Microsoft 365 Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 28 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 36 35 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 7.19% 6.49% 10.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.05% 15.28% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 28 35
10th Percentile £125 £174 £153
25th Percentile £126 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £215 £188
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +14.67% -47.44%
75th Percentile £388 £503 £388
90th Percentile £432 £600 £425
North West median daily rate £284 £425 £250
% change year-on-year -33.18% +70.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £16.72 £12.08 £16.53
25th Percentile £17.49 £13.31 £16.94
Median hourly rate £17.72 £17.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -6.85% +5.04%
75th Percentile - £20.60 £18.94
90th Percentile £17.74 £21.69 £18.98
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +14.29% +0.72%

All Cloud Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 171 229 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 34.13% 42.49% 26.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 168 88
10th Percentile £289 £214 £163
25th Percentile £364 £385 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £533 £575 £538
90th Percentile £588 £638 £630
North West median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 8
10th Percentile £16.98 £12.63 £18.18
25th Percentile - £15.50 £19.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £21.21 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% -18.44% +49.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.60 £39.00
90th Percentile - £52.88 £63.00
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.30 £18.59
% change year-on-year -56.94% +100.62% +2.07%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Macclesfield - 10 £122 - 4
Northwich - 8 £488 - 3
Wilmslow +1 6 £350 +55.56% 4
Warrington 0 3 £275 +37.50% 18
Runcorn -1 3 £128 -55.11% 2
Chester +4 1 £200 -11.11% 3
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.56%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) OneDrive
2 5 (13.89%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) AWS
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.78%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (2.78%) DNS
3 1 (2.78%) Internet
3 1 (2.78%) LAN
3 1 (2.78%) Skype
3 1 (2.78%) WAN
3 1 (2.78%) Wireless
3 1 (2.78%) WLAN
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Aviation
3 3 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Senior
2 6 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (13.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Administrator
3 5 (13.89%) Desktop Support
3 5 (13.89%) IT Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) IT Support
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 5 (13.89%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 4 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (8.33%) IT Technician
5 3 (8.33%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) iPad
3 1 (2.78%) PKI
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (72.22%) Windows
2 13 (36.11%) Windows 10
3 10 (27.78%) Apple iOS
4 8 (22.22%) Mac OS
5 5 (13.89%) Windows Server
6 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Customer Service
2 9 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 8 (22.22%) Service Management
3 8 (22.22%) Software Deployment
4 6 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 6 (16.67%) Inventory Management
5 4 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (11.11%) Migration
6 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.56%) Data Security
7 2 (5.56%) Information Security
7 2 (5.56%) Project Management
7 2 (5.56%) RBAC
8 1 (2.78%) Application Security
8 1 (2.78%) Break/Fix
8 1 (2.78%) Cloud Security
8 1 (2.78%) Information Governance
8 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Automation
8 1 (2.78%) ITIL
8 1 (2.78%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) Bash
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (69.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 6 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (33.33%) SCCM
3 9 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 30 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (33.33%) VMware
3 9 (25.00%) Apple
4 8 (22.22%) ServiceNow
5 4 (11.11%) Veeam
6 2 (5.56%) Dell
6 2 (5.56%) Lotus
7 1 (2.78%) Autodesk
7 1 (2.78%) Cisco
7 1 (2.78%) Meraki
7 1 (2.78%) Proofpoint
7 1 (2.78%) SAP
7 1 (2.78%) Sophos
7 1 (2.78%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.78%) Wyse