Microsoft Office Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 30 48
Rank change year-on-year -27 +18 -19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 47 143 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.13% 5.30% 4.05%
As % of the Applications category 34.56% 54.58% 42.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 71 72
10th Percentile £142 £114 £151
25th Percentile £158 £188 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £215 £363
Median % change year-on-year -17.21% -40.69% +11.54%
75th Percentile £306 £438 £500
90th Percentile £450 £525 £549
South East median daily rate £250 £215 £300
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.33% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 5
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.79 £13.40
25th Percentile - £15.31 -
Median hourly rate £14.20 £18.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +28.57% +26.53%
75th Percentile £14.69 £34.37 £19.50
90th Percentile £26.14 £53.89 £20.10
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £17.60 £18.00
% change year-on-year -19.32% -2.22% +24.14%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 136 262 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.05% 9.71% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 143 169
10th Percentile £150 £136 £185
25th Percentile £178 £200 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £300 £420
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -28.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £500 £465 £538
90th Percentile £615 £550 £650
South East median daily rate £394 £375 £392
% change year-on-year +4.93% -4.28% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 31 17
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.79 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £16.40
Median hourly rate £15.25 £22.58 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.46% +12.90% +73.01%
75th Percentile £24.66 £43.75 £30.24
90th Percentile £46.30 £61.50 £32.30
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £17.70 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.43% -29.20% +29.03%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Office
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
Berkshire -41 20 £313 +45.35% 239
Buckinghamshire +6 16 £190 -55.29% 121
Oxfordshire +9 11 £160 +10.34% 87
Microsoft Office
South East

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.26%) CMS
3 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (44.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (14.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.38%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.13%) AWS
4 1 (2.13%) GCP
4 1 (2.13%) IaaS
4 1 (2.13%) PaaS
4 1 (2.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.89%) Wireless
2 6 (12.77%) Firewall
2 6 (12.77%) Internet
3 3 (6.38%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (4.26%) 2G
4 2 (4.26%) 3G
4 2 (4.26%) 4G
4 2 (4.26%) 5G
5 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 30 (63.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Finance
5 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.26%) Electronics
6 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.13%) Automotive
7 1 (2.13%) Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Help Desk Support
2 8 (17.02%) Analyst
3 6 (12.77%) Help Desk Agent
4 5 (10.64%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Deskside Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Deskside Support
5 4 (8.51%) Deskside Support Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Desktop Support
6 3 (6.38%) Coordinator
6 3 (6.38%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (4.26%) Administrator
7 2 (4.26%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Development Specialist
7 2 (4.26%) Network Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Senior
7 2 (4.26%) Trainee
7 2 (4.26%) Trainee Technician
8 1 (2.13%) Customer Service Analyst
8 1 (2.13%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.26%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.26%) Life Science
3 2 (4.26%) NHS
3 2 (4.26%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.79%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.26%) Android
3 2 (4.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (34.04%) Time Management
3 11 (23.40%) Customer Service
4 6 (12.77%) Project Management
5 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (8.51%) Change Management
6 4 (8.51%) Data Management
6 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.38%) Agile
7 3 (6.38%) Analytics
7 3 (6.38%) Budgeting
7 3 (6.38%) Deadline-Driven
7 3 (6.38%) Migration
7 3 (6.38%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (6.38%) Project Governance
7 3 (6.38%) Risk Register
7 3 (6.38%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.38%) Workflow
8 2 (4.26%) DevOps
8 2 (4.26%) Matrix Organization
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
1 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) PMO
2 1 (2.13%) GRC
2 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.13%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (2.13%) NSN NetAct
2 1 (2.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (85.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) HP
3 1 (2.13%) Apple
3 1 (2.13%) Cramer
3 1 (2.13%) Dell
3 1 (2.13%) Ericsson
3 1 (2.13%) Huawei
3 1 (2.13%) McAfee
3 1 (2.13%) Nokia
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
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