Microsoft Office Contracts

Microsoft Office
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 80 90
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,379 1,727 2,526
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.20% 2.92% 2.85%
As % of the Applications category 40.56% 39.50% 38.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 1,191 1,698
10th Percentile £136 £160 £136
25th Percentile £188 £213 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 £375 £301
Median % change year-on-year -31.83% +24.69% -17.03%
75th Percentile £488 £540 £475
90th Percentile £600 £684 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £220 £325 £230
% change year-on-year -32.31% +41.30% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 102 214
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.29 £10.76
25th Percentile £12.53 £16.66 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.77 £16.88
Median % change year-on-year -29.72% +34.88% +6.92%
75th Percentile £23.17 £52.50 £25.00
90th Percentile £41.50 £67.50 £43.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £20.48 £15.50
% change year-on-year -26.74% +32.10% -3.13%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,400 4,372 6,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.88% 7.40% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,859 4,338
10th Percentile £161 £188 £163
25th Percentile £213 £285 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 635 268 433
10th Percentile £11.57 £14.15 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.19 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £32.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.48% +51.16% +16.22%
75th Percentile £39.44 £52.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.23 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £29.58 £19.00
% change year-on-year -45.71% +55.68% +5.56%

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 May 2024.

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 May 2024.

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 May 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
England +20 1,249 £255 -32.00% 2,106
UK excluding London +15 877 £220 -32.31% 1,745
London +19 448 £312 -30.61% 496
Work from Home +1 339 £400 -5.88% 738
North of England +49 268 £255 -25.82% 435
South East +1 226 £210 -30.00% 441
North West +53 200 £396 -1.00% 245
South West +18 126 £225 -51.35% 223
Midlands +10 103 £225 -47.06% 341
Scotland +12 69 £200 -38.46% 108
Yorkshire +14 58 £220 -20.00% 141
East Midlands +42 57 £245 +9.87% 131
East of England -15 56 £388 +55.00% 187
West Midlands -26 46 £200 -52.94% 210
Wales +8 25 £514 +123.37% 55
North East +15 10 £195 +2.63% 52
Northern Ireland -16 5 £125 -39.76% 22

