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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 40 54
Rank change year-on-year -47 +14 -17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 55 70 56
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.27% 4.50% 3.09%
As % of the Applications category 31.98% 50.00% 35.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 52 39
10th Percentile £163 £143 £150
25th Percentile £186 £165 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £423 £200
Median % change year-on-year -34.91% +111.25% -53.62%
75th Percentile £440 £508 £388
90th Percentile £484 £538 £575
England median daily rate £366 £300 £255
% change year-on-year +22.00% +17.65% -32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £14.28 - £12.83
25th Percentile £14.51 - £14.87
Median hourly rate £15.23 - £26.00
75th Percentile £16.29 - £28.75
90th Percentile £16.72 - £29.90
England median hourly rate £17.50 £24.66 £17.50
% change year-on-year -29.03% +40.91% -20.45%

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 172 140 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.08% 9.00% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 96 93
10th Percentile £187 £161 £151
25th Percentile £263 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £338
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +25.93% -19.64%
75th Percentile £506 £538 £490
90th Percentile £624 £575 £629
England median daily rate £450 £409 £400
% change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 18
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.50 £11.11
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.93 £14.32
Median hourly rate £23.05 £35.86 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.72% +37.92% +53.53%
75th Percentile £25.00 £51.56 £33.06
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £46.85
England median hourly rate £19.08 £26.50 £21.12
% change year-on-year -27.99% +25.50% -36.02%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -15 19 £307 +80.29% 22
Warwickshire -11 16 £213 -59.52% 15
Shropshire -51 8 £291 -31.79% 8
Staffordshire +2 5 £210 -48.31% 12
Smethwick - 3 - -
Worcestershire - 1 - - 4
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 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (7.27%) HCL Notes
4 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (30.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (9.09%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.64%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (1.82%) ProjectWise
5 1 (1.82%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Maximo
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.27%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.64%) Lucidchart
4 2 (3.64%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (7.27%) DNS
2 4 (7.27%) VPN
3 3 (5.45%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.64%) DHCP
4 2 (3.64%) Internet
4 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) EDMS
2 1 (1.82%) GIS
2 1 (1.82%) Metadata
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (14.55%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) JMeter
General
1 30 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (30.91%) Finance
3 17 (30.91%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Legal
5 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.64%) Local Government
6 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (23.64%) Analyst
2 10 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 8 (14.55%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Project Manager
5 6 (10.91%) Administrator
5 6 (10.91%) Desktop Support
5 6 (10.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (7.27%) IT Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Service Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Assistant Project Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Help Desk Administrator
8 3 (5.45%) Support Officer
9 2 (3.64%) IT Support
9 2 (3.64%) PMO Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Project Assistant
9 2 (3.64%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.82%) ADO
2 1 (1.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Data Centre
1 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.45%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.64%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.64%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.64%) PMI
3 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.82%) CCTV
4 1 (1.82%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.82%) NHS
4 1 (1.82%) SCADA
4 1 (1.82%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.45%) Windows
2 7 (12.73%) Windows 10
3 5 (9.09%) Android
3 5 (9.09%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.64%) Linux
4 2 (3.64%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.82%) AIX
5 1 (1.82%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.45%) Project Management
3 13 (23.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (18.18%) Agile
4 10 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 10 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (14.55%) Service Management
6 7 (12.73%) Waterfall
7 6 (10.91%) Change Control
7 6 (10.91%) PRINCE2
7 6 (10.91%) Service Delivery
7 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (10.91%) Time Management
8 5 (9.09%) Coaching
8 5 (9.09%) Process Improvement
8 5 (9.09%) Project Governance
9 4 (7.27%) Budgeting
9 4 (7.27%) Data Entry
9 4 (7.27%) DevOps
9 4 (7.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) PL/SQL
1 2 (3.64%) SQL
1 2 (3.64%) VB
2 1 (1.82%) Java
2 1 (1.82%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (12.73%) Degree
2 4 (7.27%) DBS Check
2 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.45%) PMP
4 2 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.82%) AAT
5 1 (1.82%) ACCA
5 1 (1.82%) CAPM
5 1 (1.82%) CBAP
5 1 (1.82%) CCAB
5 1 (1.82%) CIMA
5 1 (1.82%) CIPFA
5 1 (1.82%) IIBA
5 1 (1.82%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.82%) MCP
5 1 (1.82%) MCSE
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) PMO
2 7 (12.73%) SLA
3 6 (10.91%) QA
4 4 (7.27%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.64%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.82%) ISO 19650
6 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.82%) NIST
6 1 (1.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) SCCM
2 1 (1.82%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.82%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (61.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.55%) ServiceNow
3 6 (10.91%) SAP
4 4 (7.27%) Lotus
4 4 (7.27%) Oracle
5 2 (3.64%) Apple
5 2 (3.64%) Autodesk
5 2 (3.64%) Planview
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco
6 1 (1.82%) Google
6 1 (1.82%) HP
6 1 (1.82%) Sage
6 1 (1.82%) VMware