Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Office
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 66 46
Rank change year-on-year +14 -20 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 70 42 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 4.59% 2.79% 3.88%
As % of the Applications category 40.23% 48.84% 48.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 27 56
10th Percentile £150 £136 £120
25th Percentile £220 £171 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £216 £179
Median % change year-on-year +21.37% +21.17% -31.67%
75th Percentile £438 £236 £473
90th Percentile £526 £428 £541
England median daily rate £359 £350 £325
% change year-on-year +2.57% +7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 7
10th Percentile - £16.72 £21.09
25th Percentile £18.10 £19.02 £21.31
Median hourly rate £18.21 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.80% +25.00% +22.46%
75th Percentile £18.41 £37.50 £22.13
90th Percentile £18.47 £40.63 £22.35
England median hourly rate £21.63 £26.99 £18.50
% change year-on-year -19.86% +45.86% +5.71%

All Software Application Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 174 86 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.42% 5.72% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 55 119
10th Percentile £150 £149 £140
25th Percentile £263 £178 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £225 £402
Median % change year-on-year +64.00% -44.03% +46.18%
75th Percentile £469 £450 £525
90th Percentile £546 £558 £588
England median daily rate £425 £403 £425
% change year-on-year +5.46% -5.18% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 9
10th Percentile - £18.29 £21.20
25th Percentile £18.10 £19.63 £21.31
Median hourly rate £18.36 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.81% +36.36% +15.24%
75th Percentile £21.46 £42.50 £22.51
90th Percentile £26.76 £61.63 £27.42
England median hourly rate £24.81 £17.00 £22.83
% change year-on-year +45.94% -25.52% +3.75%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Yorkshire

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Yorkshire

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
West Yorkshire +18 37 £258 -31.33% 49
South Yorkshire +1 33 £263 +19.32% 25
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 7 (10.00%) Confluence
2 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.71%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.43%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (34.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (22.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.43%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.43%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.43%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 32 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (32.86%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.86%) Azure
4 1 (1.43%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.00%) VPN
2 3 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.86%) Firewall
4 1 (1.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Power BI
1 1 (1.43%) Power Query
1 1 (1.43%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (1.43%) SAP HANA
1 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 53 (75.71%) Social Skills
2 21 (30.00%) Retail
3 20 (28.57%) Banking
4 19 (27.14%) Finance
4 19 (27.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.43%) Law
8 1 (1.43%) Local Government
8 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.43%) Public Speaking
8 1 (1.43%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (27.14%) Support Manager
2 15 (21.43%) IT Support
3 13 (18.57%) 1st Line Support
3 13 (18.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 13 (18.57%) Support Engineer
4 12 (17.14%) 1st Line Support Manager
4 12 (17.14%) IT Manager
4 12 (17.14%) IT Support Manager
5 10 (14.29%) Analyst
6 8 (11.43%) Desktop Engineer
6 8 (11.43%) Desktop Support
6 8 (11.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (8.57%) Business Analyst
7 6 (8.57%) Support Assistant
8 5 (7.14%) Lead
9 4 (5.71%) Administrator
9 4 (5.71%) Project Analyst
9 4 (5.71%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.00%) iPhone
1 21 (30.00%) Smartphone
2 3 (4.29%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.86%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.43%) CCTV
4 1 (1.43%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.43%) IVR
4 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (30.00%) Mac OS
2 17 (24.29%) Windows
3 12 (17.14%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (45.71%) Customer Service
2 31 (44.29%) ITIL
3 30 (42.86%) ITSM
4 24 (34.29%) Service Management
5 21 (30.00%) Incident Management
5 21 (30.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 14 (20.00%) Coaching
7 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.00%) Agile
8 7 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (10.00%) Service Delivery
9 6 (8.57%) Case Management
9 6 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (7.14%) Dashboard Development
10 5 (7.14%) Data Analysis
10 5 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
10 5 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (5.71%) Data Entry
11 4 (5.71%) Project Management
11 4 (5.71%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) VB
2 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (4.29%) ACSP
3 3 (4.29%) ACTC
4 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.86%) PMO
2 6 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 29 (41.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (30.00%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 34 (48.57%) Apple
3 27 (38.57%) ServiceNow
4 18 (25.71%) Citrix
5 2 (2.86%) Google
5 2 (2.86%) SAP
6 1 (1.43%) Ariba
6 1 (1.43%) Genesys
6 1 (1.43%) Sophos
6 1 (1.43%) WatchGuard