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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 71 79
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 854 1,295 1,659
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.69% 2.99% 2.93%
As % of the Applications category 31.85% 41.01% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 672 1,139
10th Percentile £160 £140 £158
25th Percentile £214 £192 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 £375
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% +17.19%
75th Percentile £518 £494 £538
90th Percentile £613 £600 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £245 £320
% change year-on-year +22.45% -23.44% +29.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 293 108
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.84 £12.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.77 £16.06 £21.41
Median % change year-on-year +16.84% -24.97% +21.83%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.66 £44.73
90th Percentile £33.00 £43.75 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.21 £15.85 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.86% -10.55% +1.26%

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 2,681 3,158 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.43% 7.29% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 1,622 2,705
10th Percentile £195 £164 £187
25th Percentile £285 £225 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £545 £525 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £370 £394
% change year-on-year +8.11% -5.97% +4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 633 266
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.70 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.06 £16.88
Median hourly rate £24.59 £17.29 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +42.23% -32.77% +15.34%
75th Percentile £39.48 £37.50 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £16.06 £22.53
% change year-on-year +40.91% -28.72% +15.66%

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 5 July 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 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 17 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 5 July 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 -17 739 £350 +7.69% 4,785
UK excluding London -20 538 £300 +22.45% 3,177
London -17 281 £411 +9.55% 1,895
Work from Home -27 218 £425 +6.25% 1,584
North of England -26 136 £272 +2.16% 739
South East -24 96 £250 +16.28% 765
South West +20 89 £300 +36.36% 403
Midlands -19 84 £313 +18.11% 561
Yorkshire +26 81 £263 +19.32% 269
West Midlands +11 62 £350 +3.24% 316
Scotland -22 49 £245 +22.50% 190
East of England +19 48 £338 -12.90% 381
North West -59 47 £381 -3.17% 397
East Midlands -27 22 £200 -19.19% 240
Northern Ireland -2 20 £300 +166.67% 94
Wales +3 17 £300 -39.55% 91
North East -1 8 £195 - 76

