Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Office
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 89 68
Rank change year-on-year -84 -21 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 757 794 1,282
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 2.75% 2.99%
As % of the Applications category 28.06% 32.53% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 455 674
10th Percentile £150 £160 £140
25th Percentile £220 £213 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £319 £263
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% +21.52% -30.00%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £488
90th Percentile £600 £606 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £275 £220
% change year-on-year +18.18% +25.00% -32.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 98 298
10th Percentile £12.29 £14.10 £10.99
25th Percentile £13.51 £15.62 £12.50
Median hourly rate £17.88 £17.00 £15.93
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +6.73% -29.62%
75th Percentile £25.19 £23.68 £24.06
90th Percentile £45.23 £31.00 £42.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.20 £16.67 £14.94
% change year-on-year +3.21% +11.58% -21.39%

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 2,698 2,441 3,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.51% 8.47% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,550 1,407 1,639
10th Percentile £228 £191 £165
25th Percentile £331 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 279 630
10th Percentile £13.18 £14.20 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.80 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -5.46% +46.64% -44.19%
75th Percentile £34.23 £43.75 £37.31
90th Percentile £72.05 £67.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £22.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -9.56% +40.10% -39.35%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 18 Contract Job 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 4 June 2026. 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 -82 660 £350 +9.38% 619
UK excluding London -60 509 £325 +18.18% 544
London -79 208 £413 +10.74% 149
Work from Home -57 175 £364 -11.76% 245
South East -33 121 £425 +55.01% 152
North of England -79 119 £365 +46.00% 110
Midlands -41 83 £313 - 103
North West -7 78 £370 +6.98% 58
East of England -12 64 £200 -17.10% 65
South West -57 56 £310 +3.17% 73
West Midlands -50 50 £313 -0.63% 62
Yorkshire -92 35 £396 +57.77% 35
Scotland -30 34 £167 -33.20% 29
East Midlands -12 33 £319 +59.50% 42
Northern Ireland +5 17 £288 -4.17% 13
Wales -10 17 £285 -5.00% 13
North East -31 6 £263 +34.62% 18
Channel Islands -2 1 £550 +84.87%

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 117 (15.46%) SharePoint
2 52 (6.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (6.34%) Confluence
4 11 (1.45%) Skype for Business
5 8 (1.06%) HCL Notes
6 7 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.92%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Moodle
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 308 (40.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 193 (25.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 63 (8.32%) MS Visio
4 39 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.40%) Trello
8 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.79%) Primavera
3 6 (0.79%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 5 (0.66%) Finacle
5 4 (0.53%) Magento
5 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.53%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.40%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.40%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.40%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.26%) Maximo
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.26%) Shopify
8 1 (0.13%) assyst
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.13%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 147 (19.42%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (10.04%) Azure
3 43 (5.68%) Power Platform
4 36 (4.76%) AWS
5 20 (2.64%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.11%) SaaS
7 13 (1.72%) GCP
8 12 (1.59%) Google Workspace
9 11 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.45%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.92%) Amazon SageMaker
10 7 (0.92%) Dagster
10 7 (0.92%) GitHub
10 7 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (0.92%) Mimecast
11 6 (0.79%) Google Docs
12 5 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.66%) Google Sheets
12 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 45 (5.94%) VPN
2 28 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 25 (3.30%) Skype
4 23 (3.04%) Firewall
4 23 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (2.38%) DNS
6 16 (2.11%) Ethernet
7 15 (1.98%) LAN
7 15 (1.98%) WAN
7 15 (1.98%) Wireless
8 14 (1.85%) Network Security
9 12 (1.59%) DHCP
10 8 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (0.92%) Internet
11 7 (0.92%) VoIP
11 7 (0.92%) WebEx
12 6 (0.79%) MPLS
13 5 (0.66%) BGP
13 5 (0.66%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.15%) Power BI
2 18 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.19%) MySQL
4 7 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.66%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.66%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.53%) Tableau
7 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.26%) EDMS
8 2 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.26%) Metadata
8 2 (0.26%) Power Query
8 2 (0.26%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.13%) Looker
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (8.45%) JIRA
2 13 (1.72%) Git
3 8 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.92%) MLflow
4 7 (0.92%) Subversion
5 6 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.79%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.40%) Toad
8 2 (0.26%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.26%) JMeter
8 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
9 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.13%) GitLab
9 1 (0.13%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 430 (56.80%) Social Skills
2 215 (28.40%) Finance
