Microsoft Office Contracts in Wales

Microsoft Office
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 21 29 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.63% 4.72% 4.97%
As % of the Applications category 53.85% 82.86% 58.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 38
10th Percentile £201 £158 £133
25th Percentile £281 £188 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £413 £200
Median % change year-on-year +24.55% +106.25% -2.44%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £450
90th Percentile £557 £533 £475
UK median daily rate £263 £375 £309
% change year-on-year -30.00% +21.46% -14.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £11.01 - -
25th Percentile £11.02 - £12.24
Median hourly rate £11.64 £31.00 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.45% +148.10% -13.83%
75th Percentile £13.31 - £12.75
90th Percentile £13.94 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.93 £22.63 £16.88
% change year-on-year -29.62% +34.08% +7.16%

All Software Application Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 39 35 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 10.46% 5.69% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 21 61
10th Percentile £217 £158 £133
25th Percentile £448 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £375 £275
Median % change year-on-year +37.33% +36.36% -30.03%
75th Percentile £625 £500 £450
90th Percentile - £525 £494
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile £11.00 £17.05 -
25th Percentile £11.02 £19.38 £10.49
Median hourly rate £49.68 £23.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.40% +88.08% -22.99%
75th Percentile £87.80 £27.38 £17.25
90th Percentile £87.86 £29.55 £18.31
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £32.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -46.56% +52.33% +17.23%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Wales over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Wales

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
South Wales +16 19 £515 +8.42% 33
North Wales +4 1 £213 +20.40% 8
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) GitHub
2 9 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) LAN
2 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 9 (42.86%) Migration Manager
2 9 (42.86%) Migration Project Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Software Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Software Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Database Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Development Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Field Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Support
5 2 (9.52%) Software Development Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Software Development Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.76%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.76%) Android
4 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Agile
1 13 (61.90%) Scrum
1 13 (61.90%) SDLC
2 9 (42.86%) Containerisation
2 9 (42.86%) Migration
3 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (28.57%) Project Management
5 5 (23.81%) Project Governance
6 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
6 4 (19.05%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (14.29%) Kanban
8 2 (9.52%) Analytics
8 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
8 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
8 2 (9.52%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
8 2 (9.52%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 1 (4.76%) Conflict Resolution
9 1 (4.76%) Defect Management
9 1 (4.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) PHP
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Argo
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (61.90%) Atlassian
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco
3 2 (9.52%) Dell
3 2 (9.52%) Progress
3 2 (9.52%) SonicWALL
3 2 (9.52%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) WatchGuard