Microsoft 365 Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 39 25
Rank change year-on-year -15 -14 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 67 86 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.40% 4.74% 6.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.07% 16.93% 22.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 63 115
10th Percentile £148 £186 £129
25th Percentile £281 £413 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% -9.64%
75th Percentile £608 £697 £461
90th Percentile - £725 £571
South East median daily rate £275 £350 £293
% change year-on-year -21.43% +19.66% -17.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 8
10th Percentile - £19.54 £14.30
25th Percentile - £21.00 £19.81
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year - +161.59% -0.12%
75th Percentile - £79.19 £21.05
90th Percentile - - £34.99
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £19.38 £20.00
% change year-on-year -8.70% -3.13% -4.99%

All Cloud Skills
Berkshire

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 555 508 706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.17% 27.97% 29.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 367 524
10th Percentile £329 £383 £185
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £652
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 14
10th Percentile £20.49 £18.03 £17.68
25th Percentile £41.25 £20.50 £21.01
Median hourly rate £58.30 £33.50 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +74.03% +53.85% +3.44%
75th Percentile £61.60 £70.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £61.96 £79.19 £85.37
South East median hourly rate £23.22 £24.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -5.24% +16.39% -4.32%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Reading -29 22 £605 -9.53% 12
Windsor +1 17 - -
Bracknell 0 11 £398 +114.86% 1
Wokingham +5 6 £490 +19.51%
Newbury -1 1 £525 +144.19% 5
Maidenhead -11 1 £775 +18.19% 2
Crowthorne - 1 - -
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 20 (29.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (13.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (29.85%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (11.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (8.96%) MS Visio
4 5 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.84%) Azure
2 17 (25.37%) Entra ID
3 15 (22.39%) Azure Monitor
3 15 (22.39%) Azure Storage
4 6 (8.96%) OneDrive
4 6 (8.96%) Power Automate
5 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.97%) PowerApps
6 3 (4.48%) ShareGate
7 2 (2.99%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.49%) AWS
8 1 (1.49%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (26.87%) DNS
2 17 (25.37%) DHCP
2 17 (25.37%) VoIP
3 16 (23.88%) Firewall
4 8 (11.94%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (10.45%) Cisco IOS
5 7 (10.45%) LAN
5 7 (10.45%) WAN
6 6 (8.96%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.97%) VPN
8 2 (2.99%) WebEx
8 2 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Metadata
2 1 (1.49%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 33 (49.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.94%) Marketing
3 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.46%) Legal
4 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Law
5 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (29.85%) Support Specialist
2 15 (22.39%) Active Directory Support
3 14 (20.90%) Active Directory Specialist
3 14 (20.90%) Azure Specialist
4 8 (11.94%) Creative Designer
4 8 (11.94%) Designer
5 7 (10.45%) Audio Visual Technician
5 7 (10.45%) Lead
6 6 (8.96%) Support Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) Technical Specialist
6 6 (8.96%) Technical Support
6 6 (8.96%) Technical Support Specialist
7 4 (5.97%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Creative Director
7 4 (5.97%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Risk Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.39%) ARM Templates
2 3 (4.48%) CSS
2 3 (4.48%) HTML
2 3 (4.48%) jQuery
2 3 (4.48%) SPFx
3 2 (2.99%) OLE
4 1 (1.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.37%) Video Editing
2 15 (22.39%) PKI
2 15 (22.39%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.99%) Taxonomies
3 2 (2.99%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.49%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 40 (59.70%) Windows
2 18 (26.87%) Windows Server
3 17 (25.37%) Android
4 15 (22.39%) Linux
4 15 (22.39%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (22.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (20.90%) Windows 10
6 10 (14.93%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) Identity Management
2 16 (23.88%) Agile
2 16 (23.88%) Analytics
2 16 (23.88%) CI/CD
2 16 (23.88%) DevOps
2 16 (23.88%) Infrastructure as Code
2 16 (23.88%) Service Management
3 15 (22.39%) ITIL
3 15 (22.39%) Log Analytics
3 15 (22.39%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 15 (22.39%) Privileged Identity Management
3 15 (22.39%) RBAC
3 15 (22.39%) Release Management
4 10 (14.93%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (11.94%) Storytelling
5 8 (11.94%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (8.96%) Knowledge Management
7 5 (7.46%) Data Protection
7 5 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.87%) PowerShell
2 15 (22.39%) Bicep
2 15 (22.39%) C#
2 15 (22.39%) VB
2 15 (22.39%) VBScript
3 1 (1.49%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (40.30%) Degree
2 24 (35.82%) Security Cleared
3 21 (31.34%) DV Cleared
4 15 (22.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 15 (22.39%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.99%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.99%) MCITP
5 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) SLA
2 8 (11.94%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (47.76%) Active Directory
2 15 (22.39%) Virtual Desktop
2 15 (22.39%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (35.82%) SCCM
2 18 (26.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (23.88%) Kubernetes
4 15 (22.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (22.39%) SCOM
4 15 (22.39%) WSUS
5 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (61.19%) Microsoft
2 15 (22.39%) Apple
3 9 (13.43%) ServiceNow
4 8 (11.94%) Adobe
4 8 (11.94%) Cisco
5 7 (10.45%) Polycom
6 6 (8.96%) HP
7 3 (4.48%) Citrix
7 3 (4.48%) VMware
8 2 (2.99%) Bloomberg
8 2 (2.99%) Reuters
9 1 (1.49%) Meraki