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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 50 66
Rank change year-on-year -79 +16 -21
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 29 70 37
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.01% 4.54% 2.44%
As % of the Applications category 25.00% 40.46% 43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 40 22
10th Percentile £210 £150 £127
25th Percentile £250 £228 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £265 £203
Median % change year-on-year +50.80% +30.99% +9.46%
75th Percentile £500 £438 £246
90th Percentile £588 £528 £478
England median daily rate £330 £368 £350
% change year-on-year -10.33% +5.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile £14.38 - £13.50
25th Percentile £14.76 £18.10 £14.34
Median hourly rate £16.44 £18.21 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% -0.36% -16.95%
75th Percentile £17.48 £18.41 £36.25
90th Percentile - £18.47 £40.25
England median hourly rate £17.12 £21.63 £22.25
% change year-on-year -20.83% -2.81% +19.95%

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 116 173 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 4.04% 11.23% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 107 51
10th Percentile £253 £150 £147
25th Percentile £350 £263 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £369 £250
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% +47.60% -37.50%
75th Percentile £544 £465 £465
90th Percentile £634 £547 £580
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 13
10th Percentile £15.01 - £13.83
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.10 £18.27
Median hourly rate £16.78 £18.51 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.36% -32.69% +25.00%
75th Percentile £20.07 £30.29 £42.50
90th Percentile £27.86 £32.79 £59.50
England median hourly rate £20.70 £25.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -17.22% +54.04% -30.55%

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 7 September 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 7 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
West Yorkshire -37 20 £370 +34.55% 52
South Yorkshire -56 8 £450 +71.43% 22
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 2 (6.90%) CMS
1 2 (6.90%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Drupal
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (10.34%) AutoCAD
4 3 (10.34%) Navisworks
4 3 (10.34%) ProjectWise
4 3 (10.34%) Revit
5 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Canva
3 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) WAN
2 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (3.45%) DWDM
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
3 1 (3.45%) LAN
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) MSI
2 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
3 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (13.79%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Administrator
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Data Administrator
3 3 (10.34%) Innovation Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Product Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Senior PMO
3 3 (10.34%) Senior PMO Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.45%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) IT Administrator
5 1 (3.45%) Network Administrator
5 1 (3.45%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Project Administrator
5 1 (3.45%) Resource Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Housing Association
2 2 (6.90%) Social Media
3 1 (3.45%) Blog
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.45%) Photography
3 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (24.14%) Project Management
1 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (20.69%) Validation
3 5 (17.24%) Business Case
3 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
3 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) Data Analysis
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL
4 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Quality Management
5 3 (10.34%) Asset Management
5 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.34%) CAFM
5 3 (10.34%) Change Management
5 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
5 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) CCNA
2 1 (3.45%) CCNP
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (3.45%) JNCIA
2 1 (3.45%) JNCIS
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) PMO
2 3 (10.34%) ISO 19650
3 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.90%) P3O
4 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.45%) GDPR
4 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.45%) NIST
4 1 (3.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) BitLocker
2 1 (3.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Ansible
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Autodesk
2 3 (10.34%) Google
3 2 (6.90%) Northgate
4 1 (3.45%) Apple
4 1 (3.45%) Arista
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Facebook
4 1 (3.45%) HP
4 1 (3.45%) Instagram
4 1 (3.45%) McAfee
4 1 (3.45%) MobileIron
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle
4 1 (3.45%) Remedy
4 1 (3.45%) TikTok