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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 70 68
Rank change year-on-year -29 -2 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 27 49 62
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.33% 2.71% 2.63%
As % of the Applications category 23.08% 31.41% 41.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 30 45
10th Percentile £210 £260 £146
25th Percentile £325 £281 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £401 £350
Median % change year-on-year +14.61% +14.43% -20.00%
75th Percentile £565 £590 £625
90th Percentile £575 £676 £683
Central London median daily rate £436 £376 £350
% change year-on-year +15.89% +7.43% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £13.50
75th Percentile £41.75 - £16.59
90th Percentile - - £17.99
Central London median hourly rate £29.75 - £16.22
% change year-on-year - - -50.11%

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 117 156 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 5.77% 8.64% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 99 96
10th Percentile £301 £234 £153
25th Percentile £394 £309 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% +0.53% -12.09%
75th Percentile £575 £620 £638
90th Percentile £639 £725 £734
Central London median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 £46.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 £47.50 £16.22
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +192.94% -68.51%
75th Percentile £41.75 £48.75 £19.52
90th Percentile - - £20.58
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £38.29 £18.93
% change year-on-year -33.47% +102.25% -63.24%

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 10 March 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 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 5 (18.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (40.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (37.04%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Cloudflare
3 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) IPsec
1 1 (3.70%) iSCSI
1 1 (3.70%) NetScaler
1 1 (3.70%) SSL
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Database
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
1 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
1 2 (7.41%) SQLPlus
2 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
2 2 (7.41%) Toad
General
1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
3 11 (40.74%) Banking
4 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (14.81%) Investment Banking
6 4 (14.81%) Legal
7 3 (11.11%) Front Office
8 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (3.70%) Back Office
9 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
9 1 (3.70%) International Banking
9 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Banking Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Banking Business Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Payments Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Payments Business Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Developer
5 2 (7.41%) MiFID Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Junior
6 1 (3.70%) Management Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Operations Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Support Assistant
6 1 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 3 (11.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.70%) CMDB
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) PMI
3 1 (3.70%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.70%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Unix
2 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.70%) Android
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Business Analysis
2 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
3 6 (22.22%) Agile
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (14.81%) Change Management
5 4 (14.81%) Project Management
5 4 (14.81%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.11%) BPMN
6 3 (11.11%) Data Migration
6 3 (11.11%) Defect Management
6 3 (11.11%) ETL
6 3 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (11.11%) Migration
6 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.11%) Test Planning
6 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (7.41%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) Perl
2 2 (7.41%) PHP
2 2 (7.41%) PL/SQL
2 2 (7.41%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) CCA
3 1 (3.70%) CCNP
3 1 (3.70%) CCSE
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.70%) PMP
3 1 (3.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (3.70%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) PMO
2 3 (11.11%) ISO 20022
3 2 (7.41%) MiFID
4 1 (3.70%) QA
4 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.70%) XenApp
1 1 (3.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) SCCM
1 1 (3.70%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) HP
4 1 (3.70%) 3PAR
4 1 (3.70%) Apple
4 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Citrix
4 1 (3.70%) Dell
4 1 (3.70%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Juniper
4 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Planview
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Trend Micro