Microsoft 365 Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 36 45
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,666 2,647 3,724
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.53% 5.40% 5.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.21% 14.74% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,943 2,698
10th Percentile £150 £163 £150
25th Percentile £195 £213 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £395 £350
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +12.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £515 £550 £500
90th Percentile £638 £684 £613
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 127 194
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.30 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +5.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £21.37 £24.38 £22.25
90th Percentile £22.35 £56.50 £32.25
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.89% +5.71% +10.24%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,728 17,953 26,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.87% 36.60% 38.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,467 13,134 19,834
10th Percentile £300 £325 £336
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 305 337
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.40
Median % change year-on-year -34.98% +50.93% +1.06%
75th Percentile £32.69 £65.75 £43.80
90th Percentile £62.50 £78.00 £65.45
UK median hourly rate £21.19 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% +59.09% -2.22%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
London +4 768 £400 -5.88% 344
North of England -1 232 £260 -16.80% 295
South East -11 224 £288 -17.86% 269
Midlands -2 166 £270 -28.00% 206
North West +2 146 £282 -32.17% 148
South West -11 138 £195 -46.21% 167
West Midlands -4 113 £350 -17.65% 125
East of England -13 97 £250 -16.67% 144
Yorkshire 0 77 £250 -9.09% 114
East Midlands -2 52 £195 -22.00% 81
North East +12 9 £190 -5.00% 38
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 388 (23.29%) SharePoint
2 360 (21.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.80%) Skype for Business
4 19 (1.14%) Confluence
5 15 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (0.78%) IIS
7 12 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (0.54%) CMS
10 7 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (0.36%) IBM Notes
11 6 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
12 4 (0.24%) WordPress
13 3 (0.18%) IBM Domino
13 3 (0.18%) nginx
13 3 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
14 1 (0.060%) Apache
14 1 (0.060%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 268 (16.09%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.18%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.18%) SPSS
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.18%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.12%) Eikon
4 2 (0.12%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.060%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.060%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.060%) Magento
5 1 (0.060%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.060%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.060%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.060%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.060%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 624 (37.45%) Azure
2 232 (13.93%) Entra ID
3 159 (9.54%) Power Platform
4 140 (8.40%) OneDrive
5 94 (5.64%) PowerApps
6 81 (4.86%) Power Automate
7 77 (4.62%) AWS
8 44 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (2.40%) IaaS
10 38 (2.28%) Mimecast
11 35 (2.10%) SaaS
12 32 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
13 26 (1.56%) WhatsApp
14 24 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
14 24 (1.44%) PaaS
15 22 (1.32%) Azure Storage
16 21 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
17 18 (1.08%) Google Workspace
18 17 (1.02%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 148 (8.88%) Firewall
2 144 (8.64%) DNS
3 95 (5.70%) DHCP
3 95 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
4 85 (5.10%) VPN
5 69 (4.14%) LAN
6 63 (3.78%) WAN
7 56 (3.36%) Wireless
8 49 (2.94%) VoIP
9 44 (2.64%) TCP/IP
10 35 (2.10%) Skype
11 29 (1.74%) Cisco IOS
11 29 (1.74%) SAN
12 23 (1.38%) Network Security
13 21 (1.26%) Intranet
14 16 (0.96%) MPLS
14 16 (0.96%) VLAN
15 14 (0.84%) Internet
16 13 (0.78%) Unified Communications
17 11 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 75 (4.50%) Power BI
3 11 (0.66%) NoSQL
3 11 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.30%) MySQL
5 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.24%) Metadata
6 4 (0.24%) Power Query
7 3 (0.18%) BusinessObjects XI
7 3 (0.18%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.12%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.12%) Tableau
9 1 (0.060%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.060%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 51 (3.06%) JIRA
2 15 (0.90%) GitLab
3 12 (0.72%) Hudson
4 6 (0.36%) Git
4 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.12%) Subversion
8 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.060%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.060%) MSI
8 1 (0.060%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.060%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 545 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 234 (14.05%) Finance
3 171 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 134 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (4.32%) Legal
6 59 (3.54%) Retail
7 51 (3.06%) Banking
7 51 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (2.76%) Marketing
9 44 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 40 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (2.10%) Telecoms
12 34 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (1.62%) Law
14 25 (1.50%) Electronics
15 23 (1.38%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.08%) French Language
16 18 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (1.08%) Local Government
17 15 (0.90%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 261 (15.67%) Analyst
2 233 (13.99%) Support Engineer
3 175 (10.50%) IT Support
4 144 (8.64%) Architect
5 134 (8.04%) Service Analyst
6 133 (7.98%) Service Desk Analyst
7 109 (6.54%) IT Engineer
8 104 (6.24%) Desktop Support
9 99 (5.94%) Senior
10 98 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