3 169 (22.32%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (15.46%) Organisational Skills
5 64 (8.45%) Banking
6 56 (7.40%) Public Sector
7 44 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
8 42 (5.55%) Legal
9 25 (3.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 25 (3.30%) Retail
10 22 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (2.91%) Marketing
11 21 (2.77%) Telecoms
12 20 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (2.51%) Investment Banking
14 18 (2.38%) Law
14 18 (2.38%) Manufacturing
15 17 (2.25%) Front Office
16 16 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 152 (20.08%) Analyst
2 52 (6.87%) Business Analyst
3 47 (6.21%) Administrator
4 44 (5.81%) IT Support
5 43 (5.68%) Senior
6 39 (5.15%) Support Engineer
7 36 (4.76%) Support Officer
8 34 (4.49%) Project Manager
9 33 (4.36%) Project Officer
10 32 (4.23%) Project Support Officer
11 29 (3.83%) Support Analyst
12 28 (3.70%) IT Analyst
13 26 (3.43%) Technical Engineer
14 24 (3.17%) 2nd Line Support
14 24 (3.17%) Service Analyst
15 22 (2.91%) Coordinator
16 21 (2.77%) Desktop Engineer
17 19 (2.51%) Consultant
17 19 (2.51%) Service Desk Analyst
17 19 (2.51%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.06%) Web Services
2 7 (0.92%) NumPy
2 7 (0.92%) Pandas
2 7 (0.92%) REST
2 7 (0.92%) scikit-learn
2 7 (0.92%) Seaborn
3 6 (0.79%) SOAP
4 5 (0.66%) JDO
4 5 (0.66%) VML
5 4 (0.53%) HTML
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.26%) FHIR
7 2 (0.26%) JSON
7 2 (0.26%) LDAP
7 2 (0.26%) Middleware
7 2 (0.26%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.26%) OpenConfig
7 2 (0.26%) RESTCONF
7 2 (0.26%) XML
7 2 (0.26%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.00%) Onboarding
2 50 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (5.42%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.64%) Robotics
5 18 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (2.38%) Social Media
6 16 (2.11%) Industry 4.0
7 13 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.45%) Life Science
10 10 (1.32%) PMI
11 9 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.19%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.19%) Mobile Payment
11 9 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (1.06%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 182 (24.04%) Windows
2 90 (11.89%) Windows 10
3 35 (4.62%) Android
4 21 (2.77%) Linux
5 20 (2.64%) Windows 7
6 12 (1.59%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.45%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.53%) Unix
10 2 (0.26%) AIX
10 2 (0.26%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.13%) MVS
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (17.44%) Project Management
3 128 (16.91%) Customer Service
4 120 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 100 (13.21%) Agile
6 95 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (11.49%) Project Delivery
8 77 (10.17%) ITIL
9 68 (8.98%) Decision-Making
10 67 (8.85%) AI
11 65 (8.59%) Change Management
12 60 (7.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 59 (7.79%) Service Management
14 54 (7.13%) ITSM
15 53 (7.00%) Time Management
16 50 (6.61%) Waterfall
17 46 (6.08%) Data Protection
17 46 (6.08%) PRINCE2
18 43 (5.68%) Data Analysis
18 43 (5.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 45 (5.94%) SQL
2 35 (4.62%) PowerShell
3 22 (2.91%) Python
4 19 (2.51%) VB
5 12 (1.59%) VBScript
6 7 (0.92%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.79%) PHP
8 5 (0.66%) VBA
9 4 (0.53%) C
9 4 (0.53%) Java
9 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.40%) C++
10 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.13%) Ada
11 1 (0.13%) Bash
11 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.13%) JCL
11 1 (0.13%) REXX
11 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 265 (35.01%) Degree
2 149 (19.68%) Security Cleared
3 113 (14.93%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.62%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.91%) PMI Certification
5 22 (2.91%) PMP
6 21 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.38%) DBS Check
9 17 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.98%) CCNP
11 13 (1.72%) A+ Certification
11 13 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 12 (1.59%) CBAP
13 11 (1.45%) IIBA
14 10 (1.32%) Master's Degree
15 9 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
15 9 (1.19%) MCSE
15 9 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.51%) PMO
2 47 (6.21%) SLA
3 31 (4.10%) QA
4 21 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.64%) GDPR
6 18 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.85%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.92%) NIST
10 6 (0.79%) P3O
11 5 (0.66%) MiFID
12 4 (0.53%) EMIR
13 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.40%) WCAG
14 2 (0.26%) GRC
14 2 (0.26%) HL7
14 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (10.57%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.72%) BitLocker
3 9 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.92%) Docker
5 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.53%) XenApp
5 4 (0.53%) XenDesktop
6 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.40%) vSphere
7 2 (0.26%) Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.13%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (5.94%) SCCM
2 31 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (1.19%) Ansible
4 7 (0.92%) HP Quality Center
5 6 (0.79%) Nmap
6 5 (0.66%) TeamSite
7 4 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.53%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.53%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.53%) Terraform
8 3 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.40%) SCOM
8 3 (0.40%) SCSM
8 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.13%) Control-M
10 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 534 (70.54%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.51%) ServiceNow
3 47 (6.21%) SAP
4 44 (5.81%) Cisco
5 27 (3.57%) Google
6 25 (3.30%) Oracle
7 24 (3.17%) Apple
8 19 (2.51%) Remedy
9 18 (2.38%) HP
10 17 (2.25%) Citrix
11 15 (1.98%) Siemens
12 13 (1.72%) Adobe
13 9 (1.19%) Salesforce
13 9 (1.19%) VMware
14 8 (1.06%) Lotus
14 8 (1.06%) Planview
15 7 (0.92%) Workday
16 6 (0.79%) Atlassian
16 6 (0.79%) NEC
16 6 (0.79%) Splunk