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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 49 41
Rank change year-on-year -58 -8 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 62 72 69
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.77% 3.93% 3.63%
As % of the Applications category 29.81% 32.14% 46.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 37 55
10th Percentile £210 £163 £142
25th Percentile £213 £230 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £397 £313 £425
Median % change year-on-year +26.84% -26.35% +51.11%
75th Percentile £481 £418 £500
90th Percentile £605 £494 £587
England median daily rate £325 £358 £350
% change year-on-year -9.22% +2.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 0
10th Percentile £13.22 - -
25th Percentile £13.98 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £14.11 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -71.79% - -
75th Percentile £14.30 - -
90th Percentile £18.19 - -
England median hourly rate £16.50 £21.63 £26.99
% change year-on-year -23.70% -19.86% +44.00%

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 208 224 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.94% 12.23% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 124 114
10th Percentile £213 £213 £160
25th Percentile £344 £277 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £423 £430
Median % change year-on-year +5.92% -1.63% +6.05%
75th Percentile £502 £540 £526
90th Percentile £638 £600 £600
England median daily rate £447 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.18% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 34 4
10th Percentile £13.98 £29.00 £35.40
25th Percentile £17.48 £29.50 £42.38
Median hourly rate £20.14 £38.96 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.31% -20.09% +121.59%
75th Percentile £33.99 £50.00 £54.06
90th Percentile - - £56.88
England median hourly rate £19.33 £25.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -22.68% +47.06% -29.90%

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 16 September 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
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 16 September 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
Shropshire -30 26 £402 -4.17% 15
Warwickshire -29 12 £400 +18.52% 13
Coventry -18 8 £225 - 13
Birmingham -17 5 £210 -26.96% 37
Walsall - 4 £600 -
Solihull -14 2 £228 - 4
Staffordshire -14 2 - - 16
Worcestershire +5 1 - - 7
Halesowen - 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 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (53.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (9.68%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.61%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.61%) Navisworks
5 1 (1.61%) ProjectWise
5 1 (1.61%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (1.61%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (14.52%) Azure
3 8 (12.90%) OneDrive
4 6 (9.68%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.23%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.52%) VPN
2 6 (9.68%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.61%) DMZ
4 1 (1.61%) Firewall
4 1 (1.61%) LAN
4 1 (1.61%) MPLS
4 1 (1.61%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.61%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.61%) WAN
4 1 (1.61%) Wireless
4 1 (1.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.61%) Metadata
2 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) JIRA
General
1 44 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.65%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (11.29%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Finance
6 3 (4.84%) Legal
6 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.61%) Electronics
7 1 (1.61%) Law
7 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) Analyst
2 11 (17.74%) Business Analyst
3 9 (14.52%) Administrator
4 6 (9.68%) Help Desk Support
4 6 (9.68%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 6 (9.68%) Help Desk Technician
4 6 (9.68%) Support Technician
5 5 (8.06%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Consultant
6 4 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
6 4 (6.45%) SAP PI Consultant
6 4 (6.45%) SAP Trainer
6 4 (6.45%) Trainer
7 3 (4.84%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 3 (4.84%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Digital Business Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Lead
7 3 (4.84%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) IDoc
1 4 (6.45%) JDBC
1 4 (6.45%) REST
1 4 (6.45%) SAP PI
1 4 (6.45%) SOAP
2 1 (1.61%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.58%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.68%) Smartphone
3 5 (8.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.10%) Windows
2 6 (9.68%) Android
3 4 (6.45%) Unix
4 3 (4.84%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (27.42%) Customer Service
3 16 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (22.58%) Data Analysis
5 12 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (17.74%) Data Modelling
6 11 (17.74%) Decision-Making
7 10 (16.13%) Conflict Management
7 10 (16.13%) Process Improvement
7 10 (16.13%) Systems Analysis
8 8 (12.90%) Asset Management
8 8 (12.90%) ITSM
8 8 (12.90%) RUP
9 7 (11.29%) CRM
9 7 (11.29%) Customer Experience
10 6 (9.68%) AI
10 6 (9.68%) Generative AI
10 6 (9.68%) Problem Management
10 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (9.68%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) Java
2 4 (6.45%) ABAP
3 1 (1.61%) C
3 1 (1.61%) C++
3 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (24.19%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 13 (20.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (12.90%) Degree
5 7 (11.29%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.61%) CCNP
6 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.61%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.61%) PMP
6 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) SLA
2 3 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.23%) PMO
3 2 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (1.61%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.61%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.61%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (17.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (16.13%) SCCM
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.61%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 50 (80.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.13%) SAP
3 9 (14.52%) Cisco
4 6 (9.68%) Canon
5 4 (6.45%) webMethods
6 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.23%) Apple
7 2 (3.23%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.61%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.61%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.61%) Juniper
8 1 (1.61%) Meraki
8 1 (1.61%) Motorola
8 1 (1.61%) Oracle