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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 56 65
Rank change year-on-year -28 +9 +28
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 40 62 74
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.19% 3.16% 3.03%
As % of the Applications category 29.20% 42.47% 41.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 32 50
10th Percentile £183 £170 £140
25th Percentile £305 £220 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £333 £350
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -5.00% -17.65%
75th Percentile £565 £585 £538
90th Percentile £603 £673 £691
Central London median daily rate £420 £333 £350
% change year-on-year +26.39% -5.00% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £18.93
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -15.00% +84.89% -16.79%

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 137 146 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.49% 7.43% 7.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 88 113
10th Percentile £252 £206 £160
25th Percentile £333 £300 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +1.60% -10.95%
75th Percentile £575 £641 £625
90th Percentile £637 £738 £725
Central London median daily rate £463 £469 £465
% change year-on-year -1.33% +0.81% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.84
25th Percentile £39.25 - £23.70
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £28.47
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.12%
75th Percentile £41.75 - £33.23
90th Percentile - - £36.09
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -16.79%

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 4 January 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
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

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 City of London region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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
Moorgate - 1 £625 -
Microsoft Office
Central London

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 7 (17.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (45.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (22.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (12.50%) Azure
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.00%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Firewall
1 1 (2.50%) Skype
1 1 (2.50%) SSH
1 1 (2.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) Power BI
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (5.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (5.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.00%) SQLPlus
3 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
2 2 (5.00%) Toad
General
1 23 (57.50%) Finance
2 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
3 13 (32.50%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (32.50%) Banking
4 8 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Back Office
6 3 (7.50%) Financial Institution
6 3 (7.50%) Front Office
6 3 (7.50%) Investment Banking
6 3 (7.50%) Legal
7 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.50%) International Banking
8 1 (2.50%) Law
8 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Analyst
2 12 (30.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Banking Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) ACBS Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Developer
5 2 (5.00%) IT Support
5 2 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Payments Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Payments Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Support Assistant
5 2 (5.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (2.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) CMDB
1 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
1 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.50%) PMI
3 1 (2.50%) Tandem
3 1 (2.50%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.50%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Unix
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Android
2 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Agile
1 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (22.50%) Project Delivery
2 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (15.00%) Data Migration
4 6 (15.00%) Migration
4 6 (15.00%) Project Management
5 5 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 5 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 5 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 4 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 4 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 4 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
6 4 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (7.50%) Business Continuity
7 3 (7.50%) ETL
7 3 (7.50%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) Perl
2 2 (5.00%) PHP
2 2 (5.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (5.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.50%) C#
3 1 (2.50%) Korn
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.50%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.00%) CISA
6 1 (2.50%) CBAP
6 1 (2.50%) CCNA
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.50%) IIBA
6 1 (2.50%) MCP
6 1 (2.50%) MCSA
6 1 (2.50%) MCSE
6 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.50%) PMP
6 1 (2.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (2.50%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.00%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) COBIT
2 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.00%) ISO 20022
2 2 (5.00%) MiFID
2 2 (5.00%) NIST
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.50%) XenApp
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) Oracle
3 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.00%) Planview
5 1 (2.50%) Apple
5 1 (2.50%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (2.50%) Citrix
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) HP
5 1 (2.50%) IBM
5 1 (2.50%) Polycom
5 1 (2.50%) Progress
5 1 (2.50%) Xceptor
5 1 (2.50%) Yealink