Microsoft Office Contracts in England

Microsoft Office
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 78 83
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,161 1,452 2,157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.14% 3.04% 3.05%
As % of the Applications category 42.03% 39.80% 40.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 1,012 1,446
10th Percentile £139 £163 £139
25th Percentile £188 £213 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £375 £301
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +24.69% -17.03%
75th Percentile £488 £553 £488
90th Percentile £606 £688 £589
UK median daily rate £263 £375 £315
% change year-on-year -30.00% +19.05% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 84 184
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.05 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.53 £15.50 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.36 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.09% +33.50% -0.78%
75th Percentile £24.10 £32.94 £23.32
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.51 £38.90
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £22.63 £16.61
% change year-on-year -29.30% +36.24% +7.16%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,762 3,648 5,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.48% 7.64% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 2,401 3,585
10th Percentile £165 £190 £160
25th Percentile £213 £285 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £439 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% -2.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £440
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 584 219 375
10th Percentile £11.69 £14.34 £11.22
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.37 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £27.50 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -40.98% +26.26% +14.63%
75th Percentile £34.81 £49.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.83 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.68% +29.44% +21.13%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in England

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
London +5 411 £340 -25.27% 494
North of England +31 242 £266 -26.69% 425
South East -3 219 £215 -21.82% 405
North West +40 176 £396 -6.82% 247
South West +6 117 £248 -49.10% 192
Midlands +13 98 £225 -30.77% 332
East Midlands +32 58 £245 +9.87% 130
Yorkshire +12 58 £195 -42.22% 132
East of England -21 53 £388 +55.00% 198
West Midlands -24 40 £200 -42.86% 203
North East +4 8 £195 -25.00% 54
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 101 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 63 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (2.41%) Confluence
4 25 (2.15%) CMS
5 22 (1.89%) Skype for Business
6 10 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.52%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.34%) Drupal
8 4 (0.34%) WordPress
9 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.17%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.17%) Documentum
10 2 (0.17%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.17%) IIS
11 1 (0.086%) Moodle
Applications
1 364 (31.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 180 (15.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 75 (6.46%) Microsoft Project
4 69 (5.94%) Spreadsheet
5 64 (5.51%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.95%) Photoshop
7 10 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.69%) Acrobat
8 8 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.26%) MicroStation
9 3 (0.26%) Revit
10 2 (0.17%) InDesign
11 1 (0.086%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.086%) Blender
11 1 (0.086%) CATIA
11 1 (0.086%) OmniGraffle
11 1 (0.086%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (1.12%) Primavera
2 6 (0.52%) Magento
3 5 (0.43%) SmartPlant
4 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.26%) OPENHousing
5 2 (0.17%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.17%) Maximo
5 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.17%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.17%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.17%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.086%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.086%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.086%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.086%) HealthRoster
6 1 (0.086%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.086%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 238 (20.50%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (8.35%) Azure
3 51 (4.39%) Power Platform
4 32 (2.76%) Entra ID
5 28 (2.41%) OneDrive
6 27 (2.33%) Google Workspace
7 25 (2.15%) SaaS
8 20 (1.72%) Taleo
9 16 (1.38%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.29%) PaaS
11 14 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.12%) IaaS
13 12 (1.03%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.03%) Slack
14 11 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.95%) WhatsApp
15 8 (0.69%) Google Docs
15 8 (0.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 8 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
16 6 (0.52%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 65 (5.60%) VPN
2 50 (4.31%) Wireless
3 49 (4.22%) LAN
4 37 (3.19%) WAN
5 36 (3.10%) Firewall
6 30 (2.58%) DNS
7 28 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (2.24%) Skype
9 23 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
10 19 (1.64%) Internet
10 19 (1.64%) VoIP
11 16 (1.38%) DHCP
11 16 (1.38%) SD-WAN
12 15 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (1.21%) VLAN
14 13 (1.12%) DMZ
15 12 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.95%) TCP/IP
17 8 (0.69%) PSTN
18 7 (0.60%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.88%) Power BI
2 23 (1.98%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.78%) Tableau
4 7 (0.60%) GIS
5 5 (0.43%) Metadata
5 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.34%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.34%) Spatial Data
7 3 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.26%) QGIS
7 3 (0.26%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.17%) DTS
8 2 (0.17%) KNIME
8 2 (0.17%) MS Access
8 2 (0.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 82 (7.06%) JIRA
2 4 (0.34%) Git
2 4 (0.34%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.26%) Subversion
4 2 (0.17%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.17%) JUnit
4 2 (0.17%) Mockito
4 2 (0.17%) ScalaTest
4 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.086%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.086%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.086%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.086%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.086%) Yeoman
