Microsoft Office Contracts

Microsoft Office
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 78 93
Rank change year-on-year +17 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,403 1,750 2,483
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.24% 2.93% 2.80%
As % of the Applications category 41.05% 39.70% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 1,217 1,664
10th Percentile £136 £160 £135
25th Percentile £188 £213 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 £375 £304
Median % change year-on-year -31.83% +23.36% -15.85%
75th Percentile £488 £540 £475
90th Percentile £600 £675 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £220 £325 £225
% change year-on-year -32.31% +44.44% -17.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 97 222
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.29 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.60 £17.30 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.03 £22.90 £16.88
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +35.68% +5.48%
75th Percentile £22.52 £52.50 £25.36
90th Percentile £43.38 £67.50 £42.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £20.93 £15.50
% change year-on-year -28.33% +35.03% -7.46%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,418 4,408 6,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.89% 7.37% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,901 4,333
10th Percentile £161 £188 £160
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 634 264 438
10th Percentile £11.55 £13.91 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%
75th Percentile £39.92 £53.45 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £32.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year -50.28% +70.00% -

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +26 1,269 £255 -32.00% 1,828
UK excluding London +14 887 £220 -32.31% 1,524
London +26 459 £312 -30.67% 438
Work from Home 0 342 £400 -5.88% 525
North of England +46 272 £255 -24.44% 361
South East +4 231 £210 -30.00% 395
North West +43 206 £390 +4.00% 209
South West +13 125 £248 -46.49% 199
Midlands 0 103 £225 -46.75% 301
Scotland +11 69 £213 -34.62% 103
East of England -17 57 £388 +55.00% 154
East Midlands +40 56 £245 +9.87% 108
Yorkshire +13 56 £195 -24.27% 113
West Midlands -19 47 £200 -52.94% 193
Wales +10 26 £513 +122.83% 47
North East +18 10 £195 +2.63% 42
Northern Ireland -17 5 £125 -39.76% 24

