Microsoft Office Contracts

Microsoft Office
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 77 85
Rank change year-on-year +13 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,321 1,695 2,598
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.11% 2.96% 2.94%
As % of the Applications category 40.46% 39.92% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 1,164 1,755
10th Percentile £141 £160 £139
25th Percentile £190 £210 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £375 £302
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +24.38% -16.25%
75th Percentile £500 £540 £475
90th Percentile £606 £684 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £325 £230
% change year-on-year -30.77% +41.30% -14.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 104 213
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.29 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.52 £16.89 £12.60
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.77 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -29.72% +35.30% +7.68%
75th Percentile £24.13 £51.53 £25.00
90th Percentile £39.75 £67.50 £44.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.94 £20.25 £15.74
% change year-on-year -26.25% +28.65% -1.63%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,265 4,246 6,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.68% 7.41% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,678 2,770 4,390
10th Percentile £165 £186 £160
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £395 £375
% change year-on-year -11.39% +5.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 265 427
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.29 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £31.92 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.74% +48.47% +19.44%
75th Percentile £38.59 £52.50 £46.19
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £26.49 £19.25
% change year-on-year -39.37% +37.65% +7.66%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Office.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the UK

Microsoft Office
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
England +17 1,201 £263 -32.26% 2,177
UK excluding London +7 838 £225 -30.77% 1,732
London +12 430 £340 -28.42% 571
Work from Home -3 318 £400 -5.88% 700
North of England +36 247 £250 -28.57% 433
South East 0 228 £215 -28.33% 452
North West +38 179 £396 -4.00% 257
South West +7 116 £250 -47.37% 198
Midlands +6 101 £225 -41.94% 349
Scotland +19 73 £219 -32.69% 95
Yorkshire +10 60 £195 -36.33% 125
East Midlands +40 57 £245 +9.87% 135
East of England -18 55 £400 +60.00% 199
West Midlands -22 44 £200 -51.25% 214
Wales +10 16 £503 +43.57% 53
North East +6 8 £195 -25.00% 54
Northern Ireland -20 3 £113 -45.78% 25