General
1 561 (48.32%) Social Skills
2 283 (24.38%) Finance
3 186 (16.02%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (9.65%) Organisational Skills
5 90 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 81 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
7 68 (5.86%) Telecoms
8 63 (5.43%) Banking
9 62 (5.34%) Legal
10 45 (3.88%) Marketing
11 44 (3.79%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.58%) Retail
13 27 (2.33%) Mandarin Language
14 19 (1.64%) Financial Institution
15 18 (1.55%) Local Government
16 17 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (1.46%) Law
17 16 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (1.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 216 (18.60%) Analyst
2 91 (7.84%) Support Engineer
3 79 (6.80%) IT Support
4 78 (6.72%) Project Manager
5 74 (6.37%) Administrator
6 73 (6.29%) Lead
7 71 (6.12%) Service Analyst
8 66 (5.68%) Desktop Support
9 64 (5.51%) Service Desk Analyst
10 60 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support
11 58 (5.00%) Senior
12 55 (4.74%) Support Analyst
13 47 (4.05%) Desktop Engineer
13 47 (4.05%) IT Engineer
14 41 (3.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 36 (3.10%) Business Analyst
16 34 (2.93%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 34 (2.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 34 (2.93%) Coordinator
17 29 (2.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.72%) XML
2 14 (1.21%) .NET
3 11 (0.95%) HTML
4 8 (0.69%) CSS
5 7 (0.60%) Flash
5 7 (0.60%) JSON
6 6 (0.52%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.34%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.34%) React
8 3 (0.26%) ADO
8 3 (0.26%) EDI
8 3 (0.26%) jQuery
8 3 (0.26%) Web Services
8 3 (0.26%) XMPP
9 2 (0.17%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.17%) Ajax
9 2 (0.17%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.17%) DOM
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.17%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
2 60 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 38 (3.27%) Driving Licence
4 30 (2.58%) Data Centre
5 29 (2.50%) Virtual Team
6 25 (2.15%) Smartphone
7 23 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.89%) iPhone
8 22 (1.89%) NHS
9 20 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.29%) iPad
11 14 (1.21%) Clustering
12 13 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.95%) CMDB
13 11 (0.95%) Product Ownership
14 9 (0.78%) Blackberry
15 8 (0.69%) Hedge funds
15 8 (0.69%) PMI
16 6 (0.52%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 355 (30.58%) Windows
2 196 (16.88%) Windows 10
3 79 (6.80%) Windows 7
4 54 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 38 (3.27%) Android
6 34 (2.93%) Mac OS
7 33 (2.84%) Apple iOS
8 24 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (1.03%) Linux
12 9 (0.78%) Mac OS X
13 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.34%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.26%) Unix
16 2 (0.17%) CentOS
16 2 (0.17%) VMS
16 2 (0.17%) Windows XP
17 1 (0.086%) Windows Phone
17 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
2 234 (20.16%) Customer Service
3 194 (16.71%) Project Management
4 138 (11.89%) ITIL
5 126 (10.85%) Agile
6 117 (10.08%) Time Management
7 106 (9.13%) Decision-Making
7 106 (9.13%) Project Delivery
8 97 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 71 (6.12%) Change Management
10 68 (5.86%) PRINCE2
11 63 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
11 63 (5.43%) Service Delivery
12 62 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (5.25%) Data Protection
14 56 (4.82%) ITSM
15 55 (4.74%) Service Management
16 53 (4.57%) Asset Management
17 49 (4.22%) Data Analysis
17 49 (4.22%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (3.36%) SQL
2 35 (3.01%) PowerShell
3 21 (1.81%) Python
4 20 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.29%) C#
6 10 (0.86%) Java
7 9 (0.78%) VBA
8 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.52%) Bash
10 5 (0.43%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.43%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
11 4 (0.34%) VB
12 3 (0.26%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.26%) R
13 2 (0.17%) Scala
13 2 (0.17%) VBScript
14 1 (0.086%) C
14 1 (0.086%) C++
14 1 (0.086%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 350 (30.15%) Degree
2 221 (19.04%) Security Cleared
3 111 (9.56%) SC Cleared
4 69 (5.94%) DV Cleared
5 50 (4.31%) APMP
6 37 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.84%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.76%) PMP
9 29 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (2.41%) NVQ Level 3
11 26 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.64%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.38%) DBS Check
15 13 (1.12%) CCNA
15 13 (1.12%) CISM
15 13 (1.12%) CISSP
15 13 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 12 (1.03%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.49%) PMO
2 81 (6.98%) SLA
3 37 (3.19%) QA
4 26 (2.24%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.24%) Disclosure Scotland
4 26 (2.24%) GDPR
5 15 (1.29%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.69%) NIST
7 5 (0.43%) P3O
8 4 (0.34%) GRC
8 4 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.17%) NCSC
10 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.086%) GMP
11 1 (0.086%) GxP
11 1 (0.086%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 199 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.81%) Firmware
3 21 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.52%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.086%) vCloud
8 1 (0.086%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 93 (8.01%) SCCM
2 49 (4.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (0.86%) WSUS
5 8 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (0.60%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.52%) Autotask
8 5 (0.43%) Terraform
8 5 (0.43%) WhatsUp Gold
9 3 (0.26%) Ansible
9 3 (0.26%) AppManager
10 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.17%) Netcool
10 2 (0.17%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.17%) WMI
11 1 (0.086%) Iperf
11 1 (0.086%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.086%) SCOM
Vendors
1 830 (71.49%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.24%) ServiceNow
3 54 (4.65%) Apple
4 53 (4.57%) SAP
5 52 (4.48%) Citrix
6 50 (4.31%) Cisco
7 49 (4.22%) Google
8 37 (3.19%) VMware
9 36 (3.10%) Oracle
10 34 (2.93%) HP
11 33 (2.84%) Adobe
12 27 (2.33%) Salesforce
13 19 (1.64%) Palo Alto
14 18 (1.55%) Atlassian
15 17 (1.46%) F5
16 12 (1.03%) Veeam
17 10 (0.86%) Sitecore
18 7 (0.60%) MicroStrategy
19 6 (0.52%) Empirix
19 6 (0.52%) Progress