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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 71 64
Rank change year-on-year -39 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 27 48 61
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.25% 2.79% 2.90%
As % of the Applications category 25.47% 29.27% 42.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 32 28
10th Percentile £175 £216 £143
25th Percentile £266 £305 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £436 £288
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% +51.74% -20.69%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £387
90th Percentile £730 £660 £577
Central London median daily rate £300 £401 £250
% change year-on-year -25.23% +60.50% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £26.13 - £27.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 - £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 106 164 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.91% 9.55% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 115 80
10th Percentile £193 £269 £171
25th Percentile £313 £327 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £443 £473
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -6.40% +0.59%
75th Percentile £539 £619 £626
90th Percentile £696 £779 £713
Central London median daily rate £400 £440 £467
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.68% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
Median hourly rate £26.13 £27.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +1.20% +6.93%
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £27.33 £27.00
% change year-on-year -4.37% +1.20% +6.93%

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 6 October 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 (18.52%) Confluence
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (3.70%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Azure
1 5 (18.52%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) Google Sheets
3 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) Google Docs
4 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (3.70%) DHCP
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.70%) QlikView
2 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (29.63%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) eggPlant
2 1 (3.70%) HP UFT
2 1 (3.70%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (3.70%) Selenium
2 1 (3.70%) SilkTest
2 1 (3.70%) SOAtest
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (25.93%) Finance
4 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Banking
5 2 (7.41%) Legal
5 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Retail
6 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) German Language
6 1 (3.70%) Legal Technology
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Business Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) IT Support
4 4 (14.81%) IT Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Support Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Environment Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Insurance Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Junior
6 1 (3.70%) Project Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior
6 1 (3.70%) Senior IT Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
1 1 (3.70%) SOAP
1 1 (3.70%) Web Services
1 1 (3.70%) XBRL
1 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) BYOD
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.70%) SUSE
3 1 (3.70%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (3.70%) Unix
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Agile
1 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
3 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Data Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
4 5 (18.52%) DevOps
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
5 4 (14.81%) Defect Management
5 4 (14.81%) Migration
5 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
5 4 (14.81%) Project Management
5 4 (14.81%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (11.11%) ITIL
6 3 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Korn
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) R
2 1 (3.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) PMO
2 4 (14.81%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) COBIT
3 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) GRC
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
3 1 (3.70%) P3O
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Google
2 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.41%) Bloomberg
3 2 (7.41%) HubSpot
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Apple
4 1 (3.70%) Charles River
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) FactSet
4 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.70%) Reuters
4 1 (3.70%) Riverbed
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.70%) SAP