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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 60 69
Rank change year-on-year -58 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 19 67 60
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.79% 3.59% 2.92%
As % of the Applications category 18.45% 33.50% 48.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 41 36
10th Percentile £163 £219 £126
25th Percentile £256 £310 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £339
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +25.46% +12.92%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £550
90th Percentile £800 £600 £619
Central London median daily rate £275 £419 £340
% change year-on-year -34.33% +23.16% +23.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
Central London median hourly rate - - £27.00

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 103 200 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 4.29% 10.72% 6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 131 77
10th Percentile £196 £263 £173
25th Percentile £338 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £613
90th Percentile £720 £738 £693
Central London median daily rate £475 £450 £486
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.41% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
Median hourly rate - £28.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.26% +63.64%
Central London median hourly rate - £28.61 £27.00
% change year-on-year - +5.96% +63.64%

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 7 August 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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Google Sheets
3 2 (10.53%) Google Workspace
3 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) Cloudflare
4 1 (5.26%) Google Docs
4 1 (5.26%) Rubrik
4 1 (5.26%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) IPsec
2 1 (5.26%) iSCSI
2 1 (5.26%) NetScaler
2 1 (5.26%) SSL
2 1 (5.26%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.26%) QlikView
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Finance
4 4 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
6 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Banking
7 1 (5.26%) International Banking
7 1 (5.26%) Legal
7 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) IT Support
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) IT Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Citrix Support
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Insurance Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Junior
5 1 (5.26%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Portfolio Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Digital Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Client/Server
3 1 (5.26%) PMI
3 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.26%) SUSE
3 1 (5.26%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Agile
4 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.79%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
4 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) AI
5 2 (10.53%) Change Management
5 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) CCA
2 1 (5.26%) CCNP
2 1 (5.26%) CCSE
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) PMO
2 2 (10.53%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) COBIT
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
3 1 (5.26%) GRC
3 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.26%) NIST
3 1 (5.26%) P3O
3 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.26%) XenApp
1 1 (5.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.26%) SCCM
1 1 (5.26%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.53%) Google
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) 3PAR
4 1 (5.26%) Bloomberg
4 1 (5.26%) Charles River
4 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) Citrix
4 1 (5.26%) Forcepoint
4 1 (5.26%) HP
4 1 (5.26%) HubSpot
4 1 (5.26%) Juniper
4 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.26%) Planview
4 1 (5.26%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.26%) Trend Micro