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
1 112 (13.11%) SharePoint
2 86 (10.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (6.56%) Confluence
4 19 (2.22%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.94%) CMS
6 7 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.82%) Office Communications Server
6 7 (0.82%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.70%) Moodle
8 5 (0.59%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.35%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.35%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 252 (29.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (17.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (5.74%) MS Visio
4 42 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.82%) Adobe Captivate
6 6 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.70%) Maya
6 6 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.47%) Simulink
8 3 (0.35%) Trello
8 3 (0.35%) Windchill
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.47%) CA PPM
4 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.35%) BPCS
5 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Alphatax
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.23%) iTrent
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.23%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.12%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 177 (20.73%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (10.19%) Azure
3 48 (5.62%) Power Platform
4 47 (5.50%) Entra ID
5 13 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (1.41%) Google Workspace
7 10 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.17%) PowerApps
8 9 (1.05%) OneDrive
9 8 (0.94%) SaaS
10 7 (0.82%) Asana
10 7 (0.82%) AWS
10 7 (0.82%) Slack
11 5 (0.59%) Miro
11 5 (0.59%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.47%) Canva
12 4 (0.47%) Figma
12 4 (0.47%) Yammer
13 3 (0.35%) BigCommerce
13 3 (0.35%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 77 (9.02%) VPN
2 75 (8.78%) DNS
3 48 (5.62%) DHCP
4 40 (4.68%) Firewall
5 38 (4.45%) LAN
5 38 (4.45%) WAN
6 33 (3.86%) Wireless
7 26 (3.04%) TCP/IP
8 25 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (2.46%) Internet
10 19 (2.22%) Skype
11 18 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
12 17 (1.99%) Cisco IOS
13 16 (1.87%) Unified Communications
14 15 (1.76%) VLAN
14 15 (1.76%) VoIP
15 14 (1.64%) BGP
16 13 (1.52%) Intranet
17 12 (1.41%) PuTTY
18 11 (1.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.57%) Power BI
2 10 (1.17%) Tableau
3 9 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (0.59%) MS Access
4 5 (0.59%) Power Query
4 5 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.47%) Data Mart
5 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.35%) Metadata
7 2 (0.23%) Big Data
7 2 (0.23%) MySQL
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.12%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.12%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 95 (11.12%) JIRA
2 7 (0.82%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.70%) Hudson
3 6 (0.70%) PVCS
4 5 (0.59%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.59%) Git
5 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.35%) Ant
6 3 (0.35%) JUnit
6 3 (0.35%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.23%) TestPartner
7 2 (0.23%) Toad
8 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.12%) NUnit
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 488 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 225 (26.35%) Finance
3 177 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (10.19%) Banking
5 85 (9.95%) Public Sector
6 83 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (4.22%) Manufacturing
10 34 (3.98%) Legal
11 33 (3.86%) Retail
12 31 (3.63%) Local Government
13 29 (3.40%) Marketing
14 19 (2.22%) Financial Institution
15 16 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.87%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.64%) Law
17 12 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.41%) Investment Banking
17 12 (1.41%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 221 (25.88%) Analyst
2 89 (10.42%) Support Engineer
3 61 (7.14%) IT Support
4 58 (6.79%) Business Analyst
5 43 (5.04%) Desktop Engineer
5 43 (5.04%) Desktop Support
5 43 (5.04%) Project Manager
6 40 (4.68%) Support Analyst
7 37 (4.33%) Administrator
8 36 (4.22%) 2nd Line Support
9 35 (4.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 35 (4.10%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 35 (4.10%) Service Analyst
10 32 (3.75%) Senior
11 31 (3.63%) Service Desk Analyst
12 29 (3.40%) Lead
13 27 (3.16%) Coordinator
14 26 (3.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 25 (2.93%) 1st Line Support
15 25 (2.93%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.99%) HTML
2 13 (1.52%) CSS
3 10 (1.17%) EDI
4 9 (1.05%) Flash
4 9 (1.05%) XML
5 7 (0.82%) NETCONF
5 7 (0.82%) RESTCONF
6 6 (0.70%) Django
6 6 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
6 6 (0.70%) V-Ray
7 5 (0.59%) .NET
8 4 (0.47%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.47%) Middleware
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.47%) Web Services
9 3 (0.35%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.35%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.35%) VML
10 2 (0.23%) IBM Integration Bus
10 2 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (3.98%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.51%) Smartphone
4 27 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 26 (3.04%) Driving Licence
6 24 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.69%) iPhone
8 16 (1.87%) PKI
9 15 (1.76%) Product Ownership
9 15 (1.76%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.29%) PMI
14 9 (1.05%) Clustering
15 7 (0.82%) Animation
15 7 (0.82%) Fixed Income
15 7 (0.82%) Learning Management System
15 7 (0.82%) Market Risk
15 7 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 247 (28.92%) Windows
2 84 (9.84%) Windows 10
3 40 (4.68%) Mac OS
4 35 (4.10%) Apple iOS
5 29 (3.40%) Windows Server
6 27 (3.16%) Android
7 22 (2.58%) Linux
8 16 (1.87%) Windows 7
9 11 (1.29%) Unix
9 11 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (1.05%) VMS
11 7 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.47%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.47%) Windows Vista
13 3 (0.35%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.23%) AIX
14 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
2 167 (19.56%) Customer Service
3 147 (17.21%) ITIL
4 123 (14.40%) Agile
5 121 (14.17%) Project Management
6 109 (12.76%) Service Management
7 96 (11.24%) ITSM
8 79 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 71 (8.31%) Change Management
10 61 (7.14%) Time Management
11 57 (6.67%) Decision-Making
12 55 (6.44%) Project Delivery
13 54 (6.32%) Computer Science
13 54 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
15 50 (5.85%) Incident Management
16 48 (5.62%) Business Intelligence
17 46 (5.39%) Service Delivery
18 45 (5.27%) Data Analysis
19 41 (4.80%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 58 (6.79%) SQL
2 35 (4.10%) Python
3 30 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.52%) VBA
5 12 (1.41%) C#
6 10 (1.17%) Java
6 10 (1.17%) PL/SQL
6 10 (1.17%) VB
7 6 (0.70%) C++
8 5 (0.59%) Delphi
8 5 (0.59%) Perl
9 4 (0.47%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.47%) VBScript
10 2 (0.23%) Korn
10 2 (0.23%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.23%) R
11 1 (0.12%) Bash
11 1 (0.12%) JCL
11 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.12%) VB6
Qualifications
1 241 (28.22%) Degree
2 126 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 107 (12.53%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.04%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (4.45%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.28%) CCNA
7 27 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (3.04%) CCNP
9 21 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 20 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (2.11%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.76%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.76%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.29%) A+ Certification
13 11 (1.29%) MCSE
13 11 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (1.05%) PMP
15 7 (0.82%) CISSP
16 6 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.59%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.44%) PMO
2 34 (3.98%) SLA
3 21 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (2.34%) QA
5 16 (1.87%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.17%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.82%) GDPR
8 6 (0.70%) NIST
8 6 (0.70%) WCAG
9 3 (0.35%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.35%) RMADS
9 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.23%) SEPA
11 1 (0.12%) COSHH
11 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 172 (20.14%) Active Directory
2 35 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.05%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.94%) BitLocker
6 8 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.82%) Brightmail
7 7 (0.82%) Firmware
7 7 (0.82%) ISA Server
8 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.70%) vSphere
9 4 (0.47%) XenApp
10 3 (0.35%) Docker
10 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.23%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.12%) IAG
12 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (4.57%) SCCM
3 19 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (1.87%) Ansible
4 16 (1.87%) WSUS
5 12 (1.41%) vCenter Server
6 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.70%) Terraform
8 4 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.47%) AppManager
9 3 (0.35%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.35%) NSN NetAct
10 2 (0.23%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.23%) TeamSite
11 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 613 (71.78%) Microsoft
2 90 (10.54%) ServiceNow
3 72 (8.43%) Apple
4 64 (7.49%) Cisco
5 47 (5.50%) VMware
6 42 (4.92%) Citrix
7 39 (4.57%) SAP
8 32 (3.75%) Oracle
9 31 (3.63%) Atlassian
9 31 (3.63%) HP
10 29 (3.40%) Salesforce
11 26 (3.04%) Adobe
12 18 (2.11%) Remedy
13 16 (1.87%) Dell
14 14 (1.64%) Google
15 10 (1.17%) Autodesk
15 10 (1.17%) McAfee
16 9 (1.05%) Veeam
16 9 (1.05%) Veritas
17 7 (0.82%) Arista