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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 70 68
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 43 54 80
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.56% 2.59% 2.82%
As % of the Applications category 27.74% 39.71% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 27 54
10th Percentile £216 £140 £146
25th Percentile £280 £171 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £481 £528
90th Percentile £660 £603 £628
Central London median daily rate £375 £313 £313
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -19.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £35.00 -

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 155 136 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.23% 6.53% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 80 146
10th Percentile £270 £171 £185
25th Percentile £336 £311 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £488 £469
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% +4.00% -8.54%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £588
90th Percentile £738 £713 £700
Central London median daily rate £443 £475 £456
% change year-on-year -6.84% +4.11% -8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £14.40 - £14.83
25th Percentile £16.50 - £18.69
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +6.93% -3.52%
75th Percentile £36.00 - £31.69
90th Percentile £48.45 - £35.48
Central London median hourly rate £25.99 £31.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -16.18% +22.77% -3.52%

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 27 October 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 27 October 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 5 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.98%) Confluence
2 3 (6.98%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (39.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (16.28%) MS Visio
4 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.60%) Power Platform
2 5 (11.63%) Azure
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Skype
1 3 (6.98%) WebEx
2 1 (2.33%) Firewall
2 1 (2.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.33%) Intranet
2 1 (2.33%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.33%) LAN
2 1 (2.33%) SSH
2 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.33%) WAN
2 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) Power BI
2 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) JIRA
General
1 25 (58.14%) Finance
2 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
3 11 (25.58%) Banking
4 10 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (16.28%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.30%) Back Office
6 4 (9.30%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.98%) Law
8 2 (4.65%) Front Office
8 2 (4.65%) Legal
8 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Business Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Project Manager
5 4 (9.30%) IT Support
6 3 (6.98%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Audio Visual Support
6 3 (6.98%) IT Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Support Assistant
6 3 (6.98%) Support Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Technical Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) XML
2 1 (2.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (6.98%) CMDB
2 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.33%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.33%) Derivative
4 1 (2.33%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.33%) PMI
4 1 (2.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (2.33%) Tandem
4 1 (2.33%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Windows
2 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.33%) Android
3 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.33%) Mac OS X
3 1 (2.33%) Unix
3 1 (2.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) Agile
2 11 (25.58%) Project Management
3 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (20.93%) ITIL
5 7 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (13.95%) Data Analysis
6 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (13.95%) Waterfall
7 5 (11.63%) Data Modelling
7 5 (11.63%) Project Delivery
7 5 (11.63%) Target Operating Model
8 4 (9.30%) Data Migration
8 4 (9.30%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.30%) DevOps
8 4 (9.30%) Information Security
8 4 (9.30%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (9.30%) Migration
9 3 (6.98%) ISMS
9 3 (6.98%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) Python
1 2 (4.65%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) C
2 1 (2.33%) C#
2 1 (2.33%) Korn
2 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.33%) R
2 1 (2.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) CISA
4 2 (4.65%) MCSA
4 2 (4.65%) MCSE
4 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.65%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.33%) ACCA
5 1 (2.33%) CBAP
5 1 (2.33%) CCNA
5 1 (2.33%) CFA
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.33%) IIBA
5 1 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.33%) MCP
5 1 (2.33%) MOS
5 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) PMO
2 4 (9.30%) QA
3 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.98%) NIST
4 2 (4.65%) COBIT
4 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.33%) ISO 20022
5 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.33%) Firmware
1 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (60.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Polycom
2 4 (9.30%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.98%) Apple
3 3 (6.98%) HP
4 2 (4.65%) Citrix
4 2 (4.65%) Oracle
5 1 (2.33%) Adobe
5 1 (2.33%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.33%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (2.33%) Avaya
5 1 (2.33%) Dell
5 1 (2.33%) IBM
5 1 (2.33%) Planview
5 1 (2.33%) Progress
5 1 (2.33%) SAP
5 1 (2.33%) Wyse
5 1 (2.33%) Xceptor
5 1 (2.33%) Yealink