Microsoft Office Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Office
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 58 46
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 62 58 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.02% 2.81% 4.19%
As % of the Applications category 31.63% 33.33% 49.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 59
10th Percentile £230 £136 £168
25th Percentile £300 £190 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £339 £325
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +4.31% +52.94%
75th Percentile £429 £495 £450
90th Percentile £525 £523 £500
England median daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 8
10th Percentile £15.60 £12.87 £12.35
25th Percentile £29.00 £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.00 £15.18
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +71.28% +4.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 £26.50 £24.63
90th Percentile - £28.75 £42.25
England median hourly rate £19.00 £16.06 £19.50
% change year-on-year +18.31% -17.64% +11.43%

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 196 174 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.69% 8.44% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 103 110
10th Percentile £230 £174 £163
25th Percentile £253 £220 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £405 £375
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +8.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £523 £500 £488
90th Percentile £594 £600 £539
England median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 29 15
10th Percentile £14.81 £10.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £29.00 £13.00 £14.93
Median hourly rate £33.91 £26.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.42% +15.56% +50.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £39.92 £34.06
90th Percentile - £58.75 £43.15
England median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £25.71
% change year-on-year +54.04% -36.87% +14.27%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the West Midlands

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.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the West Midlands

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 5 July 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 5 July 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
Shropshire +13 21 £363 +182.10% 37
Warwickshire +9 20 £400 +25.49% 58
Staffordshire +10 8 £150 +11.11% 49
Birmingham -4 6 £300 +50.00% 100
Coventry - 5 - - 19
Worcestershire +1 1 - - 28
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (14.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.45%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (14.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (9.68%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (9.68%) Maya
4 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (8.06%) DHCP
1 5 (8.06%) DNS
1 5 (8.06%) Firewall
1 5 (8.06%) LAN
1 5 (8.06%) PuTTY
1 5 (8.06%) WAN
1 5 (8.06%) Wireless
1 5 (8.06%) WLAN
2 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.23%) VoIP
3 2 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.61%) Power BI
1 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (12.90%) JIRA
2 5 (8.06%) PVCS
3 2 (3.23%) TestPartner
General
1 36 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 31 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (29.03%) Finance
4 6 (9.68%) Automotive
4 6 (9.68%) Games
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.23%) Billing
8 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (54.84%) Analyst
2 8 (12.90%) Lead
3 7 (11.29%) Support Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) PMO Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Service Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Performance Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Data Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Administrator
7 3 (4.84%) IT Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.23%) Engagement Manager
8 2 (3.23%) Excel Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) QA Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) Senior
8 2 (3.23%) Senior PMO
8 2 (3.23%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) CSS
1 6 (9.68%) Django
1 6 (9.68%) HTML
1 6 (9.68%) Unreal Engine
1 6 (9.68%) V-Ray
2 5 (8.06%) XML
3 2 (3.23%) Middleware
4 1 (1.61%) ADO
4 1 (1.61%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Animation
1 6 (9.68%) Virtual Reality
1 6 (9.68%) Virtual Team
2 4 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.84%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.23%) SCADA
4 2 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.61%) CCTV
5 1 (1.61%) NHS
5 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.52%) Windows
2 2 (3.23%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
1 13 (20.97%) Project Management
2 11 (17.74%) Decision-Making
2 11 (17.74%) Process Improvement
3 10 (16.13%) Change Management
3 10 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (14.52%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.90%) Analytical Thinking
5 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (12.90%) Workflow
6 6 (9.68%) Computer Science
6 6 (9.68%) Planning and Forecasting
6 6 (9.68%) Project Delivery
6 6 (9.68%) Project Planning
6 6 (9.68%) Risk Management
6 6 (9.68%) Visualisation
7 5 (8.06%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (8.06%) Commercial Awareness
7 5 (8.06%) Data Management
7 5 (8.06%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.90%) SQL
2 6 (9.68%) C++
2 6 (9.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (30.65%) Degree
2 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.06%) CCNA
3 5 (8.06%) CCNP
3 5 (8.06%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (3.23%) MCSE
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.61%) CISSP
6 1 (1.61%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.61%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) PMO
2 5 (8.06%) QA
3 2 (3.23%) SLA
4 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.61%) COSHH
4 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.61%) NIST
4 1 (1.61%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (59.68%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.52%) Cisco
3 6 (9.68%) Adobe
3 6 (9.68%) Autodesk
4 5 (8.06%) Atlassian
4 5 (8.06%) Peregrine
4 5 (8.06%) Remedy
5 4 (6.45%) Lotus
5 4 (6.45%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.84%) Apple
6 3 (4.84%) OneLogin
6 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.23%) MuleSoft
7 2 (3.23%) Oracle
8 1 (1.61%) HP
8 1 (1.61%) McAfee
8 1 (1.61%) MobileIron