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 124 (8.84%) SharePoint
2 84 (5.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.35%) Confluence
3 33 (2.35%) Skype for Business
4 25 (1.78%) CMS
5 10 (0.71%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
6 5 (0.36%) WordPress
7 4 (0.29%) Drupal
8 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.21%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Apache
9 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.14%) Documentum
9 2 (0.14%) IIS
10 1 (0.071%) Moodle
10 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 425 (30.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 217 (15.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 83 (5.92%) Microsoft Project
3 83 (5.92%) MS Visio
4 65 (4.63%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.78%) Acrobat
5 11 (0.78%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.21%) Camtasia
9 3 (0.21%) MicroStation
9 3 (0.21%) Revit
10 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 2 (0.14%) Windchill
11 1 (0.071%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.071%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.071%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 18 (1.28%) Primavera
2 7 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.43%) Magento
4 5 (0.36%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.29%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.29%) OPENHousing
5 4 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.21%) assyst
6 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.14%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.14%) iTrent
7 2 (0.14%) Maximo
7 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.14%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.14%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.14%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.14%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.14%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 323 (23.02%) Microsoft 365
2 143 (10.19%) Azure
3 58 (4.13%) Power Platform
4 48 (3.42%) Entra ID
5 41 (2.92%) OneDrive
6 29 (2.07%) Google Workspace
7 25 (1.78%) SaaS
8 20 (1.43%) Taleo
9 17 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.21%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.07%) PaaS
10 15 (1.07%) Power Automate
10 15 (1.07%) WhatsApp
11 14 (1.00%) IaaS
12 12 (0.86%) GitHub
12 12 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (0.86%) Slack
13 10 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (0.57%) Asana
14 8 (0.57%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 75 (5.35%) VPN
2 65 (4.63%) Wireless
3 59 (4.21%) LAN
4 41 (2.92%) Firewall
5 39 (2.78%) WAN
6 35 (2.49%) Skype
7 32 (2.28%) DNS
8 28 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
10 24 (1.71%) DHCP
11 23 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
12 22 (1.57%) Internet
13 19 (1.35%) VoIP
14 16 (1.14%) SD-WAN
14 16 (1.14%) TCP/IP
15 15 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
15 15 (1.07%) DMZ
16 14 (1.00%) VLAN
17 10 (0.71%) VSAN
18 8 (0.57%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.71%) Power BI
2 33 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.86%) Metadata
3 12 (0.86%) MySQL
4 9 (0.64%) Tableau
5 7 (0.50%) GIS
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.29%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.29%) Spatial Data
6 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.21%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.21%) QGIS
7 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.14%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 108 (7.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.29%) Git
2 4 (0.29%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.21%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.21%) Subversion
3 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.14%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.14%) JUnit
4 2 (0.14%) Mockito
4 2 (0.14%) ScalaTest
4 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.071%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.071%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.071%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.071%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.071%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 689 (49.11%) Social Skills
2 321 (22.88%) Finance
3 221 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (9.84%) Organisational Skills
5 128 (9.12%) Public Sector
6 92 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
7 84 (5.99%) Legal
8 73 (5.20%) Telecoms
9 71 (5.06%) Banking
10 55 (3.92%) Manufacturing
10 55 (3.92%) Marketing
11 38 (2.71%) Mandarin Language
12 30 (2.14%) Retail
13 27 (1.92%) Financial Institution
14 26 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 22 (1.57%) Law
16 21 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.35%) Local Government
18 18 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 288 (20.53%) Analyst
2 113 (8.05%) Support Engineer
3 102 (7.27%) IT Support
4 96 (6.84%) Project Manager
5 95 (6.77%) Administrator
6 91 (6.49%) Service Analyst
7 80 (5.70%) Service Desk Analyst
8 79 (5.63%) Desktop Support
9 73 (5.20%) Support Analyst
10 72 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
11 68 (4.85%) Lead
12 58 (4.13%) Senior
13 57 (4.06%) IT Engineer
14 56 (3.99%) Desktop Engineer
15 49 (3.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 46 (3.28%) Coordinator
17 43 (3.06%) Business Analyst
18 41 (2.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 39 (2.78%) 1st/2nd Line Support
20 38 (2.71%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.64%) XML
2 16 (1.14%) .NET
3 11 (0.78%) HTML
4 8 (0.57%) CSS
4 8 (0.57%) Flash
4 8 (0.57%) JSON
5 6 (0.43%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.36%) Web Services
7 4 (0.29%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.29%) React
8 3 (0.21%) ADO
8 3 (0.21%) EDI
8 3 (0.21%) jQuery
8 3 (0.21%) XMPP
9 2 (0.14%) Ajax
9 2 (0.14%) DOM
9 2 (0.14%) OLE
9 2 (0.14%) REST
9 2 (0.14%) SOAP
9 2 (0.14%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 84 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
3 49 (3.49%) Driving Licence
4 37 (2.64%) Data Centre
5 31 (2.21%) iPhone
6 28 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 26 (1.85%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.85%) Smartphone
8 24 (1.71%) NHS
8 24 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
9 21 (1.50%) iPad
10 18 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.14%) CMDB
12 15 (1.07%) Clustering
13 14 (1.00%) Hedge funds
14 12 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.71%) Social Media
16 9 (0.64%) Blackberry
16 9 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 447 (31.86%) Windows
2 251 (17.89%) Windows 10
3 105 (7.48%) Windows 7
4 56 (3.99%) Windows Server
5 54 (3.85%) Android
6 46 (3.28%) Apple iOS
7 38 (2.71%) Mac OS
8 24 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (1.28%) Mac OS X
11 15 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
12 14 (1.00%) Linux
13 7 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.36%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.21%) Windows XP
16 2 (0.14%) Unix
16 2 (0.14%) VMS
16 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.071%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
2 291 (20.74%) Customer Service
3 209 (14.90%) Project Management
4 174 (12.40%) ITIL
5 171 (12.19%) Agile
6 134 (9.55%) Time Management
7 131 (9.34%) Decision-Making
8 112 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 107 (7.63%) Project Delivery
10 74 (5.27%) ITSM
10 74 (5.27%) Service Delivery
11 73 (5.20%) Change Management
12 72 (5.13%) Asset Management
13 71 (5.06%) Service Management
14 68 (4.85%) Business Intelligence
14 68 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 64 (4.56%) Data Protection
16 62 (4.42%) Customer Requirements
17 60 (4.28%) Risk Management
18 59 (4.21%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.14%) SQL
2 40 (2.85%) PowerShell
3 21 (1.50%) Python
4 17 (1.21%) C#
5 16 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 12 (0.86%) Java
6 12 (0.86%) PHP
7 11 (0.78%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.71%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.43%) VB.NET
9 6 (0.43%) VBA
10 5 (0.36%) Bash
11 3 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.14%) C++
12 2 (0.14%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.14%) R
12 2 (0.14%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) VBScript
13 1 (0.071%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.071%) VB
Qualifications
1 448 (31.93%) Degree
2 251 (17.89%) Security Cleared
3 131 (9.34%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.92%) DV Cleared
5 41 (2.92%) APMP
6 36 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (2.14%) PMI Certification
8 30 (2.14%) PMP
9 29 (2.07%) Master's Degree
10 28 (2.00%) NVQ Level 3
11 22 (1.57%) A+ Certification
11 22 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.35%) DBS Check
13 18 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
14 16 (1.14%) CCNA
14 16 (1.14%) CISSP
15 15 (1.07%) CISM
16 14 (1.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.91%) SLA
2 98 (6.99%) PMO
3 47 (3.35%) QA
4 34 (2.42%) GDPR
5 30 (2.14%) Disclosure Scotland
6 23 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.35%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.07%) NIST
9 12 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.43%) GRC
10 6 (0.43%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.36%) P3O
12 4 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.21%) NCSC
14 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.071%) GMP
15 1 (0.071%) GxP
15 1 (0.071%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 248 (17.68%) Active Directory
2 43 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (1.85%) Firmware
4 22 (1.57%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (0.64%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
9 1 (0.071%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.071%) vCloud
9 1 (0.071%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 133 (9.48%) SCCM
2 69 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (0.86%) Argo
5 10 (0.71%) WSUS
6 9 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 9 (0.64%) vCenter Server
7 8 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.43%) Autotask
9 5 (0.36%) Terraform
9 5 (0.36%) WhatsUp Gold
10 4 (0.29%) Ansible
11 3 (0.21%) AppManager
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.14%) Netcool
12 2 (0.14%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.14%) Rundeck
12 2 (0.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 1,000 (71.28%) Microsoft
2 107 (7.63%) ServiceNow
3 73 (5.20%) Apple
4 67 (4.78%) Cisco
4 67 (4.78%) SAP
5 63 (4.49%) Citrix
6 51 (3.64%) Google
7 49 (3.49%) HP
8 45 (3.21%) VMware
9 43 (3.06%) Atlassian
10 39 (2.78%) Oracle
11 36 (2.57%) Adobe
12 27 (1.92%) Salesforce
13 20 (1.43%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.21%) F5
15 14 (1.00%) Veeam
16 11 (0.78%) Progress
17 10 (0.71%) Sitecore
18 8 (0.57%) iManage
18 8 (0.57%) Pega