirWatch
8 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.37%) TeamSite
9 2 (0.25%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.25%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 2 (0.25%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.25%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.25%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.25%) SCOM
9 2 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 602 (73.96%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.23%) ServiceNow
3 62 (7.62%) VMware
4 55 (6.76%) Apple
5 51 (6.27%) Cisco
6 36 (4.42%) Citrix
7 32 (3.93%) SAP
8 30 (3.69%) Atlassian
9 28 (3.44%) Oracle
10 24 (2.95%) HP
11 23 (2.83%) Salesforce
12 14 (1.72%) Ivanti
13 13 (1.60%) Adobe
14 12 (1.47%) Palo Alto
15 10 (1.23%) Dell
15 10 (1.23%) Google
15 10 (1.23%) Remedy
15 10 (1.23%) Veritas
16 9 (1.11%) Veeam
17 7 (0.86%) Arista