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
1 122 (8.85%) SharePoint
2 79 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (2.32%) Confluence
4 30 (2.18%) Skype for Business
5 25 (1.81%) CMS
6 10 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (0.36%) WordPress
9 4 (0.29%) Drupal
10 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.22%) IBM Notes
11 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.15%) Apache
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.15%) Documentum
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
12 1 (0.073%) Moodle
12 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 420 (30.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 216 (15.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 87 (6.31%) MS Visio
4 82 (5.95%) Microsoft Project
5 67 (4.86%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.80%) Acrobat
6 11 (0.80%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.22%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.22%) MicroStation
10 3 (0.22%) Revit
11 2 (0.15%) InDesign
11 2 (0.15%) Windchill
12 1 (0.073%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.073%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.073%) Blender
12 1 (0.073%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 19 (1.38%) Primavera
2 6 (0.44%) Magento
2 6 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.36%) SmartPlant
4 4 (0.29%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.29%) OPENHousing
4 4 (0.29%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.22%) iTrent
5 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.15%) assyst
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.15%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.15%) Maximo
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.15%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.15%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.15%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 314 (22.77%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (9.93%) Azure
3 58 (4.21%) Power Platform
4 45 (3.26%) Entra ID
5 41 (2.97%) OneDrive
6 29 (2.10%) Google Workspace
7 26 (1.89%) SaaS
8 20 (1.45%) Taleo
9 17 (1.23%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.09%) PaaS
11 15 (1.09%) WhatsApp
12 14 (1.02%) IaaS
12 14 (1.02%) Power Automate
13 12 (0.87%) GitHub
13 12 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (0.87%) Slack
14 11 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.58%) Asana
15 8 (0.58%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 76 (5.51%) VPN
2 57 (4.13%) LAN
2 57 (4.13%) Wireless
3 40 (2.90%) Firewall
4 38 (2.76%) WAN
5 35 (2.54%) DNS
6 32 (2.32%) Skype
7 28 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (1.89%) Cisco IOS
9 25 (1.81%) DHCP
10 23 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
11 21 (1.52%) Internet
12 19 (1.38%) VoIP
13 16 (1.16%) SD-WAN
14 15 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
14 15 (1.09%) TCP/IP
15 14 (1.02%) DMZ
15 14 (1.02%) VLAN
16 8 (0.58%) Network Security
16 8 (0.58%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.70%) Power BI
2 29 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.87%) MySQL
4 10 (0.73%) Metadata
4 10 (0.73%) Tableau
5 7 (0.51%) GIS
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.29%) Spatial Data
6 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.22%) QGIS
7 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 109 (7.90%) JIRA
2 4 (0.29%) Git
2 4 (0.29%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.22%) Subversion
3 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.15%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.15%) JUnit
4 2 (0.15%) Mockito
4 2 (0.15%) ScalaTest
4 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.073%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.073%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.073%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.073%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.073%) Yeoman
General
1 678 (49.17%) Social Skills
2 318 (23.06%) Finance
3 215 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
5 123 (8.92%) Public Sector
6 93 (6.74%) Presentation Skills
7 81 (5.87%) Legal
8 72 (5.22%) Telecoms
9 69 (5.00%) Banking
10 55 (3.99%) Manufacturing
10 55 (3.99%) Marketing
11 37 (2.68%) Mandarin Language
12 31 (2.25%) Retail
13 26 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 24 (1.74%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.60%) Law
16 19 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.38%) Local Government
17 18 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.09%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 274 (19.87%) Analyst
2 106 (7.69%) Support Engineer
3 98 (7.11%) Project Manager
4 96 (6.96%) IT Support
5 92 (6.67%) Administrator
6 87 (6.31%) Service Analyst
7 79 (5.73%) Desktop Support
8 77 (5.58%) Service Desk Analyst
9 74 (5.37%) Lead
9 74 (5.37%) Support Analyst
10 68 (4.93%) 2nd Line Support
11 60 (4.35%) Senior
12 56 (4.06%) Desktop Engineer
13 54 (3.92%) IT Engineer
14 47 (3.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 46 (3.34%) Business Analyst
16 42 (3.05%) Coordinator
17 39 (2.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 38 (2.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
19 37 (2.68%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.60%) XML
2 15 (1.09%) .NET
3 11 (0.80%) HTML
4 8 (0.58%) CSS
4 8 (0.58%) JSON
5 7 (0.51%) Flash
6 6 (0.44%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.36%) Web Services
8 4 (0.29%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.29%) React
9 3 (0.22%) ADO
9 3 (0.22%) EDI
9 3 (0.22%) jQuery
9 3 (0.22%) XMPP
10 2 (0.15%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.15%) Ajax
10 2 (0.15%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.15%) DOM
10 2 (0.15%) OLE
10 2 (0.15%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 84 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 47 (3.41%) Driving Licence
4 38 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 29 (2.10%) iPhone
5 29 (2.10%) Virtual Team
6 26 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 26 (1.89%) Product Ownership
6 26 (1.89%) Smartphone
7 24 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
8 23 (1.67%) NHS
9 18 (1.31%) iPad
10 16 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.16%) CMDB
11 14 (1.02%) Clustering
12 12 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.80%) Hedge funds
14 10 (0.73%) Social Media
15 9 (0.65%) Blackberry
15 9 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 439 (31.83%) Windows
2 250 (18.13%) Windows 10
3 102 (7.40%) Windows 7
4 57 (4.13%) Windows Server
5 49 (3.55%) Android
6 44 (3.19%) Apple iOS
7 37 (2.68%) Mac OS
8 23 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.23%) Mac OS X
11 15 (1.09%) Linux
12 14 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.36%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.22%) Unix
15 3 (0.22%) Windows XP
16 2 (0.15%) VMS
16 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.073%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
2 282 (20.45%) Customer Service
3 215 (15.59%) Project Management
4 173 (12.55%) Agile
5 172 (12.47%) ITIL
6 130 (9.43%) Decision-Making
7 129 (9.35%) Time Management
8 112 (8.12%) Project Delivery
9 104 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 75 (5.44%) Change Management
10 75 (5.44%) Service Delivery
11 74 (5.37%) ITSM
12 72 (5.22%) Asset Management
12 72 (5.22%) Service Management
13 69 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
14 68 (4.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (4.57%) Data Protection
15 63 (4.57%) PRINCE2
16 61 (4.42%) Migration
16 61 (4.42%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (2.68%) PowerShell
1 37 (2.68%) SQL
2 21 (1.52%) Python
3 17 (1.23%) C#
3 17 (1.23%) JavaScript
4 12 (0.87%) Java
4 12 (0.87%) PHP
5 10 (0.73%) T-SQL
6 9 (0.65%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.51%) VBA
8 6 (0.44%) VB.NET
9 5 (0.36%) Bash
10 3 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (0.22%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.15%) C++
11 2 (0.15%) R
11 2 (0.15%) Scala
11 2 (0.15%) VBScript
12 1 (0.073%) C
12 1 (0.073%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 433 (31.40%) Degree
2 250 (18.13%) Security Cleared
3 132 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 80 (5.80%) DV Cleared
5 46 (3.34%) APMP
6 37 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.32%) PMI Certification
9 31 (2.25%) PMP
10 30 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (2.03%) Master's Degree
11 28 (2.03%) NVQ Level 3
12 24 (1.74%) A+ Certification
13 20 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.31%) DBS Check
14 18 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (1.09%) CCNA
15 15 (1.09%) CISSP
16 14 (1.02%) CCNP
16 14 (1.02%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.61%) SLA
2 100 (7.25%) PMO
3 46 (3.34%) QA
4 32 (2.32%) GDPR
5 31 (2.25%) Disclosure Scotland
6 23 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.23%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.09%) NIST
9 12 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.44%) GRC
10 6 (0.44%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.29%) P3O
12 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.22%) NCSC
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.073%) GMP
14 1 (0.073%) GxP
14 1 (0.073%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 243 (17.62%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (1.81%) Firmware
4 22 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.073%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.073%) vCloud
9 1 (0.073%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 130 (9.43%) SCCM
2 66 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (0.87%) Argo
5 9 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (0.65%) WSUS
6 8 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.44%) Autotask
9 5 (0.36%) Terraform
9 5 (0.36%) WhatsUp Gold
10 3 (0.22%) Ansible
10 3 (0.22%) AppManager
10 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.15%) Netcool
11 2 (0.15%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.15%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.15%) WMI
Vendors
1 989 (71.72%) Microsoft
2 102 (7.40%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.08%) Apple
4 67 (4.86%) Cisco
5 66 (4.79%) SAP
6 59 (4.28%) Citrix
7 50 (3.63%) Google
8 47 (3.41%) HP
9 41 (2.97%) Atlassian
9 41 (2.97%) VMware
10 39 (2.83%) Oracle
11 36 (2.61%) Adobe
12 28 (2.03%) Salesforce
13 20 (1.45%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.23%) F5
15 13 (0.94%) Veeam
16 10 (0.73%) Progress
16 10 (0.73%) Sitecore
17 8 (0.58%) Pega
18 7 (0.51%) iManage