Microsoft Office Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Office
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 41 39
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 221 281 396
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.84% 4.97% 5.17%
As % of the Applications category 52.25% 50.18% 49.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 177 238
10th Percentile £114 £158 £140
25th Percentile £178 £200 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £275 £293
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% -5.98% -22.00%
75th Percentile £434 £445 £471
90th Percentile £521 £550 £579
England median daily rate £275 £375 £310
% change year-on-year -26.67% +21.00% -14.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 17 50
10th Percentile £11.45 £13.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.91 £15.50 £11.22
Median hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +24.14% -17.43%
75th Percentile £29.87 £21.22 £22.25
90th Percentile £45.00 £36.75 £24.85
England median hourly rate £15.86 £21.36 £16.00
% change year-on-year -25.77% +33.50% -3.72%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 423 560 806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.35% 9.90% 10.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 330 514
10th Percentile £145 £180 £145
25th Percentile £203 £225 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +3.36%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £525
90th Percentile £588 £638 £596
England median daily rate £400 £438 £450
% change year-on-year -8.57% -2.78% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 55 79
10th Percentile £11.71 £15.08 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.48 £16.63 £12.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £26.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +33.20% -9.21%
75th Percentile £26.88 £47.50 £33.13
90th Percentile £45.00 £50.91 £47.50
England median hourly rate £16.23 £26.49 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.73% +18.26% +17.89%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the South East over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South East

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley +17 150 £215 -41.10% 130
Berkshire +13 115 £215 -42.67% 54
Buckinghamshire +29 28 £425 +25.00% 37
Hampshire -48 28 £438 +82.29% 60
Surrey -13 26 £183 -41.13% 42
Kent +11 9 £205 +34.43% 36
Oxfordshire +4 7 £141 -25.66% 40
West Sussex +6 5 £113 -55.00% 32
East Sussex +6 3 £375 -16.67% 16
Middlesex - 1 £650 - 2
Microsoft Office
England

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 22 (9.95%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.90%) CMS
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
3 2 (0.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.45%) Moodle
Applications
1 78 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (19.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (7.24%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (5.88%) MS Visio
5 7 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (3.17%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.90%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.45%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.45%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.45%) Blender
7 1 (0.45%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 11 (4.98%) Primavera
2 5 (2.26%) SmartPlant
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Maximo
3 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.03%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.52%) Azure
2 10 (4.52%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.62%) Power Automate
3 8 (3.62%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (3.17%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.26%) Smartsheet
6 4 (1.81%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.81%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.90%) SaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.86%) LAN
2 12 (5.43%) DNS
2 12 (5.43%) VPN
3 11 (4.98%) WAN
4 7 (3.17%) DHCP
4 7 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.71%) 3G
5 6 (2.71%) 4G
5 6 (2.71%) 5G
5 6 (2.71%) Diameter Protocol
5 6 (2.71%) GGSN
5 6 (2.71%) LTE
5 6 (2.71%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (2.71%) RANAP
5 6 (2.71%) SGSN
5 6 (2.71%) VoLTE
5 6 (2.71%) Wireshark
6 5 (2.26%) VLAN
7 4 (1.81%) Firewall
8 3 (1.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.07%) Power BI
2 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.45%) DTS
2 1 (0.45%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (0.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.45%) Yeoman
General
1 103 (46.61%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.19%) Organisational Skills
3 35 (15.84%) Finance
4 28 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 21 (9.50%) Marketing
7 17 (7.69%) Legal
8 15 (6.79%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.98%) Mandarin Language
9 11 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.52%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.52%) Retail
11 8 (3.62%) Banking
12 7 (3.17%) Wholesale Banking
13 6 (2.71%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.81%) Automotive
15 3 (1.36%) Electronics
15 3 (1.36%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.36%) Korean Language
15 3 (1.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (9.50%) Support Engineer
2 20 (9.05%) Coordinator
3 18 (8.14%) Analyst
4 15 (6.79%) Desktop Support
4 15 (6.79%) Project Manager
5 14 (6.33%) Lead
6 13 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
7 12 (5.43%) Designer
7 12 (5.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 12 (5.43%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
7 12 (5.43%) Hardware Engineer
8 10 (4.52%) Administrator
8 10 (4.52%) IT Engineer
8 10 (4.52%) IT Support
8 10 (4.52%) Technical Support
9 8 (3.62%) Architect
9 8 (3.62%) Communications Manager
9 8 (3.62%) Internal Communications Manager
9 8 (3.62%) Senior
9 8 (3.62%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.36%) HTML
1 3 (1.36%) XML
1 3 (1.36%) XMPP
2 2 (0.90%) Flash
2 2 (0.90%) JSON
3 1 (0.45%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.81%) CCTV
4 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.81%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.81%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.36%) Life Science
5 3 (1.36%) NHS
5 3 (1.36%) PMI
6 2 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.90%) Social Media
6 2 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.45%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.45%) IoT
7 1 (0.45%) PlayStation
7 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 55 (24.89%) Windows
2 40 (18.10%) Windows 10
3 30 (13.57%) Windows 7
4 10 (4.52%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.36%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.36%) Linux
7 2 (0.90%) Android
7 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (21.27%) Customer Service
3 31 (14.03%) Project Management
4 27 (12.22%) ITIL
5 23 (10.41%) Service Delivery
6 22 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (8.14%) Agile
8 17 (7.69%) Project Delivery
9 16 (7.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (6.79%) Analytics
10 15 (6.79%) Budget Management
10 15 (6.79%) Customer Requirements
11 14 (6.33%) Logistics
12 13 (5.88%) Time Management
13 12 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (5.43%) ERP
13 12 (5.43%) Hardware Maintenance
13 12 (5.43%) Risk Management
13 12 (5.43%) Software Deployment
13 12 (5.43%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.36%) JavaScript
1 3 (1.36%) Python
2 2 (0.90%) SQL
3 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (33.48%) Degree
2 66 (29.86%) Security Cleared
3 36 (16.29%) DV Cleared
4 15 (6.79%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.62%) APMP
6 6 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.26%) ISEB
7 5 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.81%) PMP
9 3 (1.36%) ACCA
9 3 (1.36%) CIMA
9 3 (1.36%) CIPD
10 2 (0.90%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.90%) CCNP
10 2 (0.90%) CIPFA
10 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.90%) HND
10 2 (0.90%) ICAEW
10 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.24%) PMO
2 13 (5.88%) SLA
3 8 (3.62%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.90%) GDPR
5 1 (0.45%) QA
5 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (13.12%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.43%) Firmware
3 5 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (13.57%) SCCM
2 3 (1.36%) AppManager
3 2 (0.90%) Ansible
3 2 (0.90%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.90%) Netcool
3 2 (0.90%) Rundeck
3 2 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 144 (65.16%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.67%) HP
3 13 (5.88%) SAP
4 10 (4.52%) Adobe
5 7 (3.17%) Cisco
5 7 (3.17%) MicroStrategy
6 6 (2.71%) Empirix
6 6 (2.71%) NetScout
7 5 (2.26%) Apple
7 5 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.26%) VMware
8 4 (1.81%) IFS
9 3 (1.36%) Ivanti
10 2 (0.90%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.90%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.90%) IBM
10 2 (0.90%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.90%) NEC
10 2 (0.90%) Nokia
11 1 (0.45%) Concur