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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 35 45
Rank change year-on-year -47 +10 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 55 46 65
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.77% 4.95% 3.48%
As % of the Applications category 32.93% 53.49% 36.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 45
10th Percentile £201 £147 £112
25th Percentile £203 £208 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £225 £190
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% +18.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £422 £263 £494
90th Percentile £541 £416 £510
England median daily rate £366 £300 £255
% change year-on-year +22.00% +17.65% -32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 12
10th Percentile £13.88 £12.24 £12.53
25th Percentile - £15.22 £12.60
Median hourly rate £14.25 £22.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +50.00% -44.95%
75th Percentile - £38.75 £16.74
90th Percentile - £41.00 £22.00
England median hourly rate £17.50 £24.66 £17.14
% change year-on-year -29.03% +43.87% -22.09%

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 167 86 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 8.41% 9.25% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 60 92
10th Percentile £203 £143 £136
25th Percentile £290 £209 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £397 £283 £400
Median % change year-on-year +40.66% -29.38% +0.63%
75th Percentile £491 £420 £525
90th Percentile £538 £526 £587
England median daily rate £450 £401 £400
% change year-on-year +12.36% +0.13% -9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 16
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.23 £12.53
25th Percentile - £21.25 £12.60
Median hourly rate £14.25 £27.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.18% +83.33% -44.95%
75th Percentile £15.00 £34.15 £21.98
90th Percentile £15.90 £39.50 £24.39
England median hourly rate £19.14 £27.31 £20.50
% change year-on-year -29.94% +33.23% -41.43%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend 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 9 February 2026.

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 9 February 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
West Yorkshire -17 30 £325 +32.65% 27
South Yorkshire -66 13 £397 +82.97% 12
East Yorkshire - 11 £205 - 7
North Yorkshire -6 1 £213 -29.17% 6
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 15 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (43.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (32.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.82%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 9 (16.36%) Azure
4 5 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.45%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.82%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.82%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.82%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.64%) Firewall
1 13 (23.64%) Network Security
2 8 (14.55%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (7.27%) DNS
3 4 (7.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.45%) VPN
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (3.64%) DHCP
5 2 (3.64%) DWDM
5 2 (3.64%) Internet
5 2 (3.64%) LAN
5 2 (3.64%) WAN
6 1 (1.82%) IPv4
6 1 (1.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Power BI
1 1 (1.82%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) JIRA
2 2 (3.64%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.82%) PVCS
General
1 44 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (30.91%) Finance
3 7 (12.73%) Legal
4 6 (10.91%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (27.27%) Analyst
2 14 (25.45%) IT Support
3 13 (23.64%) Support Engineer
4 12 (21.82%) IT Engineer
4 12 (21.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (14.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (14.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (14.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 6 (10.91%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Support Analyst
7 5 (9.09%) Knowledge Officer
8 3 (5.45%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) IT Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Project Officer
8 3 (5.45%) Project Support Officer
8 3 (5.45%) Support Officer
9 2 (3.64%) PMO Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.64%) iPhone
3 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.64%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 25 (45.45%) Windows
2 11 (20.00%) Linux
3 4 (7.27%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.82%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (29.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (12.73%) Customer Service
3 7 (12.73%) Mobile Device Management
4 6 (10.91%) Data Protection
4 6 (10.91%) Project Management
4 6 (10.91%) Time Management
5 5 (9.09%) Agile
5 5 (9.09%) Data Analysis
5 5 (9.09%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 5 (9.09%) Workflow
6 4 (7.27%) ITIL
6 4 (7.27%) Migration
6 4 (7.27%) User Stories
7 3 (5.45%) AI
7 3 (5.45%) Demand Forecasting
7 3 (5.45%) Incident Management
7 3 (5.45%) Service Management
7 3 (5.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.45%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (5.45%) SQL
3 2 (3.64%) Python
3 2 (3.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) ACSP
2 2 (3.64%) ACTC
2 2 (3.64%) CCNA
2 2 (3.64%) CCNP
2 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.64%) JNCIA
2 2 (3.64%) JNCIS
2 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.36%) PMO
2 3 (5.45%) SLA
3 2 (3.64%) GDPR
4 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.82%) FINRA
4 1 (1.82%) MiFID
4 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Ansible
1 2 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.64%) Terraform
2 1 (1.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (78.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.82%) Google
3 8 (14.55%) Apple
4 5 (9.09%) HP
4 5 (9.09%) MobileIron
5 2 (3.64%) Arista
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco
5 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.82%) Planview
6 1 (1.82%) Sophos
6 1 (1.82%) Splunk
6 1 (1.82%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.82%) VMware
6 1 (1.82%) WatchGuard