Microsoft Office Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 48 28
Rank change year-on-year +21 -20 +31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 158 110 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.02% 3.87% 6.81%
As % of the Applications category 58.09% 40.44% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 67 138
10th Percentile £114 £166 £143
25th Percentile £172 £211 £177
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £365 £353
Median % change year-on-year -41.10% +3.55% -6.00%
75th Percentile £432 £500 £475
90th Percentile £517 £550 £550
South East median daily rate £215 £275 £293
% change year-on-year -21.82% -5.98% -24.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 24
10th Percentile £11.96 £14.65 £10.37
25th Percentile £15.85 £17.13 -
Median hourly rate £20.25 £19.50 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +81.06% -47.17%
75th Percentile £40.62 £20.13 £12.31
90th Percentile £54.88 £20.35 £17.48
South East median hourly rate £17.60 £19.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year -9.74% +34.48% -17.43%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 272 272 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.37% 9.56% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 162 274
10th Percentile £134 £185 £145
25th Percentile £200 £280 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £267 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -33.25% - +0.39%
75th Percentile £449 £536 £500
90th Percentile £548 £649 £564
South East median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 26
10th Percentile £11.79 £14.95 £10.48
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £22.90 £25.00 £11.07
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% +125.94% -48.53%
75th Percentile £43.75 £30.24 £13.39
90th Percentile £55.75 £32.30 £38.38
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £26.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -32.69% +33.33% -9.30%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Berkshire +18 124 £215 -42.67% 67
Buckinghamshire +27 28 £425 +18.06% 45
Oxfordshire +9 6 £138 -27.63% 40
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 12 (7.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.27%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) Moodle
Applications
1 47 (29.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (20.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (5.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (5.06%) MS Visio
4 7 (4.43%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.27%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.63%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.63%) Blender
6 1 (0.63%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (8.23%) Primavera
2 1 (0.63%) Maximo
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.03%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (5.06%) SuccessFactors
3 7 (4.43%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.80%) Azure
4 6 (3.80%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.16%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.63%) OCI
6 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.66%) LAN
2 9 (5.70%) VPN
3 7 (4.43%) DNS
4 6 (3.80%) 3G
4 6 (3.80%) 4G
4 6 (3.80%) 5G
4 6 (3.80%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (3.80%) GGSN
4 6 (3.80%) LTE
4 6 (3.80%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (3.80%) RANAP
4 6 (3.80%) SGSN
4 6 (3.80%) VoLTE
4 6 (3.80%) WAN
4 6 (3.80%) Wireshark
5 4 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (2.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (1.27%) Firewall
6 2 (1.27%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.43%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.63%) DTS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (51.90%) Social Skills
2 40 (25.32%) Organisational Skills
3 26 (16.46%) Finance
4 25 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (12.66%) Marketing
6 18 (11.39%) Telecoms
7 15 (9.49%) Legal
7 15 (9.49%) Public Sector
8 12 (7.59%) Mandarin Language
9 11 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.43%) Banking
10 7 (4.43%) Retail
10 7 (4.43%) Wholesale Banking
11 6 (3.80%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.27%) Environmental Health
12 2 (1.27%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.63%) Automotive
13 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (10.76%) Support Engineer
2 15 (9.49%) Coordinator
2 15 (9.49%) Desktop Engineer
3 14 (8.86%) Desktop Support
3 14 (8.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 14 (8.86%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
3 14 (8.86%) Hardware Engineer
4 13 (8.23%) Analyst
5 12 (7.59%) Project Manager
6 11 (6.96%) Technical Support
7 8 (5.06%) Communications Manager
7 8 (5.06%) Creative Designer
7 8 (5.06%) Designer
7 8 (5.06%) Internal Communications Manager
7 8 (5.06%) Project Planner
8 7 (4.43%) Technical Coordinator
9 6 (3.80%) Senior
10 5 (3.16%) Break Fix Engineer
10 5 (3.16%) HR Manager
10 5 (3.16%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) Flash
1 2 (1.27%) HTML
2 1 (0.63%) ADO
2 1 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.72%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.53%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.90%) CCTV
3 3 (1.90%) Life Science
3 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.90%) PMI
3 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.27%) Social Media
5 1 (0.63%) Animation
5 1 (0.63%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.63%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.63%) NHS
5 1 (0.63%) PlayStation
5 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.63%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (26.58%) Windows
2 33 (20.89%) Windows 10
2 33 (20.89%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (33.54%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (27.22%) Customer Service
3 29 (18.35%) ITIL
3 29 (18.35%) Project Management
4 24 (15.19%) Service Delivery
5 22 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (10.76%) Customer Requirements
7 16 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (8.86%) Agile
8 14 (8.86%) Budget Management
8 14 (8.86%) Hardware Maintenance
8 14 (8.86%) Project Delivery
8 14 (8.86%) Software Deployment
8 14 (8.86%) Software Testing
9 12 (7.59%) Time Management
10 11 (6.96%) Logistics
11 10 (6.33%) Risk Management
12 9 (5.70%) Change Management
12 9 (5.70%) Data Analysis
12 9 (5.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 64 (40.51%) Security Cleared
2 61 (38.61%) Degree
3 44 (27.85%) DV Cleared
4 13 (8.23%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.06%) APMP
6 6 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.80%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.16%) ISEB
7 5 (3.16%) PMP
7 5 (3.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.90%) CIPD
9 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.27%) CCNP
9 2 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.27%) RIBA
10 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.63%) ACCA
10 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.23%) PMO
1 13 (8.23%) SLA
2 9 (5.70%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.63%) GDPR
4 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 14 (8.86%) Firmware
2 10 (6.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.63%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (20.89%) SCCM
2 2 (1.27%) Ansible
2 2 (1.27%) Netcool
2 2 (1.27%) Rundeck
2 2 (1.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 106 (67.09%) Microsoft
2 34 (21.52%) HP
3 9 (5.70%) Adobe
4 7 (4.43%) MicroStrategy
4 7 (4.43%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.80%) Empirix
5 6 (3.80%) NetScout
6 2 (1.27%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.27%) Cisco
6 2 (1.27%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.27%) IBM
6 2 (1.27%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.27%) NEC
6 2 (1.27%) Nokia
7 1 (0.63%) Ariba
7 1 (0.63%) Citrix
7 1 (0.63%) Concur
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle
7 1 (0.63%) SAP
7 1 (0.63%) Sparx