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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 67 76
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 60 65 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.40% 3.10% 2.82%
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 45.77% 34.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 33 62
10th Percentile £216 £127 £140
25th Percentile £289 £171 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £325 £288
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £538 £425 £499
90th Percentile £655 £611 £573
Central London median daily rate £401 £288 £275
% change year-on-year +39.57% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £27.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £31.00 -

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 180 142 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.21% 6.77% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 84 171
10th Percentile £267 £170 £195
25th Percentile £325 £250 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +1.60% -6.50%
75th Percentile £619 £626 £575
90th Percentile £751 £717 £688
Central London median daily rate £433 £473 £454
% change year-on-year -8.51% +4.19% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £15.10 - £13.12
25th Percentile £21.13 - £14.43
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +56.52% -33.65%
75th Percentile £35.34 - £27.95
90th Percentile £44.30 - £33.98
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £17.25
% change year-on-year +4.26% +56.52% -33.65%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.00%) Confluence
2 3 (5.00%) Skype for Business
3 2 (3.33%) CMS
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (31.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (10.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (5.00%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (10.00%) Azure
4 3 (5.00%) Asana
4 3 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.33%) AWS
6 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Skype
1 3 (5.00%) WebEx
2 1 (1.67%) Firewall
2 1 (1.67%) Internet
2 1 (1.67%) Intranet
2 1 (1.67%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.67%) LAN
2 1 (1.67%) SSH
2 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.67%) WAN
2 1 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.33%) Power BI
2 2 (3.33%) Tableau
3 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (11.67%) JIRA
General
1 35 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 33 (55.00%) Finance
3 12 (20.00%) Banking
4 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (11.67%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (10.00%) Back Office
8 4 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (6.67%) Financial Institution
8 4 (6.67%) Law
9 3 (5.00%) Arabic Language
9 3 (5.00%) Czech Language
9 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (3.33%) International Banking
11 1 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (1.67%) Front Office
11 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (40.00%) Analyst
2 10 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 9 (15.00%) Project Manager
4 7 (11.67%) IT Support
4 7 (11.67%) Support Engineer
5 6 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.00%) Support Assistant
6 4 (6.67%) IT Assistant
7 3 (5.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Audio Visual Support
7 3 (5.00%) Coordinator
7 3 (5.00%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) IT Support Assistant
7 3 (5.00%) Remote Support Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Solutions Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Support Specialist
8 2 (3.33%) Lead
8 2 (3.33%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) XML
2 2 (3.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.00%) PMI
2 3 (5.00%) Reference Data
3 2 (3.33%) CMDB
3 2 (3.33%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.33%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.67%) Derivative
4 1 (1.67%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.67%) iPad
4 1 (1.67%) iPhone
4 1 (1.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.67%) Tandem
4 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.67%) Mac OS X
2 1 (1.67%) Unix
2 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (30.00%) Agile
2 18 (30.00%) Project Management
3 13 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (18.33%) ITIL
5 8 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (13.33%) Project Delivery
6 7 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (11.67%) Data Analysis
6 7 (11.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (10.00%) Change Management
7 6 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
7 6 (10.00%) Waterfall
8 5 (8.33%) CRM
8 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
8 5 (8.33%) Information Security
8 5 (8.33%) Migration
8 5 (8.33%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.33%) Service Management
8 5 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.33%) Python
2 1 (1.67%) C
2 1 (1.67%) Korn
2 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.67%) R
2 1 (1.67%) SQL
2 1 (1.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.33%) CISA
4 2 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (3.33%) MCSA
4 2 (3.33%) MCSE
4 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.33%) PMP
4 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) ACCA
5 1 (1.67%) CBAP
5 1 (1.67%) CCNA
5 1 (1.67%) CFA
5 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.67%) IIBA
5 1 (1.67%) MCP
5 1 (1.67%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.00%) PMO
2 3 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.00%) NIST
2 3 (5.00%) QA
3 2 (3.33%) COBIT
4 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.67%) GDPR
4 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.67%) Firmware
1 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.67%) Polycom
2 4 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.00%) Apple
3 3 (5.00%) Broadcom
3 3 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.33%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.33%) Citrix
4 2 (3.33%) HP
4 2 (3.33%) Oracle
4 2 (3.33%) Progress
4 2 (3.33%) SAP
5 1 (1.67%) Adobe
5 1 (1.67%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.67%) Avaya
5 1 (1.67%) IBM
5 1 (1.67%) Planview
5 1 (1.67%) Wyse
5 1 (1.67%) Xceptor
5 1 (1.67%) Yealink