Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 39 43
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 84 80 77
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 4.27% 4.25% 3.87%
As % of the Applications category 35.44% 49.08% 47.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 62 53
10th Percentile £163 £143 £152
25th Percentile £220 £170 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £425 £250
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +70.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £418 £500 £463
90th Percentile £467 £575 £550
England median daily rate £330 £345 £325
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.15% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 6
10th Percentile - - £20.75
25th Percentile £29.00 - £28.13
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £34.50
75th Percentile £50.00 - £40.31
90th Percentile - - £42.25
England median hourly rate £22.00 £30.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year -26.67% +40.78% +12.36%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 237 163 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.05% 8.66% 8.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 126 107
10th Percentile £204 £163 £173
25th Percentile £300 £266 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +1.27%
75th Percentile £513 £523 £490
90th Percentile £603 £584 £593
England median daily rate £425 £402 £425
% change year-on-year +5.85% -5.53% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 4 11
10th Percentile £23.76 £19.38 £15.50
25th Percentile £29.00 £26.69 £17.31
Median hourly rate £33.91 £39.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +46.30% +63.64%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.69 £38.38
90th Percentile - £51.38 £42.25
England median hourly rate £23.05 £21.46 £25.71
% change year-on-year +7.41% -16.53% +7.13%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Warwickshire +13 30 £338 -37.21% 13
Birmingham -10 20 £288 +69.12% 18
Shropshire -32 17 £420 +58.30% 5
Staffordshire +10 9 £210 -55.79% 12
Coventry -6 4 - -
Worcestershire - 2 - - 4
Solihull -11 1 - - 1
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 18 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.57%) HCL Notes
4 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (7.14%) Adobe Captivate
4 6 (7.14%) Maya
5 4 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (3.57%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.19%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (1.19%) ProjectWise
7 1 (1.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.19%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.95%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.38%) Azure
3 2 (2.38%) Lucidchart
3 2 (2.38%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.19%) AWS
4 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.19%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.14%) DHCP
1 6 (7.14%) DNS
2 5 (5.95%) Cisco IOS
2 5 (5.95%) Firewall
2 5 (5.95%) LAN
2 5 (5.95%) PuTTY
2 5 (5.95%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (5.95%) WAN
2 5 (5.95%) Wireless
2 5 (5.95%) WLAN
3 3 (3.57%) VoIP
4 2 (2.38%) Internet
4 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.38%) VPN
4 2 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) Power BI
2 2 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.19%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.19%) EDMS
3 1 (1.19%) GIS
3 1 (1.19%) Metadata
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (7.14%) JIRA
2 5 (5.95%) PVCS
3 2 (2.38%) TestPartner
General
1 47 (55.95%) Social Skills
2 36 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (23.81%) Finance
4 12 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 7 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.14%) Automotive
6 6 (7.14%) Games
6 6 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.38%) Legal
10 1 (1.19%) Billing
Job Titles
1 40 (47.62%) Analyst
2 8 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
3 7 (8.33%) Performance Analyst
3 7 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 6 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) Lead
4 6 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.14%) Service Analyst
4 6 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (7.14%) Support Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) Administrator
5 5 (5.95%) PMO Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) Business Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) Data Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) IT Analyst
7 3 (3.57%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.57%) Junior
7 3 (3.57%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) CSS
1 6 (7.14%) Django
1 6 (7.14%) HTML
1 6 (7.14%) Unreal Engine
1 6 (7.14%) V-Ray
2 5 (5.95%) XML
3 2 (2.38%) Middleware
4 1 (1.19%) OLE
4 1 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (7.14%) Animation
2 6 (7.14%) SCADA
2 6 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
2 6 (7.14%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.38%) NHS
4 2 (2.38%) PMI
4 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.19%) CCTV
5 1 (1.19%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.19%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.19%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Windows
2 7 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 5 (5.95%) Android
3 5 (5.95%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.38%) Linux
4 2 (2.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.19%) AIX
5 1 (1.19%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.19%) Solaris
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.43%) Project Management
2 17 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 12 (14.29%) Change Management
4 12 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (10.71%) Customer Service
7 8 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (9.52%) Data Analysis
7 8 (9.52%) Service Management
7 8 (9.52%) Visualisation
8 7 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
8 7 (8.33%) ITIL
9 6 (7.14%) Agile
9 6 (7.14%) Computer Science
9 6 (7.14%) CRM
9 6 (7.14%) Data Management
9 6 (7.14%) Process Improvement
9 6 (7.14%) Risk Management
10 5 (5.95%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) SQL
2 6 (7.14%) C++
2 6 (7.14%) Java
3 2 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.19%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.19%) R
4 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (25.00%) Degree
2 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.95%) CCNA
4 5 (5.95%) CCNP
4 5 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.57%) HNC
5 3 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.38%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.38%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.38%) PMP
7 1 (1.19%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.19%) CAPM
7 1 (1.19%) CBAP
7 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.19%) MCP
7 1 (1.19%) MCSE
7 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.52%) PMO
2 7 (8.33%) QA
3 6 (7.14%) SLA
4 2 (2.38%) NIST
5 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.19%) P3O
5 1 (1.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.19%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.19%) Firmware
2 1 (1.19%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (63.10%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.71%) Cisco
3 7 (8.33%) Autodesk
4 6 (7.14%) Adobe
5 5 (5.95%) Peregrine
5 5 (5.95%) Remedy
6 4 (4.76%) Salesforce
6 4 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.57%) Apple
7 3 (3.57%) Lotus
7 3 (3.57%) OneLogin
7 3 (3.57%) Oracle
7 3 (3.57%) SAP
8 2 (2.38%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.19%) Google
9 1 (1.19%) HP
9 1 (1.19%) McAfee
9 1 (1.19%) MobileIron
9 1 (1.19%) Poppulo