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 citing Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	109	78	49
Rank change year-on-year	-31	-29	-6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office	48	50	48
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	1.68%	2.96%	3.44%
As % of the Applications category	34.29%	28.57%	51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted	24	38	33
10^th Percentile	£179	£203	£135
25^th Percentile	£211	£235	£178
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£370	£290	£217
Median % change year-on-year	+27.59%	+33.53%	+14.31%
75^th Percentile	£488	£439	£238
90^th Percentile	£582	£499	£415
England median daily rate	£338	£330	£350
% change year-on-year	+2.43%	-5.86%	+12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	0	6
10^th Percentile	£12.71	-	£12.74
25^th Percentile	£13.66	-	£16.73
Median hourly rate	£16.44	-	£27.50
75^th Percentile	£17.48	-	£37.50
90^th Percentile	£17.66	-	£40.63
England median hourly rate	£16.33	£21.81	£30.00
% change year-on-year	-25.13%	-27.29%	+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 citing software application skills in Yorkshire.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing software application skills	140	175	93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire	4.91%	10.37%	6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted	75	121	67
10^th Percentile	£225	£213	£143
25^th Percentile	£325	£277	£178
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£380	£242
Median % change year-on-year	+18.42%	+57.16%	-39.85%
75^th Percentile	£525	£500	£465
90^th Percentile	£629	£545	£555
England median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%	-5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted	22	1	12
10^th Percentile	£12.79	-	£15.55
25^th Percentile	£14.44	-	£19.63
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	-	£39.69
90^th Percentile	£27.01	-	£42.50
England median hourly rate	£18.18	£22.63	£21.46
% change year-on-year	-19.66%	+5.45%	-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 27 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 27 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Yorkshire	-19	30	£248	-14.66%	14
South Yorkshire	-27	13	£473	+26.00%	6
East Yorkshire	-2	2	-	-	1
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Microsoft Office Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 27 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 citing Microsoft Office.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	79.2%	38
2	Microsoft Excel	35.4%	17
3	Stakeholder Management	27.1%	13
4	Problem-Solving	25.0%	12
4	Project Management	25.0%	12
6	Continuous Improvement	20.8%	10
7	Microsoft PowerPoint	18.8%	9
8	Microsoft 365	16.7%	8
8	Project Delivery	16.7%	8
8	Stakeholder Engagement	16.7%	8
8	Validation	16.7%	8
12	Mentoring	14.6%	7
12	Microsoft Project	14.6%	7
12	Process Improvement	14.6%	7
15	Agile	12.5%	6
15	Change Management	12.5%	6
15	Data Analysis	12.5%	6
15	Migration	12.5%	6
15	Quality Management	12.5%	6
15	Roadmaps	12.5%	6
15	Windows	12.5%	6
22	Asset Management	10.4%	5
22	AutoCAD	10.4%	5
22	Autodesk	10.4%	5
22	Azure	10.4%	5
22	Building Information Modelling	10.4%	5
22	Business Case	10.4%	5
22	Business Intelligence	10.4%	5
22	CAFM	10.4%	5
22	Compliance Management	10.4%	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	35.4%	17
2	Microsoft PowerPoint	18.8%	9
3	Microsoft Project	14.6%	7
4	AutoCAD	10.4%	5
4	Navisworks	10.4%	5
4	ProjectWise	10.4%	5
4	Revit	10.4%	5
8	MS Visio	2.1%	1
8	Spreadsheet	2.1%	1