Microsoft Office Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 99 125
Rank change year-on-year -4 +26 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 315 565 968
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.15% 2.36% 2.18%
As % of the Applications category 31.75% 36.55% 34.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 401 709
10th Percentile £159 £180 £150
25th Percentile £204 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £388
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +9.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £516 £575 £515
90th Percentile £616 £700 £600
UK median daily rate £275 £375 £320
% change year-on-year -26.67% +17.19% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 44 45
10th Percentile £13.09 £14.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.13 £20.63 £16.69
Median hourly rate £22.58 £31.92 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.26% +48.47% +30.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £55.95 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.25 £68.75 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £22.63 £16.84
% change year-on-year -29.30% +34.38% +8.65%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 992 1,546 2,833
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.77% 6.46% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 1,067 1,996
10th Percentile £179 £213 £200
25th Percentile £285 £336 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £440
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 102 139
10th Percentile £12.90 £15.52 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.68 £21.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.55 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +15.84% +100.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.18 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £67.50 £64.60
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.98% +27.91% +22.86%

Microsoft Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Office trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Microsoft Office daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Microsoft Office hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 37 (11.75%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.49%) Confluence
4 4 (1.27%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (0.95%) CMS
6 2 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.63%) Documentum
6 2 (0.63%) SAS
6 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.32%) Moodle
Applications
1 101 (32.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (19.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (7.30%) MS Visio
4 16 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (2.86%) Acrobat
7 4 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (1.27%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.95%) Revit
9 1 (0.32%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.32%) Blender
9 1 (0.32%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) SmartPlant
2 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) iTrent
2 2 (0.63%) Magento
2 2 (0.63%) Primavera
2 2 (0.63%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.63%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.32%) assyst
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 56 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (9.21%) Azure
3 25 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 16 (5.08%) SaaS
5 15 (4.76%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.13%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.13%) Google Workspace
6 13 (4.13%) PowerApps
7 12 (3.81%) IaaS
7 12 (3.81%) PaaS
8 9 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.22%) Smartsheet
10 6 (1.90%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.59%) Slack
12 4 (1.27%) Asana
12 4 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 4 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.95%) Collibra
13 3 (0.95%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.67%) VPN
2 9 (2.86%) Firewall
3 7 (2.22%) Internet
3 7 (2.22%) WAN
4 4 (1.27%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.27%) MPLS
4 4 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.95%) ADSL
5 3 (0.95%) DNS
5 3 (0.95%) LAN
5 3 (0.95%) PSTN
5 3 (0.95%) Skype
5 3 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.63%) DHCP
6 2 (0.63%) NAS
6 2 (0.63%) SAN
6 2 (0.63%) WebEx
6 2 (0.63%) Wireless
7 1 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.98%) Power BI
2 10 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.59%) Tableau
4 3 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.32%) KNIME
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.32%) MS Access
6 1 (0.32%) MySQL
6 1 (0.32%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.32%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 29 (9.21%) JIRA
2 3 (0.95%) ChangeMan
2 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.32%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.32%) MSI
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 149 (47.30%) Social Skills
2 81 (25.71%) Finance
3 67 (21.27%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (12.38%) Public Sector
5 34 (10.79%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (7.94%) Manufacturing
7 24 (7.62%) Legal
8 18 (5.71%) Banking
9 17 (5.40%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.44%) Marketing
11 9 (2.86%) Retail
12 6 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.59%) Automotive
13 5 (1.59%) Electronics
13 5 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.59%) Local Government
13 5 (1.59%) Publishing
14 4 (1.27%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.95%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 61 (19.37%) Analyst
2 36 (11.43%) Project Manager
3 18 (5.71%) Business Analyst
3 18 (5.71%) Lead
4 17 (5.40%) IT Support
5 16 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
5 16 (5.08%) Senior
6 15 (4.76%) Administrator
7 14 (4.44%) Support Analyst
8 13 (4.13%) Service Analyst
9 12 (3.81%) Coordinator
9 12 (3.81%) Service Desk Analyst
9 12 (3.81%) Support Engineer
10 11 (3.49%) 1st Line Support
10 11 (3.49%) Author
10 11 (3.49%) Technical Author
11 9 (2.86%) Architect
11 9 (2.86%) Designer
11 9 (2.86%) Developer
11 9 (2.86%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.71%) XML
2 5 (1.59%) ISPF
3 4 (1.27%) .NET
3 4 (1.27%) HTML
3 4 (1.27%) JSON
4 2 (0.63%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.63%) CSS
4 2 (0.63%) REST
5 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.32%) Django
5 1 (0.32%) jQuery
5 1 (0.32%) React
5 1 (0.32%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.32%) XSL
5 1 (0.32%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (5.40%) Virtual Team
3 14 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.59%) Animation
6 5 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.59%) Life Science
6 5 (1.59%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.59%) NHS
7 4 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.95%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.95%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.63%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.63%) iPhone
9 2 (0.63%) PMI
9 2 (0.63%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 77 (24.44%) Windows
2 32 (10.16%) Windows 10
3 17 (5.40%) Windows 7
4 10 (3.17%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.54%) Mac OS
5 8 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.90%) Android
7 5 (1.59%) zOS
8 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.63%) Linux
9 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.32%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (18.73%) Project Management
2 54 (17.14%) Agile
3 46 (14.60%) Customer Service
4 42 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (9.84%) ITIL
5 31 (9.84%) Project Delivery
6 28 (8.89%) Change Management
7 27 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
10 20 (6.35%) CAD
10 20 (6.35%) Data Analysis
11 19 (6.03%) PRINCE2
12 18 (5.71%) Decision-Making
13 17 (5.40%) Risk Management
13 17 (5.40%) Service Delivery
14 16 (5.08%) Budget Management
14 16 (5.08%) Information Security
14 16 (5.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.08%) SQL
2 8 (2.54%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.54%) Python
3 7 (2.22%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.90%) C#
4 6 (1.90%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.59%) JCL
6 4 (1.27%) Java
6 4 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.95%) VBA
8 2 (0.63%) PHP
8 2 (0.63%) R
8 2 (0.63%) REXX
8 2 (0.63%) VB
9 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
9 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 101 (32.06%) Degree
2 56 (17.78%) Security Cleared
3 41 (13.02%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.40%) PMI Certification
4 17 (5.40%) PMP
5 15 (4.76%) APMP
6 8 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.90%) CISM
7 6 (1.90%) CISSP
8 5 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.27%) BC Cleared
9 4 (1.27%) HNC
10 3 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.63%) CISA
11 2 (0.63%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.94%) SLA
2 18 (5.71%) PMO
3 16 (5.08%) QA
4 9 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.22%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.90%) NIST
7 5 (1.59%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.95%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.95%) GDPR
8 3 (0.95%) P3O
9 2 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.59%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 2 (0.63%) Firmware
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.86%) SCCM
3 5 (1.59%) Control-M
4 3 (0.95%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.63%) Argo
5 2 (0.63%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.63%) WSUS
6 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 233 (73.97%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.40%) Google
3 16 (5.08%) Adobe
3 16 (5.08%) Oracle
4 15 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.13%) SAP
6 11 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.86%) Apple
7 9 (2.86%) VMware
8 8 (2.54%) Cisco
9 7 (2.22%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.59%) CA
10 5 (1.59%) Citrix
10 5 (1.59%) Computacenter
10 5 (1.59%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.59%) Splunk
11 4 (1.27%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.27%) Veeam
11 4 (1.27%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.95%) Openreach