Microsoft 365 Contracts in Birmingham

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 23 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 48 75 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.27% 8.30% 6.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.86% 21.49% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 50 66
10th Percentile £181 £182 £166
25th Percentile £195 £313 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £395 £418
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% -5.39% +28.46%
75th Percentile £553 £647 £538
90th Percentile £638 £731 £681
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £425 £275
% change year-on-year -17.65% +54.55% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £15.34 £11.14
25th Percentile £13.89 £15.49 £11.78
Median hourly rate £14.59 £15.99 £12.86
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +24.35% -
75th Percentile £15.30 £16.48 £13.93
90th Percentile - £16.63 £14.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.55 £15.99 £17.50
% change year-on-year +16.02% -8.66% +29.63%

All Cloud Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 210 349 455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.42% 38.61% 34.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 252 349
10th Percentile £250 £313 £291
25th Percentile £350 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £456 £500 £492
% change year-on-year -8.80% +1.78% +15.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.54 £11.14
25th Percentile £18.49 £15.98 £11.78
Median hourly rate £26.00 £20.24 £12.86
Median % change year-on-year +28.46% +57.45% -24.38%
75th Percentile £33.63 £24.47 £13.93
90th Percentile £55.00 £25.31 £14.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.00 £20.24 £17.50
% change year-on-year +28.46% +15.66% +9.38%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 15 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.17%) IIS
3 2 (4.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.08%) Chatbot
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 29 (60.42%) Azure
2 10 (20.83%) Entra ID
3 8 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 8 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 8 (16.67%) PowerApps
4 7 (14.58%) Power Automate
5 5 (10.42%) PaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Storage
6 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.08%) IaaS
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) VPN
2 7 (14.58%) DNS
2 7 (14.58%) Firewall
3 6 (12.50%) Unified Communications
4 4 (8.33%) LAN
4 4 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.33%) WAN
5 3 (6.25%) DHCP
5 3 (6.25%) VLAN
5 3 (6.25%) VoIP
5 3 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.17%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (4.17%) iSCSI
6 2 (4.17%) NAS
6 2 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.17%) SAN
6 2 (4.17%) Wireless
7 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.58%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Police
5 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 10 (20.83%) 2nd Line Support
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 9 (18.75%) Administrator
2 9 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) SharePoint Administrator
4 7 (14.58%) Azure Administrator
4 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Engineer
5 6 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
6 5 (10.42%) Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) IT Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Service Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) LAMP
2 1 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.08%) SOAP
2 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Digital Signage
1 6 (12.50%) PKI
2 3 (6.25%) Clustering
2 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.17%) iPad
3 2 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.17%) Replication
4 1 (2.08%) CMDB
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (52.08%) Windows
2 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 13 (27.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (20.83%) Windows 10
4 10 (20.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (8.33%) Linux
7 3 (6.25%) Mac OS
8 2 (4.17%) Apple iOS
8 2 (4.17%) Ubuntu
8 2 (4.17%) VMS
8 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (2.08%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (18.75%) ITIL
4 8 (16.67%) Proactive Management
4 8 (16.67%) Web SSO
5 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (12.50%) Identity Management
6 6 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 6 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 6 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (6.25%) Asset Management
8 3 (6.25%) Decision-Making
8 3 (6.25%) Quality Management
9 2 (4.17%) Data Protection
10 1 (2.08%) Agile
10 1 (2.08%) Logistics
10 1 (2.08%) Release Management
10 1 (2.08%) TDD
10 1 (2.08%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.17%) C#
3 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.08%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.08%) Python
3 1 (2.08%) SQL
3 1 (2.08%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
1 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (47.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.17%) Terminal Services
4 2 (4.17%) vSphere
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (25.00%) SCCM
2 12 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (6.25%) Autotask
3 3 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.08%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 34 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.67%) VMware
3 6 (12.50%) Oracle
4 4 (8.33%) Apple
5 3 (6.25%) Citrix
5 3 (6.25%) Datto
6 2 (4.17%) Aruba
6 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.17%) ProCurve
6 2 (4.17%) SAP
6 2 (4.17%) Synology
6 2 (4.17%) Veeam
6 2 (4.17%) Zerto
7 1 (2.08%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.08%) UiPath