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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 43 56
Rank change year-on-year -60 +13 -25
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 55 52 58
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.94% 3.92% 2.99%
As % of the Applications category 30.73% 37.41% 34.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 37
10th Percentile £183 £160 £150
25th Percentile £233 £211 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £425 £200
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +112.50% -52.94%
75th Percentile £459 £528 £425
90th Percentile £497 £538 £575
England median daily rate £375 £317 £255
% change year-on-year +18.30% +24.31% -35.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 13
10th Percentile £14.74 - £11.74
25th Percentile £15.67 £12.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £12.50 £14.87
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -15.94% +3.55%
75th Percentile - £12.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £28.00 - £28.75
England median hourly rate £18.05 £22.09 £16.06
% change year-on-year -18.31% +37.55% -27.00%

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 179 139 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.30% 10.48% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 91 85
10th Percentile £208 £200 £152
25th Percentile £304 £235 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £420 £300
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +40.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £500 £502 £456
90th Percentile £603 £540 £623
England median daily rate £450 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +9.76% +2.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 33
10th Percentile £15.36 £12.09 £10.96
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £15.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -42.31% +66.16%
75th Percentile - £18.74 £37.50
90th Percentile £26.00 £29.88 £55.35
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year -26.60% +42.76% -52.50%

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 14 March 2026.

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 14 March 2026.

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 14 March 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
Birmingham -19 18 £322 +71.73% 19
Shropshire -54 11 £302 -17.89% 8
Warwickshire -19 9 £485 -7.62% 13
Staffordshire -6 5 £210 -48.31% 4
Smethwick - 3 - -
Worcestershire - 2 - - 4
Wolverhampton -3 1 - - 2
Coventry -25 1 £325 - 1
Solihull - 1 - - 3
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 16 (29.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.45%) Confluence
3 2 (3.64%) HCL Notes
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (61.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (30.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (9.09%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Maximo
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.82%) SAP EHS
2 1 (1.82%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.73%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.45%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.64%) Lucidchart
4 2 (3.64%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) VPN
2 5 (9.09%) DNS
3 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.45%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.64%) DHCP
5 2 (3.64%) Internet
6 1 (1.82%) Firewall
6 1 (1.82%) LAN
6 1 (1.82%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.64%) GIS
2 2 (3.64%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.82%) Metadata
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (21.82%) JIRA
2 2 (3.64%) JMeter
General
1 32 (58.18%) Social Skills
2 17 (30.91%) Finance
3 16 (29.09%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (21.82%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.45%) Legal
6 3 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.64%) Automotive
7 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Local Government
8 1 (1.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Analyst
2 7 (12.73%) Administrator
3 6 (10.91%) Project Manager
4 5 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Lead
4 5 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Assistant Project Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Help Desk Administrator
6 2 (3.64%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (3.64%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.64%) Desktop Support
6 2 (3.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Project Assistant
6 2 (3.64%) Service Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Test Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Test Leader
6 2 (3.64%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) ADO
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.45%) e-Learning
2 3 (5.45%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.64%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.64%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.64%) PMI
4 1 (1.82%) CCTV
4 1 (1.82%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.82%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.82%) NHS
4 1 (1.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.82%) Windows
2 4 (7.27%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.45%) Linux
3 3 (5.45%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.64%) AIX
4 2 (3.64%) Solaris
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (29.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (25.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (23.64%) Agile
5 12 (21.82%) Project Management
6 9 (16.36%) Customer Service
6 9 (16.36%) Waterfall
7 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.73%) Change Control
8 7 (12.73%) Change Management
8 7 (12.73%) Time Management
9 6 (10.91%) PRINCE2
9 6 (10.91%) Process Improvement
10 5 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.09%) Project Governance
11 4 (7.27%) Coaching
11 4 (7.27%) Decision-Making
11 4 (7.27%) ITIL
11 4 (7.27%) Order Management
11 4 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) PL/SQL
1 3 (5.45%) SQL
2 2 (3.64%) Java
2 2 (3.64%) VB
3 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Degree
2 9 (16.36%) Security Cleared
3 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.45%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.45%) ISTQB
4 3 (5.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.45%) PMP
5 2 (3.64%) CAPM
5 2 (3.64%) CBAP
5 2 (3.64%) MCSE
5 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.82%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.82%) ACCA
6 1 (1.82%) CIMA
6 1 (1.82%) CIPFA
6 1 (1.82%) IIBA
6 1 (1.82%) ISEB
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.18%) PMO
2 7 (12.73%) SLA
3 5 (9.09%) QA
4 4 (7.27%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.64%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.64%) ISO 9001
5 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (3.64%) NIST
5 2 (3.64%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.82%) GDPR
6 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.82%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) HP ALM
1 3 (5.45%) SCCM
2 2 (3.64%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (69.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.36%) ServiceNow
3 8 (14.55%) SAP
4 5 (9.09%) Oracle
5 4 (7.27%) Atlassian
6 3 (5.45%) HP
7 2 (3.64%) Apple
7 2 (3.64%) Cisco
7 2 (3.64%) Lotus
7 2 (3.64%) Planview
8 1 (1.82%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.82%) Remedy
8 1 (1.82%) Sage
8 1 (1.82%) VMware