Microsoft Office Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Office
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 32 63 57
Rank change year-on-year +31 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 242 179 283
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.10% 3.23% 3.96%
As % of the Applications category 49.59% 41.44% 46.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 124 188
10th Percentile £135 £134 £129
25th Percentile £163 £165 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £266 £363 £230
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% +57.61% +2.22%
75th Percentile £478 £491 £413
90th Percentile £530 £650 £465
England median daily rate £263 £375 £301
% change year-on-year -30.00% +24.69% -17.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 15 34
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.51 £12.79
25th Percentile £11.07 £18.54 £16.09
Median hourly rate £13.78 £22.51 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.80% +15.44% +2.63%
75th Percentile £16.06 £43.39 £28.44
90th Percentile £22.10 £53.20 £41.58
England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.36 £16.00
% change year-on-year -25.09% +33.50% -0.78%

All Software Application Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 488 432 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 10.28% 7.79% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 280 406
10th Percentile £158 £152 £150
25th Percentile £200 £243 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +14.29% +37.25%
75th Percentile £518 £500 £450
90th Percentile £650 £589 £538
England median daily rate £400 £439 £450
% change year-on-year -8.88% -2.44% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 34 76
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.99 £11.23
25th Percentile £11.77 £21.06 £14.97
Median hourly rate £15.00 £34.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +71.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £26.47 £43.39 £27.25
90th Percentile £44.70 £55.49 £45.03
England median hourly rate £16.23 £27.50 £21.78
% change year-on-year -40.98% +26.26% +14.63%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the North of England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the North of England

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the North of England

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the North of England

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the North of England

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +40 176 £396 -6.82% 247
Yorkshire +12 58 £195 -42.22% 132
North East +4 8 £195 -25.00% 54
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 16 (6.61%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.65%) WordPress
4 3 (1.24%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.24%) Confluence
5 2 (0.83%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 60 (24.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (11.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.72%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.24%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.41%) Maximo
2 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (8.26%) Taleo
3 13 (5.37%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.55%) Azure
5 9 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.31%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.48%) SaaS
8 5 (2.07%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.65%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.65%) IaaS
9 4 (1.65%) MailChimp
9 4 (1.65%) PaaS
10 3 (1.24%) ShareGate
11 2 (0.83%) Akamai
11 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.83%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.37%) Cisco IOS
1 13 (5.37%) Cisco Nexus
1 13 (5.37%) DMZ
1 13 (5.37%) SD-WAN
2 11 (4.55%) Firewall
2 11 (4.55%) Wireless
3 7 (2.89%) VPN
4 5 (2.07%) DHCP
4 5 (2.07%) DNS
5 4 (1.65%) LAN
5 4 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.24%) Network Security
6 3 (1.24%) SAN
6 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.24%) VLAN
6 3 (1.24%) VoIP
6 3 (1.24%) WAN
7 2 (0.83%) Internet
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.41%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.37%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.24%) GIS
2 3 (1.24%) Metadata
2 3 (1.24%) QGIS
2 3 (1.24%) Spatial Data
2 3 (1.24%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.48%) JIRA
General
1 101 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.90%) Finance
3 29 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.33%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.92%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (7.44%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.55%) Banking
8 8 (3.31%) Mandarin Language
9 7 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.07%) Legal
10 5 (2.07%) Local Government
11 4 (1.65%) Retail
12 3 (1.24%) Billing
12 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.24%) Military
12 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.83%) Police
13 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (21.49%) Analyst
2 27 (11.16%) IT Support
2 27 (11.16%) Service Analyst
2 27 (11.16%) Service Desk Analyst
3 20 (8.26%) Administrator
4 15 (6.20%) 2nd Line Support
5 13 (5.37%) Network Engineer
6 12 (4.96%) Support Engineer
7 11 (4.55%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.55%) Support Analyst
8 10 (4.13%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 10 (4.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 10 (4.13%) Business Analyst
9 9 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Author
10 8 (3.31%) Desktop Support
10 8 (3.31%) Senior
10 8 (3.31%) Support Technician
10 8 (3.31%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.89%) .NET
2 4 (1.65%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.41%) CSS
3 1 (0.41%) Google Maps API
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) JSON
3 1 (0.41%) REST
3 1 (0.41%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.37%) Data Centre
2 9 (3.72%) Virtual Team
3 8 (3.31%) NHS
4 6 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.07%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.07%) iPhone
5 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.65%) Clustering
6 4 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.24%) Lidar
8 2 (0.83%) CMDB
8 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.83%) iPad
8 2 (0.83%) PKI
9 1 (0.41%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.41%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.41%) PMI
9 1 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 87 (35.95%) Windows
2 70 (28.93%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.13%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.72%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.89%) Apple iOS
7 5 (2.07%) Android
8 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.24%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (26.86%) Customer Service
2 62 (25.62%) Decision-Making
3 60 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (16.12%) Time Management
5 27 (11.16%) Project Management
6 25 (10.33%) Data Protection
7 21 (8.68%) ITSM
7 21 (8.68%) Service Management
8 18 (7.44%) Agile
8 18 (7.44%) ITIL
9 16 (6.61%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (5.79%) Computer Science
10 14 (5.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (5.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (4.96%) Change Management
12 12 (4.96%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (4.96%) ERP
13 10 (4.13%) Asset Management
13 10 (4.13%) Incident Management
13 10 (4.13%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.31%) C#
2 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
2 4 (1.65%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.65%) Python
3 3 (1.24%) MATLAB
3 3 (1.24%) VB.NET
3 3 (1.24%) VBA
4 1 (0.41%) C
4 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.41%) Java
4 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (24.79%) Degree
2 39 (16.12%) Security Cleared
3 35 (14.46%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.72%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.72%) PMP
7 6 (2.48%) CISA
7 6 (2.48%) CISM
7 6 (2.48%) CISSP
7 6 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.48%) MBA
8 5 (2.07%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.65%) APMP
9 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.24%) HNC
10 3 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.83%) APMG
11 2 (0.83%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.74%) Disclosure Scotland
2 23 (9.50%) SLA
3 10 (4.13%) PMO
4 5 (2.07%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.83%) QA
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 48 (19.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.13%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.37%) SCCM
3 6 (2.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.24%) Autotask
5 3 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 185 (76.45%) Microsoft
2 38 (15.70%) ServiceNow
3 15 (6.20%) Cisco
3 15 (6.20%) F5
4 13 (5.37%) Palo Alto
4 13 (5.37%) SAP
5 12 (4.96%) Apple
6 9 (3.72%) VMware
7 8 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.48%) Citrix
9 5 (2.07%) Google
10 4 (1.65%) Facebook
10 4 (1.65%) Hootsuite
10 4 (1.65%) Oracle
10 4 (1.65%) Veeam
11 3 (1.24%) Datto
11 3 (1.24%) Dell
11 3 (1.24%) ESRI
11 3 (1.24%) Kofax
12 2 (0.83%) Wyse