Microsoft Office Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 97 97
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 +33
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 232 345 616
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.34% 2.25% 2.38%
As % of the Applications category 32.68% 29.46% 36.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 190 453
10th Percentile £203 £149 £181
25th Percentile £220 £200 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +14.06%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £325 £255 £375
% change year-on-year +27.29% -31.91% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 83 36
10th Percentile £13.82 £13.04 £14.52
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.13 £21.19
Median hourly rate £14.52 £26.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.15% -48.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £21.00 £43.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £26.89 £51.25 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £22.77
% change year-on-year +6.25% -29.72% +34.88%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 710 1,171 1,683
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.17% 7.63% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 512 1,152
10th Percentile £211 £183 £213
25th Percentile £263 £285 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £710 £700
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 179 101
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.96 £15.75
25th Percentile £14.20 £15.46 £24.50
Median hourly rate £17.03 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.36% -22.22% +63.13%
75th Percentile £32.05 £57.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £65.25 £66.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Microsoft Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Office trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft Office daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft Office hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 32 (13.79%) Confluence
2 23 (9.91%) SharePoint
3 21 (9.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.29%) CMS
4 3 (1.29%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.86%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 68 (29.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (16.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (5.17%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.43%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.43%) Revit
6 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) CA PPM
2 3 (1.29%) iTrent
2 3 (1.29%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.86%) SAP CAR
3 2 (0.86%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.86%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.43%) Actimize
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.97%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (13.36%) Azure
3 20 (8.62%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.03%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.16%) Yammer
6 4 (1.72%) Asana
6 4 (1.72%) IBM Blueworks
6 4 (1.72%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.72%) Slack
7 3 (1.29%) AWS
7 3 (1.29%) Google Docs
7 3 (1.29%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.29%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.86%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.86%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.43%) GCP
9 1 (0.43%) IaaS
9 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.05%) Firewall
2 14 (6.03%) VPN
3 13 (5.60%) Wireless
4 10 (4.31%) DNS
4 10 (4.31%) Internet
5 9 (3.88%) WAN
6 8 (3.45%) LAN
6 8 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (3.45%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.02%) Skype
8 6 (2.59%) DHCP
9 4 (1.72%) BGP
9 4 (1.72%) Network Security
9 4 (1.72%) OSPF
9 4 (1.72%) Unified Communications
10 3 (1.29%) 4G
10 3 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.29%) iSCSI
10 3 (1.29%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.19%) Power BI
2 6 (2.59%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.16%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.72%) MS Access
5 2 (0.86%) Power Query
5 2 (0.86%) Tableau
6 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.43%) DTS
6 1 (0.43%) GIS
6 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.43%) Looker
6 1 (0.43%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (21.12%) JIRA
2 14 (6.03%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.72%) Git
4 3 (1.29%) Hudson
5 2 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.43%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
General
1 135 (58.19%) Social Skills
2 73 (31.47%) Finance
3 50 (21.55%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.22%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.19%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (7.33%) Banking
6 17 (7.33%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.88%) Marketing
9 7 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.59%) Retail
11 4 (1.72%) Arabic Language
11 4 (1.72%) Back Office
11 4 (1.72%) Czech Language
11 4 (1.72%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.29%) Electronics
12 3 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (19.83%) Analyst
2 18 (7.76%) IT Support
3 17 (7.33%) Developer
4 16 (6.90%) Support Engineer
5 14 (6.03%) Administrator
5 14 (6.03%) Delphi Developer
6 13 (5.60%) Help Desk Support
6 13 (5.60%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.60%) Senior
7 10 (4.31%) IT Engineer
7 10 (4.31%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (4.31%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 9 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
8 9 (3.88%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.88%) Service Analyst
8 9 (3.88%) Service Desk Analyst
8 9 (3.88%) Support Officer
9 8 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 7 (3.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (3.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.31%) Flash
2 4 (1.72%) Web Services
3 3 (1.29%) CSS
3 3 (1.29%) HTML
3 3 (1.29%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.86%) REST
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.43%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.43%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.43%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.43%) jQuery
5 1 (0.43%) React
5 1 (0.43%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.17%) Management Information System
1 12 (5.17%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.31%) Clustering
3 8 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.45%) PMI
4 7 (3.02%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.02%) PKI
4 7 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.29%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.29%) IVR
6 3 (1.29%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.29%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.29%) Social Media
7 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.86%) Life Science
7 2 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 68 (29.31%) Windows
2 29 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 13 (5.60%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.59%) Linux
5 5 (2.16%) Android
5 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.29%) VMS
8 2 (0.86%) Unix
8 2 (0.86%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (37.07%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (19.83%) Agile
3 35 (15.09%) ITIL
3 35 (15.09%) Service Management
4 30 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (10.78%) Collaborative Working
6 23 (9.91%) Project Management
7 21 (9.05%) Time Management
8 20 (8.62%) Customer Service
9 18 (7.76%) Decision-Making
10 17 (7.33%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (7.33%) Change Management
10 17 (7.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (7.33%) ITSM
11 15 (6.47%) Computer Science
11 15 (6.47%) Functional Testing
11 15 (6.47%) NsoIT
11 15 (6.47%) Programme Management
11 15 (6.47%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (6.47%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.22%) SQL
2 15 (6.47%) C#
3 14 (6.03%) Delphi
3 14 (6.03%) PL/SQL
4 13 (5.60%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.88%) Python
6 5 (2.16%) VBA
7 4 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.43%) Groovy
8 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (21.55%) Degree
2 43 (18.53%) Security Cleared
3 40 (17.24%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.47%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (6.47%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.60%) Master's Degree
6 12 (5.17%) CCNA
7 11 (4.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (4.31%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.16%) CCNP
10 5 (2.16%) MCSE
11 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.29%) PMP
13 2 (0.86%) CISA
13 2 (0.86%) CISM
13 2 (0.86%) CISSP
13 2 (0.86%) HNC
13 2 (0.86%) JNCIA
13 2 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.33%) PMO
2 12 (5.17%) SLA
3 6 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.72%) GDPR
5 3 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.29%) NIST
5 3 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.29%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.86%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.86%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (14.66%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.74%) VMware NSX
4 10 (4.31%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (2.16%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.29%) Docker
7 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.74%) vCenter Server
2 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.88%) WSUS
3 3 (1.29%) Ansible
3 3 (1.29%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.29%) SCCM
3 3 (1.29%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.43%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (0.43%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 173 (74.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.33%) Cisco
2 17 (7.33%) Oracle
3 15 (6.47%) Atlassian
3 15 (6.47%) VMware
4 14 (6.03%) SAP
5 12 (5.17%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.45%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.59%) Apple
8 4 (1.72%) Broadcom
8 4 (1.72%) Zscaler
9 3 (1.29%) Google
9 3 (1.29%) IFS
9 3 (1.29%) Juniper
9 3 (1.29%) Lotus
9 3 (1.29%) Nokia
9 3 (1.29%) Veeam
9 3 (1.29%) Xero
10 2 (0.86%) Ericsson
10 2 (0.86%) Planview