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 114 (8.63%) SharePoint
2 77 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (2.73%) Confluence
4 29 (2.20%) Skype for Business
5 25 (1.89%) CMS
6 10 (0.76%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (0.38%) WordPress
9 4 (0.30%) Drupal
10 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.15%) Apache
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.15%) Documentum
11 2 (0.15%) IBM Notes
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
12 1 (0.076%) Moodle
12 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 410 (31.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 210 (15.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 88 (6.66%) Microsoft Project
4 79 (5.98%) MS Visio
5 69 (5.22%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 11 (0.83%) Acrobat
8 10 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 8 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.30%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.23%) MicroStation
11 3 (0.23%) Revit
12 2 (0.15%) InDesign
13 1 (0.076%) 3ds Max
13 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.076%) Blender
13 1 (0.076%) CATIA
13 1 (0.076%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (0.98%) Primavera
2 6 (0.45%) Magento
2 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.38%) SmartPlant
4 4 (0.30%) OPENHousing
4 4 (0.30%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.23%) iTrent
5 3 (0.23%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.15%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.15%) Maximo
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.15%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.15%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.15%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.076%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 274 (20.74%) Microsoft 365
2 119 (9.01%) Azure
3 55 (4.16%) Power Platform
4 42 (3.18%) Entra ID
5 39 (2.95%) OneDrive
6 27 (2.04%) Google Workspace
7 26 (1.97%) SaaS
8 20 (1.51%) Taleo
9 17 (1.29%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.14%) PaaS
12 13 (0.98%) IaaS
12 13 (0.98%) Power Automate
13 12 (0.91%) Slack
14 11 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.83%) WhatsApp
15 8 (0.61%) Google Docs
15 8 (0.61%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 8 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (0.53%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 82 (6.21%) VPN
2 55 (4.16%) LAN
3 53 (4.01%) Wireless
4 45 (3.41%) DNS
5 38 (2.88%) WAN
6 37 (2.80%) Firewall
7 33 (2.50%) DHCP
7 33 (2.50%) Skype
8 28 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (1.97%) Cisco IOS
10 21 (1.59%) Internet
11 19 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
11 19 (1.44%) VoIP
12 16 (1.21%) SD-WAN
13 15 (1.14%) Cisco Nexus
13 15 (1.14%) TCP/IP
14 14 (1.06%) VLAN
15 13 (0.98%) DMZ
16 8 (0.61%) Network Security
16 8 (0.61%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.63%) Power BI
2 28 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.76%) Tableau
4 8 (0.61%) Metadata
5 7 (0.53%) GIS
6 6 (0.45%) MySQL
6 6 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.30%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.30%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.30%) Spatial Data
8 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.23%) QGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.15%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 103 (7.80%) JIRA
2 4 (0.30%) Git
2 4 (0.30%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.23%) Subversion
3 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.15%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.15%) JUnit
4 2 (0.15%) Mockito
4 2 (0.15%) ScalaTest
4 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.076%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.076%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.076%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.076%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.076%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 640 (48.45%) Social Skills
2 314 (23.77%) Finance
3 202 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (9.84%) Organisational Skills
5 115 (8.71%) Public Sector
6 90 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
7 74 (5.60%) Legal
8 71 (5.37%) Telecoms
9 67 (5.07%) Banking
10 49 (3.71%) Marketing
11 48 (3.63%) Manufacturing
12 37 (2.80%) Mandarin Language
13 29 (2.20%) Retail
14 22 (1.67%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (1.59%) Local Government
16 20 (1.51%) Law
17 18 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (1.21%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 256 (19.38%) Analyst
2 102 (7.72%) Support Engineer
3 96 (7.27%) Project Manager
4 90 (6.81%) IT Support
5 88 (6.66%) Administrator
6 79 (5.98%) Desktop Support
6 79 (5.98%) Service Analyst
7 77 (5.83%) Lead
8 71 (5.37%) Service Desk Analyst
9 70 (5.30%) Support Analyst
10 69 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support
11 62 (4.69%) Desktop Engineer
12 59 (4.47%) Senior
13 52 (3.94%) IT Engineer
14 48 (3.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 42 (3.18%) Business Analyst
16 40 (3.03%) Coordinator
17 37 (2.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 37 (2.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 34 (2.57%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.51%) XML
2 14 (1.06%) .NET
3 11 (0.83%) HTML
4 8 (0.61%) CSS
5 7 (0.53%) Flash
5 7 (0.53%) JSON
6 6 (0.45%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.30%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.30%) React
8 3 (0.23%) ADO
8 3 (0.23%) EDI
8 3 (0.23%) jQuery
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.23%) Web Services
8 3 (0.23%) XMPP
9 2 (0.15%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.15%) Ajax
9 2 (0.15%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.15%) DOM
9 2 (0.15%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 77 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
2 69 (5.22%) Management Information System
3 42 (3.18%) Driving Licence
4 37 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 29 (2.20%) iPhone
5 29 (2.20%) Virtual Team
6 27 (2.04%) Smartphone
7 24 (1.82%) NHS
7 24 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
9 16 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.21%) CMDB
9 16 (1.21%) iPad
10 14 (1.06%) Clustering
11 10 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.68%) Blackberry
12 9 (0.68%) Hedge funds
13 8 (0.61%) PKI
13 8 (0.61%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 425 (32.17%) Windows
2 245 (18.55%) Windows 10
3 102 (7.72%) Windows 7
4 60 (4.54%) Windows Server
5 46 (3.48%) Android
6 44 (3.33%) Apple iOS
7 40 (3.03%) Mac OS
8 26 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
9 22 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.29%) Mac OS X
11 15 (1.14%) Linux
11 15 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.38%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.23%) Unix
14 3 (0.23%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.15%) CentOS
15 2 (0.15%) VMS
15 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.076%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (20.44%) Customer Service
3 217 (16.43%) Project Management
4 170 (12.87%) ITIL
5 151 (11.43%) Agile
6 126 (9.54%) Time Management
7 119 (9.01%) Decision-Making
8 118 (8.93%) Project Delivery
9 100 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 78 (5.90%) Change Management
10 78 (5.90%) Service Delivery
11 72 (5.45%) PRINCE2
12 68 (5.15%) Service Management
13 67 (5.07%) Business Intelligence
14 66 (5.00%) ITSM
15 65 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (4.84%) Asset Management
17 58 (4.39%) Data Analysis
17 58 (4.39%) Data Protection
17 58 (4.39%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.26%) SQL
2 36 (2.73%) PowerShell
3 22 (1.67%) Python
4 19 (1.44%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.21%) C#
6 12 (0.91%) Java
7 10 (0.76%) T-SQL
8 9 (0.68%) VBA
9 8 (0.61%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.45%) Bash
10 6 (0.45%) PHP
11 5 (0.38%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.30%) VB
13 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.23%) R
14 2 (0.15%) C++
14 2 (0.15%) Scala
14 2 (0.15%) VBScript
15 1 (0.076%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 397 (30.05%) Degree
2 262 (19.83%) Security Cleared
3 144 (10.90%) SC Cleared
4 79 (5.98%) DV Cleared
5 53 (4.01%) APMP
6 37 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.42%) PMI Certification
9 31 (2.35%) PMP
10 28 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (2.12%) NVQ Level 3
11 26 (1.97%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.89%) A+ Certification
13 20 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.21%) CISM
14 16 (1.21%) CISSP
14 16 (1.21%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (1.14%) CCNA
16 14 (1.06%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.57%) SLA
2 96 (7.27%) PMO
3 39 (2.95%) QA
4 30 (2.27%) Disclosure Scotland
5 29 (2.20%) GDPR
6 26 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.29%) NIST
8 16 (1.21%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.45%) GRC
12 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.38%) P3O
13 4 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.23%) NCSC
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.076%) GMP
16 1 (0.076%) GxP
16 1 (0.076%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 238 (18.02%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.74%) Firmware
4 22 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.53%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.076%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.076%) vCloud
9 1 (0.076%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 128 (9.69%) SCCM
2 59 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (0.83%) WSUS
5 9 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.53%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.45%) Argo
8 6 (0.45%) Autotask
9 5 (0.38%) Terraform
9 5 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
10 3 (0.23%) Ansible
10 3 (0.23%) AppManager
10 3 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.15%) Netcool
11 2 (0.15%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.15%) SCOM
11 2 (0.15%) WMI
Vendors
1 957 (72.45%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.34%) ServiceNow
3 72 (5.45%) Cisco
4 69 (5.22%) Apple
5 60 (4.54%) Citrix
5 60 (4.54%) SAP
6 49 (3.71%) Google
7 43 (3.26%) VMware
8 41 (3.10%) HP
8 41 (3.10%) Oracle
9 37 (2.80%) Adobe
10 33 (2.50%) Atlassian
11 27 (2.04%) Salesforce
12 19 (1.44%) Palo Alto
13 17 (1.29%) F5
14 13 (0.98%) Veeam
15 10 (0.76%) Progress
15 10 (0.76%) Sitecore
16 7 (0.53%) Dell
16 7 (0.53%) MicroStrategy