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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 70 74
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +31
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 42 58 76
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.34% 2.76% 2.81%
As % of the Applications category 26.25% 41.73% 37.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 52
10th Percentile £213 £161 £140
25th Percentile £277 £197 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £372 £333 £350
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -5.00% -17.65%
75th Percentile £518 £547 £497
90th Percentile £640 £615 £573
Central London median daily rate £368 £333 £331
% change year-on-year +10.68% +0.45% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £27.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +42.63% -16.79%
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 160 139 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.92% 6.61% 7.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 83 133
10th Percentile £269 £206 £163
25th Percentile £336 £319 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £594
90th Percentile £675 £718 £699
Central London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -11.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £14.75 - £20.84
25th Percentile £18.81 - £23.70
Median hourly rate £30.25 £27.00 £28.47
Median % change year-on-year +12.04% -5.15% -12.42%
75th Percentile £40.31 - £33.23
90th Percentile £49.25 - £36.09
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -17.84% +63.76% -41.75%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) Confluence
3 2 (4.76%) Skype for Business
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (14.29%) MS Visio
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.52%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.38%) AWS
5 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.38%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Skype
1 2 (4.76%) WebEx
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) Internet
2 1 (2.38%) Intranet
2 1 (2.38%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.38%) LAN
2 1 (2.38%) SSH
2 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.38%) WAN
2 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.38%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.38%) SQLPlus
2 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Toad
General
1 26 (61.90%) Finance
2 20 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 10 (23.81%) Banking
4 9 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.52%) Back Office
7 3 (7.14%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.76%) Front Office
8 2 (4.76%) Law
8 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (38.10%) Analyst
2 8 (19.05%) Business Analyst
3 7 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Project Manager
5 4 (9.52%) IT Support
6 3 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) ACBS Business Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) IT Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Support Assistant
7 2 (4.76%) Support Specialist
7 2 (4.76%) Technical Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) XML
2 1 (2.38%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) CMDB
1 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.38%) Derivative
3 1 (2.38%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.38%) PMI
3 1 (2.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (2.38%) Tandem
3 1 (2.38%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.38%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Unix
2 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.38%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.38%) Mac OS X
3 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Agile
2 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (26.19%) Project Management
3 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 6 (14.29%) ITIL
6 6 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 5 (11.90%) Data Migration
7 5 (11.90%) Migration
7 5 (11.90%) Waterfall
8 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis
8 4 (9.52%) Data Modelling
8 4 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (9.52%) Target Operating Model
9 3 (7.14%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 3 (7.14%) Change Management
9 3 (7.14%) Information Security
9 3 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) C
3 1 (2.38%) C#
3 1 (2.38%) Korn
3 1 (2.38%) Perl
3 1 (2.38%) PHP
3 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.38%) R
3 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) CISA
4 2 (4.76%) MCSA
4 2 (4.76%) MCSE
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.76%) PMP
5 1 (2.38%) ACCA
5 1 (2.38%) CBAP
5 1 (2.38%) CCNA
5 1 (2.38%) CFA
5 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.38%) IIBA
5 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.38%) MCP
5 1 (2.38%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) PMO
2 3 (7.14%) NIST
2 3 (7.14%) QA
3 2 (4.76%) COBIT
3 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.38%) ISO 20022
4 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.38%) Firmware
1 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) Apple
2 3 (7.14%) HP
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle
2 3 (7.14%) Polycom
2 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.76%) Citrix
3 2 (4.76%) Planview
4 1 (2.38%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.38%) Automation Anywhere
4 1 (2.38%) Avaya
4 1 (2.38%) Dell
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) Progress
4 1 (2.38%) SAP
4 1 (2.38%) Wyse
4 1 (2.38%) Xceptor
4 1 (2.38%) Yealink