Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Office
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 58 61
Rank change year-on-year -62 +3 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 22 65 64
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.96% 3.63% 3.09%
As % of the Applications category 21.15% 33.16% 46.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 38 36
10th Percentile £162 £216 £136
25th Percentile £208 £277 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £326 £419 £331
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +26.42% +10.42%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £550
90th Percentile £819 £654 £619
Central London median daily rate £238 £390 £331
% change year-on-year -39.10% +17.74% +15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £26.13 - £27.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 - £27.00

All Software Application Skills
City of London

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 104 196 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.56% 10.95% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 128 84
10th Percentile £201 £260 £170
25th Percentile £313 £325 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +1.60%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £619
90th Percentile £711 £758 £709
Central London median daily rate £475 £443 £473
% change year-on-year +7.34% -6.40% +5.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Median hourly rate £26.13 £28.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +4.26% +63.64%
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £28.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -7.18% +4.26% +63.64%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in the City of London

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the City of London

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Confluence
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) Google Sheets
3 2 (9.09%) Google Workspace
3 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) Google Docs
4 1 (4.55%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DHCP
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.55%) QlikView
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) eggPlant
2 1 (4.55%) HP UFT
2 1 (4.55%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (4.55%) Selenium
2 1 (4.55%) SilkTest
2 1 (4.55%) SOAtest
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Legal
5 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) International Banking
6 1 (4.55%) Legal Technology
6 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Business Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) IT Support
3 3 (13.64%) IT Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Delivery Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Junior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Support Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.55%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
1 1 (4.55%) SOAP
1 1 (4.55%) Web Services
1 1 (4.55%) XBRL
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) PMI
4 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.55%) SUSE
3 1 (4.55%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.55%) Unix
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Agile
2 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (22.73%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
4 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 4 (18.18%) ITIL
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
5 3 (13.64%) Defect Management
5 3 (13.64%) DevOps
5 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
5 3 (13.64%) Project Management
5 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Java
1 1 (4.55%) Korn
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
1 1 (4.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) PMO
2 3 (13.64%) QA
3 1 (4.55%) COBIT
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) GRC
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 2 (9.09%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) Bloomberg
4 1 (4.55%) Charles River
4 1 (4.55%) HubSpot
4 1 (4.55%) Planview
4 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.55%) SAP