Microsoft 365 Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 45 39
Rank change year-on-year +15 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 129 173 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.97% 4.84% 5.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.12% 12.74% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 126 198
10th Percentile £168 £140 £150
25th Percentile £319 £183 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £313 £450
Median % change year-on-year +59.87% -30.50% -5.01%
75th Percentile £619 £488 £550
90th Percentile £757 £588 £638
Central London median daily rate £450 £338 £425
% change year-on-year +33.33% -20.59% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £17.22
75th Percentile £23.75 - £25.50
90th Percentile £25.70 - £47.78
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £20.19
% change year-on-year -10.00% +23.85% +46.80%

All Cloud Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 853 1,358 1,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.49% 38.03% 42.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 909 1,460
10th Percentile £363 £313 £400
25th Percentile £441 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile £12.75 £44.75 -
25th Percentile £14.88 £65.57 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £84.09 £17.22
Median % change year-on-year -73.24% +388.40% -23.48%
75th Percentile £26.19 £88.30 £25.50
90th Percentile £38.63 - £47.78
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £83.30 £20.19
% change year-on-year -72.99% +312.66% -12.14%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 31 (24.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (19.38%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.88%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (3.10%) Confluence
5 2 (1.55%) IBM Domino
5 2 (1.55%) IBM Notes
5 2 (1.55%) IIS
6 1 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.78%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 66 (51.16%) Azure
2 29 (22.48%) Entra ID
3 25 (19.38%) Power Platform
4 13 (10.08%) Mimecast
4 13 (10.08%) OneDrive
5 12 (9.30%) PowerApps
6 10 (7.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (6.98%) Power Automate
8 8 (6.20%) IaaS
9 6 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (3.10%) AWS
10 4 (3.10%) PaaS
11 3 (2.33%) Google Workspace
11 3 (2.33%) WhatsApp
12 2 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.18%) Firewall
2 10 (7.75%) DNS
3 7 (5.43%) VPN
4 5 (3.88%) MPLS
5 4 (3.10%) Network Security
6 3 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.33%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.33%) Wireless
7 2 (1.55%) DHCP
7 2 (1.55%) NAS
7 2 (1.55%) SAN
7 2 (1.55%) Skype
7 2 (1.55%) SMTP
7 2 (1.55%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.78%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.78%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.78%) LAN
8 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.78%) VoIP
8 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.98%) Power BI
2 8 (6.20%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (4.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.78%) JIRA
3 1 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 47 (36.43%) Social Skills
2 36 (27.91%) Finance
3 18 (13.95%) Legal
4 13 (10.08%) Banking
5 12 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.30%) Financial Institution
6 8 (6.20%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.43%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.88%) French Language
8 5 (3.88%) Law
8 5 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.33%) Local Government
9 3 (2.33%) Retail
10 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Advertising
11 1 (0.78%) German Language
11 1 (0.78%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.78%) Marketing
11 1 (0.78%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (20.93%) Architect
2 11 (8.53%) Analyst
2 11 (8.53%) IT Support
2 11 (8.53%) Support Engineer
3 10 (7.75%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 8 (6.20%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (5.43%) IT Engineer
6 6 (4.65%) Consultant
6 6 (4.65%) Desktop Support
6 6 (4.65%) Developer
6 6 (4.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 6 (4.65%) Platform Architect
6 6 (4.65%) Power Platform Architect
6 6 (4.65%) Project Manager
7 5 (3.88%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (3.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (3.88%) DevOps Manager
8 4 (3.10%) Lead
8 4 (3.10%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.75%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (4.65%) JSON
2 6 (4.65%) REST
2 6 (4.65%) XML
3 3 (2.33%) CSS
3 3 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (2.33%) jQuery
4 1 (0.78%) LAMP
4 1 (0.78%) OAuth
4 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.75%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.20%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.65%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (3.88%) Blackberry
5 4 (3.10%) Wiki
6 3 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.55%) Clustering
7 2 (1.55%) IoT
7 2 (1.55%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.55%) PKI
8 1 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.78%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.78%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.78%) iPad
8 1 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (40.31%) Windows
2 22 (17.05%) Windows 10
3 9 (6.98%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.20%) Android
4 8 (6.20%) Windows 7
5 7 (5.43%) Mac OS X
6 5 (3.88%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.88%) Windows 8
6 5 (3.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.10%) Linux
8 3 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.93%) Migration
3 25 (19.38%) Data Loss Prevention
4 20 (15.50%) Agile
5 19 (14.73%) Customer Service
5 19 (14.73%) ITIL
6 18 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (12.40%) Change Management
8 15 (11.63%) Project Management
9 14 (10.85%) DevOps
9 14 (10.85%) PRINCE2
10 13 (10.08%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (9.30%) Information Security
12 10 (7.75%) Roadmaps
13 9 (6.98%) Computer Science
13 9 (6.98%) Project Delivery
14 8 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 8 (6.20%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 36 (27.91%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.20%) C#
3 6 (4.65%) T-SQL
4 3 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.33%) SQL
5 2 (1.55%) Python
6 1 (0.78%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (14.73%) Degree
2 10 (7.75%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.43%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.43%) CISSP
5 6 (4.65%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (3.10%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (2.33%) CCSK
8 3 (2.33%) CISM
9 2 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.78%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CCNA
10 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.78%) MCITP
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.75%) SLA
2 7 (5.43%) NIST
3 5 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.33%) NCSC
5 2 (1.55%) GRC
5 2 (1.55%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.78%) GDPR
6 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 54 (41.86%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.20%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.55%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.55%) vSphere
4 2 (1.55%) XenApp
5 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (20.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.30%) SCCM
3 8 (6.20%) PingFederate
4 5 (3.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (3.10%) FortiGate
6 3 (2.33%) Ansible
7 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.55%) Packer
7 2 (1.55%) QRadar
7 2 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.55%) Terraform
8 1 (0.78%) CASB
8 1 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.78%) Kibana
8 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.78%) logstash
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 92 (71.32%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.40%) Citrix
3 11 (8.53%) VMware
4 10 (7.75%) Apple
5 8 (6.20%) Adobe
5 8 (6.20%) iManage
6 6 (4.65%) Cadence
7 5 (3.88%) Cisco
7 5 (3.88%) Ivanti
7 5 (3.88%) Okta
7 5 (3.88%) Proofpoint
7 5 (3.88%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.10%) Freshdesk
9 3 (2.33%) Google
9 3 (2.33%) IBM
9 3 (2.33%) Symantec
10 2 (1.55%) Acronis
10 2 (1.55%) Avaya
10 2 (1.55%) Intapp
10 2 (1.55%) Lotus