Microsoft Office Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Office
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 45 42 37
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 219 280 406
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.88% 4.94% 5.28%
As % of the Applications category 52.27% 49.82% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 173 244
10th Percentile £114 £164 £140
25th Percentile £178 £200 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £275 £293
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% -5.98% -24.44%
75th Percentile £438 £438 £460
90th Percentile £521 £550 £562
England median daily rate £263 £375 £301
% change year-on-year -30.00% +24.69% -17.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 17 52
10th Percentile £11.45 £13.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £13.05 £15.50 £11.07
Median hourly rate £17.55 £18.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +24.14% -15.30%
75th Percentile £34.37 £21.22 £22.25
90th Percentile £45.00 £36.75 £31.65
England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.36 £16.00
% change year-on-year -25.09% +33.50% -0.78%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 419 562 812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.42% 9.91% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 327 523
10th Percentile £145 £185 £143
25th Percentile £204 £229 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +3.26%
75th Percentile £478 £505 £524
90th Percentile £588 £630 £588
England median daily rate £400 £439 £450
% change year-on-year -8.88% -2.44% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 56 77
10th Percentile £11.71 £15.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.41 £16.81 £12.31
Median hourly rate £17.50 £26.63 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.27% +36.54% -9.30%
75th Percentile £26.88 £47.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £50.76 £47.50
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 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 2 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 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the South East

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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 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
Thames Valley +22 153 £215 -42.43% 145
Berkshire +16 119 £215 -42.67% 70
Buckinghamshire +33 28 £425 +17.24% 37
Hampshire -48 26 £450 +91.08% 68
Surrey -12 23 £150 -51.61% 39
Kent +10 9 £205 +34.43% 60
Oxfordshire +5 6 £138 -31.25% 38
West Sussex +7 5 £113 -55.00% 20
East Sussex +5 3 £375 -16.67% 15
Middlesex - 1 £650 - 1
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 21 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.91%) CMS
3 2 (0.91%) Confluence
3 2 (0.91%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.46%) Moodle
Applications
1 71 (32.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (18.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (7.31%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (6.85%) MS Visio
5 9 (4.11%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (3.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.91%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.46%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.46%) Blender
8 1 (0.46%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (5.94%) Primavera
2 5 (2.28%) SmartPlant
3 1 (0.46%) Maximo
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.57%) Azure
3 9 (4.11%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.65%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (3.20%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.74%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.28%) Smartsheet
8 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.37%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.91%) SaaS
11 1 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.46%) OCI
11 1 (0.46%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.42%) LAN
2 12 (5.48%) DNS
2 12 (5.48%) VPN
2 12 (5.48%) WAN
3 7 (3.20%) DHCP
3 7 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.74%) 3G
4 6 (2.74%) 4G
4 6 (2.74%) 5G
4 6 (2.74%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (2.74%) GGSN
4 6 (2.74%) LTE
4 6 (2.74%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (2.74%) RANAP
4 6 (2.74%) SGSN
4 6 (2.74%) VoLTE
4 6 (2.74%) Wireshark
5 5 (2.28%) VLAN
6 4 (1.83%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.37%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.65%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.46%) DTS
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.46%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (0.91%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.46%) Yeoman
General
1 103 (47.03%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.26%) Organisational Skills
3 34 (15.53%) Finance
4 27 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (11.42%) Telecoms
6 20 (9.13%) Marketing
7 17 (7.76%) Public Sector
8 16 (7.31%) Legal
9 11 (5.02%) Mandarin Language
9 11 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.57%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.57%) Retail
11 8 (3.65%) Banking
12 7 (3.20%) Wholesale Banking
13 6 (2.74%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.83%) Automotive
14 4 (1.83%) Environmental Health
15 3 (1.37%) Electronics
15 3 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (10.05%) Support Engineer
2 19 (8.68%) Coordinator
3 16 (7.31%) Desktop Support
4 15 (6.85%) Analyst
4 15 (6.85%) Project Manager
5 14 (6.39%) Desktop Engineer
5 14 (6.39%) Lead
6 13 (5.94%) Designer
6 13 (5.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 13 (5.94%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
6 13 (5.94%) Hardware Engineer
7 11 (5.02%) Technical Support
8 10 (4.57%) Administrator
8 10 (4.57%) IT Support
9 9 (4.11%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.65%) Architect
10 8 (3.65%) Creative Designer
10 8 (3.65%) Internal Communications Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Project Planner
10 8 (3.65%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.37%) HTML
1 3 (1.37%) XML
1 3 (1.37%) XMPP
2 2 (0.91%) Flash
2 2 (0.91%) JSON
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.79%) Driving Licence
2 6 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
3 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.83%) Smartphone
4 3 (1.37%) CCTV
4 3 (1.37%) Life Science
4 3 (1.37%) NHS
4 3 (1.37%) PMI
5 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.91%) Social Media
5 2 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.46%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.46%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.46%) IoT
6 1 (0.46%) PlayStation
6 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 56 (25.57%) Windows
2 41 (18.72%) Windows 10
3 32 (14.61%) Windows 7
4 9 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.37%) Linux
7 2 (0.91%) Android
7 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (22.83%) Customer Service
3 31 (14.16%) Project Management
4 29 (13.24%) ITIL
5 24 (10.96%) Service Delivery
6 22 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (8.22%) Agile
7 18 (8.22%) Project Delivery
8 16 (7.31%) Customer Requirements
8 16 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (6.85%) Budget Management
10 14 (6.39%) Logistics
11 13 (5.94%) Hardware Maintenance
11 13 (5.94%) Software Deployment
11 13 (5.94%) Software Testing
11 13 (5.94%) Time Management
12 12 (5.48%) Risk Management
13 11 (5.02%) Analytics
14 10 (4.57%) Business Intelligence
15 9 (4.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.37%) JavaScript
1 3 (1.37%) Python
2 2 (0.91%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (32.42%) Degree
1 71 (32.42%) Security Cleared
2 41 (18.72%) DV Cleared
3 15 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.65%) APMP
5 6 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.74%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.28%) ISEB
6 5 (2.28%) PMP
6 5 (2.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.37%) CIPD
8 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.91%) CCNP
8 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.91%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.91%) HND
8 2 (0.91%) RIBA
9 1 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.85%) PMO
2 14 (6.39%) SLA
3 9 (4.11%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.91%) GDPR
4 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 29 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.94%) Firmware
3 5 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (15.07%) SCCM
2 3 (1.37%) AppManager
3 2 (0.91%) Ansible
3 2 (0.91%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.91%) Netcool
3 2 (0.91%) Rundeck
3 2 (0.91%) Terraform
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 146 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.16%) HP
3 13 (5.94%) SAP
4 11 (5.02%) Adobe
5 7 (3.20%) MicroStrategy
6 6 (2.74%) Cisco
6 6 (2.74%) Empirix
6 6 (2.74%) NetScout
6 6 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.28%) Apple
7 5 (2.28%) VMware
8 4 (1.83%) IFS
9 3 (1.37%) Ivanti
10 2 (0.91%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.91%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.91%) IBM
10 2 (0.91%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.91%) NEC
10 2 (0.91%) Nokia
10 2 (0.91%) Oracle