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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 62 69
Rank change year-on-year -41 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 24 58 57
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.01% 3.40% 2.61%
As % of the Applications category 23.30% 31.18% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 29 42
10th Percentile £178 £218 £157
25th Percentile £350 £263 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £413 £363
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% +13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £619
90th Percentile £780 £610 £638
Central London median daily rate £436 £375 £388
% change year-on-year +16.20% -3.23% +29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £20.63
90th Percentile - - £24.45
Central London median hourly rate - - £13.50

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 103 186 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.33% 10.91% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 115 88
10th Percentile £257 £233 £189
25th Percentile £372 £331 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -6.17% +1.25%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £614
90th Percentile £712 £825 £680
Central London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £14.40 -
25th Percentile - £16.50 £12.75
Median hourly rate - £28.15 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year - +65.08% +1.05%
75th Percentile - £34.68 £22.72
90th Percentile - £43.12 £25.29
Central London median hourly rate £26.00 £28.61 £17.05
% change year-on-year -9.12% +67.78% +1.05%

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 8 June 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 5 (20.83%) Confluence
2 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.17%) Cloudflare
4 1 (4.17%) Google Docs
4 1 (4.17%) Google Sheets
4 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
4 1 (4.17%) Rubrik
4 1 (4.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (4.17%) IPsec
2 1 (4.17%) iSCSI
2 1 (4.17%) NetScaler
2 1 (4.17%) SSL
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
2 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.17%) QlikView
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Finance
4 7 (29.17%) Banking
5 4 (16.67%) Legal
5 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Investment Banking
7 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Front Office
7 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 1 (4.17%) International Banking
8 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) IT Support
4 3 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (8.33%) MiFID Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Payments Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Payments Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Citrix Support
6 1 (4.17%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) PMO Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (8.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (4.17%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.17%) PMI
3 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.17%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.17%) SUSE
3 1 (4.17%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Business Analysis
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (20.83%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) ITIL
3 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.50%) AI
4 3 (12.50%) Change Management
4 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.50%) Project Management
4 3 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 2 (8.33%) Defect Management
5 2 (8.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) CCA
3 1 (4.17%) CCNP
3 1 (4.17%) CCSE
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) PMO
2 2 (8.33%) ISO 20022
2 2 (8.33%) MiFID
3 1 (4.17%) COBIT
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) GRC
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
3 1 (4.17%) P3O
3 1 (4.17%) QA
3 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.17%) XenApp
1 1 (4.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.17%) SCCM
1 1 (4.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle
2 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) 3PAR
3 1 (4.17%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.17%) Charles River
3 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco
3 1 (4.17%) Citrix
3 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
3 1 (4.17%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) HP
3 1 (4.17%) HubSpot
3 1 (4.17%) Juniper
3 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.17%) Planview
3 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.17%) Trend Micro