The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 6 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for software application skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills
200
384
445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
10.82%
8.22%
8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted
101
198
218
Median daily rate
£380
£350
£311
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.57%
+12.45%
-4.23%
10th Percentile
£135
£135
£125
90th Percentile
£538
£498
£488
England median daily rate
£375
£375
£375
Number of hourly rates quoted
21
19
50
Median hourly rate
£18.00
£20.00
£15.75
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00%
+26.98%
-8.00%
10th Percentile
£13.00
£10.85
£10.99
90th Percentile
£35.00
£47.85
£31.21
Median hourly rate
£18.50
£16.58
£16.97
% change year-on-year
+11.56%
-2.25%
+6.03%
Microsoft Office Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Microsoft Office Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the West Midlands.
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 6 July 2020.
Microsoft Office Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 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 6 July 2020. 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
Microsoft Office Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 6 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Office also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for Microsoft Office.
Microsoft Office Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