10 98 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 76 (4.56%) IT Support Engineer
12 72 (4.32%) Desktop Engineer
12 72 (4.32%) Developer
13 68 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 66 (3.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 66 (3.96%) Consultant
14 66 (3.96%) Support Analyst
15 57 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 54 (3.24%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.38%) .NET
2 21 (1.26%) REST
3 16 (0.96%) ARM Templates
3 16 (0.96%) CSS
4 15 (0.90%) JSON
4 15 (0.90%) XML
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
6 11 (0.66%) HTML5 Canvas
6 11 (0.66%) SPFx
7 9 (0.54%) HTML
8 7 (0.42%) jQuery
9 6 (0.36%) LDAP
9 6 (0.36%) OAuth
9 6 (0.36%) React
10 5 (0.30%) SAML
11 4 (0.24%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.24%) EDI
11 4 (0.24%) RESTful
11 4 (0.24%) SOAP
11 4 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 51 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
3 48 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 48 (2.88%) PKI
4 40 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 29 (1.74%) Driving Licence
7 26 (1.56%) NHS
8 24 (1.44%) iPhone
9 20 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.20%) iPad
9 20 (1.20%) Video Editing
10 19 (1.14%) Digital Signage
11 17 (1.02%) EPoS
11 17 (1.02%) Smartphone
11 17 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 16 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 15 (0.90%) CMDB
13 15 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 874 (52.46%) Windows
2 415 (24.91%) Windows 10
3 274 (16.45%) Windows Server
4 106 (6.36%) Apple iOS
5 90 (5.40%) Android
6 75 (4.50%) Mac OS
7 73 (4.38%) Linux
7 73 (4.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 65 (3.90%) Windows 7
9 64 (3.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 62 (3.72%) Windows Server 2016
11 30 (1.80%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (1.08%) Mac OS X
13 15 (0.90%) VMS
14 12 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
15 10 (0.60%) Ubuntu
16 8 (0.48%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.30%) Unix
18 3 (0.18%) Debian
18 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (18.91%) Customer Service
2 285 (17.11%) ITIL
3 244 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
4 203 (12.18%) Migration
5 154 (9.24%) Agile
6 134 (8.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 104 (6.24%) Change Management
8 94 (5.64%) Business Intelligence
9 93 (5.58%) Project Management
10 91 (5.46%) DevOps
11 88 (5.28%) Service Delivery
12 77 (4.62%) Service Management
13 74 (4.44%) Mobile Device Management
14 72 (4.32%) Incident Management
14 72 (4.32%) ITSM
15 66 (3.96%) Cybersecurity
16 65 (3.90%) Information Security
17 63 (3.78%) Stakeholder Management
18 59 (3.54%) Data Loss Prevention
19 58 (3.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 241 (14.47%) PowerShell
2 63 (3.78%) SQL
3 49 (2.94%) C#
4 27 (1.62%) JavaScript
5 21 (1.26%) Python
6 18 (1.08%) VBScript
7 17 (1.02%) Bicep
7 17 (1.02%) VB
8 10 (0.60%) C
9 8 (0.48%) Swift
9 8 (0.48%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.24%) Bash
10 4 (0.24%) Java
10 4 (0.24%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.12%) VBA
12 1 (0.060%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.060%) PHP
12 1 (0.060%) R
12 1 (0.060%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 217 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 191 (11.46%) Degree
3 175 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 122 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 50 (3.00%) MCSA
6 49 (2.94%) A+ Certification
7 44 (2.64%) DV Cleared
8 43 (2.58%) Azure Certification
9 34 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
10 31 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.38%) CCNA
13 22 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 21 (1.26%) DBS Check
15 19 (1.14%) CISSP
16 18 (1.08%) MCP
16 18 (1.08%) MCSE
17 10 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (0.60%) CISM
18 8 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.26%) SLA
2 24 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (1.26%) NIST
4 17 (1.02%) QA
5 15 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.78%) GDPR
8 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.48%) GRC
10 5 (0.30%) NCSC
11 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.24%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.24%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.18%) PMO
13 2 (0.12%) COBIT
System Software
1 815 (48.92%) Active Directory
2 92 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (3.48%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 40 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (1.20%) vSphere
7 14 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.66%) XenApp
9 10 (0.60%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.48%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.48%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.18%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.18%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 2 (0.12%) Docker
14 1 (0.060%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 295 (17.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 237 (14.23%) SCCM
3 42 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
4 41 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 37 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (1.74%) SCOM
7 27 (1.62%) WSUS
8 22 (1.32%) Kubernetes
9 14 (0.84%) Terraform
10 11 (0.66%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.60%) Ansible
11 10 (0.60%) Autotask
12 9 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
12 9 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 8 (0.48%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.48%) PingFederate
14 6 (0.36%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.24%) Packer
15 4 (0.24%) PaperCut
16 3 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1,055 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 182 (10.92%) VMware
3 163 (9.78%) Citrix
4 154 (9.24%) ServiceNow
5 127 (7.62%) Apple
6 82 (4.92%) Cisco
7 45 (2.70%) Veeam
8 38 (2.28%) SAP
9 35 (2.10%) HP
10 30 (1.80%) Google
11 29 (1.74%) Adobe
12 26 (1.56%) NetApp
13 24 (1.44%) Dell
14 23 (1.38%) Oracle
15 19 (1.14%) Sophos
16 18 (1.08%) MobileIron
17 17 (1.02%) Aruba
17 17 (1.02%) Bloomberg
18 15 (0.90%) CA
18 15 (0.90%) Palo Alto