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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	119	73	52
Rank change year-on-year	-46	-21	-10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office	44	53	46
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	1.53%	3.17%	3.22%
As % of the Applications category	31.65%	29.94%	48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted	23	38	31
10^th Percentile	£200	£189	£135
25^th Percentile	£225	£231	£160
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£290	£216
Median % change year-on-year	+37.93%	+34.09%	+13.83%
75^th Percentile	£492	£434	£233
90^th Percentile	£584	£499	£388
England median daily rate	£325	£332	£348
% change year-on-year	-1.96%	-4.60%	+6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	6
10^th Percentile	£13.26	-	£12.74
25^th Percentile	£13.97	-	£16.73
Median hourly rate	£16.44	-	£27.50
75^th Percentile	£17.48	-	£37.50
90^th Percentile	-	-	£40.63
England median hourly rate	£16.44	£22.00	£30.00
% change year-on-year	-25.30%	-26.67%	+40.78%

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	139	177	94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	4.84%	10.59%	6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted	78	120	66
10^th Percentile	£234	£205	£143
25^th Percentile	£343	£276	£178
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£378	£236
Median % change year-on-year	+19.21%	+60.03%	-46.08%
75^th Percentile	£525	£500	£486
90^th Percentile	£638	£546	£557
England median daily rate	£448	£425	£403
% change year-on-year	+5.29%	+5.46%	-5.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted	19	1	13
10^th Percentile	£13.34	-	£15.88
25^th Percentile	£15.39	-	£20.00
Median hourly rate	£16.44	£30.29	£27.50
Median % change year-on-year	-45.74%	+10.15%	+25.00%
75^th Percentile	£18.75	-	£42.50
90^th Percentile	£27.86	-	£59.50
England median hourly rate	£18.21	£23.10	£21.46
% change year-on-year	-21.17%	+7.64%	-16.53%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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 20 October 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.

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 20 October 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	-20	29	£250	-13.79%	26
South Yorkshire	-31	12	£473	+40.00%	5
East Yorkshire	-3	1	-	-	2
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Microsoft Office Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft Office also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Microsoft Office.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	79.5%	35
2	Microsoft Excel	34.1%	15
3	Stakeholder Management	29.5%	13
4	Problem-Solving	27.3%	12
5	Project Management	25.0%	11
6	Continuous Improvement	22.7%	10
7	Microsoft PowerPoint	20.5%	9
8	Microsoft 365	18.2%	8
8	Stakeholder Engagement	18.2%	8
8	Validation	18.2%	8
11	Mentoring	15.9%	7
11	Microsoft Project	15.9%	7
11	Process Improvement	15.9%	7
11	Project Delivery	15.9%	7
15	Agile	13.6%	6
15	Change Management	13.6%	6
15	Migration	13.6%	6
15	Quality Management	13.6%	6
15	Roadmaps	13.6%	6
20	Asset Management	11.4%	5
20	AutoCAD	11.4%	5
20	Autodesk	11.4%	5
20	Azure	11.4%	5
20	Building Information Modelling	11.4%	5
20	Business Case	11.4%	5
20	Business Intelligence	11.4%	5
20	CAFM	11.4%	5
20	Compliance Management	11.4%	5
20	Confluence	11.4%	5
20	Data Analysis	11.4%	5

Microsoft Office Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Excel	34.1%	15
2	Microsoft PowerPoint	20.5%	9
3	Microsoft Project	15.9%	7
4	AutoCAD	11.4%	5
4	Navisworks	11.4%	5
4	ProjectWise	11.4%	5
4	Revit	11.4%	5
8	MS Visio	2.3%	1
8	Spreadsheet	2.3%	1