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 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 40 36 46
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,653 2,656 3,743
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.52% 5.40% 5.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.17% 14.77% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,152 1,952 2,718
10th Percentile £150 £163 £150
25th Percentile £195 £210 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £389 £350
Median % change year-on-year -9.97% +11.07% -6.67%
75th Percentile £518 £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 130 126 194
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% +9.38%
75th Percentile £21.37 £24.88 £22.25
90th Percentile £22.18 £56.50 £34.63
UK median hourly rate £16.63 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.11% +5.71% +12.90%

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 11,669 17,979 27,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.92% 36.55% 38.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,417 13,172 20,060
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
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 £744 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 304 350
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.98% +50.23% -
75th Percentile £33.25 £65.81 £51.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +5 763 £400 -5.88% 359
North of England -1 231 £255 -17.74% 303
South East -12 223 £275 -21.43% 287
Midlands -3 163 £270 -28.00% 235
North West +2 147 £282 -29.63% 158
South West -12 135 £194 -48.16% 178
West Midlands -4 110 £350 -16.67% 139
East of England -10 97 £250 -16.67% 149
Yorkshire -3 75 £230 -18.22% 112
East Midlands -2 52 £195 -22.00% 96
North East +12 9 £190 -5.00% 37
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
1 383 (23.17%) SharePoint
2 359 (21.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.81%) Skype for Business
4 19 (1.15%) Confluence
5 15 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (0.79%) IIS
7 12 (0.73%) 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%) SharePoint 2013
12 5 (0.30%) IBM Notes
13 4 (0.24%) WordPress
14 3 (0.18%) nginx
14 3 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
15 2 (0.12%) Apache
15 2 (0.12%) IBM Domino
16 1 (0.060%) Drupal
16 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 263 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
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%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (0.91%) 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
1 618 (37.39%) Azure
2 228 (13.79%) Entra ID
3 160 (9.68%) Power Platform
4 137 (8.29%) OneDrive
5 97 (5.87%) PowerApps
6 84 (5.08%) Power Automate
7 77 (4.66%) AWS
8 44 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (2.42%) IaaS
10 38 (2.30%) Mimecast
11 36 (2.18%) SaaS
12 33 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
13 26 (1.57%) WhatsApp
14 24 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
14 24 (1.45%) PaaS
15 22 (1.33%) Azure Storage
16 21 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
17 18 (1.09%) GitHub
17 18 (1.09%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 146 (8.83%) Firewall
2 142 (8.59%) DNS
3 95 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
4 94 (5.69%) DHCP
5 85 (5.14%) VPN
6 69 (4.17%) LAN
7 63 (3.81%) WAN
8 56 (3.39%) Wireless
9 49 (2.96%) VoIP
10 42 (2.54%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.12%) Skype
12 29 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
12 29 (1.75%) SAN
13 22 (1.33%) Network Security
14 21 (1.27%) Intranet
15 16 (0.97%) MPLS
15 16 (0.97%) VLAN
16 14 (0.85%) Internet
17 12 (0.73%) Unified Communications
18 11 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.96%) SQL Server
2 74 (4.48%) Power BI
3 11 (0.67%) NoSQL
3 11 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.30%) MySQL
6 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.24%) Metadata
7 4 (0.24%) Power Query
8 3 (0.18%) BusinessObjects XI
8 3 (0.18%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.12%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.12%) Tableau
10 1 (0.060%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.060%) Big Data
10 1 (0.060%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 52 (3.15%) JIRA
2 15 (0.91%) GitLab
3 12 (0.73%) Hudson
4 7 (0.42%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.36%) Git
6 5 (0.30%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.060%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.060%) MSI
9 1 (0.060%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 546 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 234 (14.16%) Finance
3 170 (10.28%) Public Sector
4 135 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (4.36%) Legal
6 59 (3.57%) Retail
7 52 (3.15%) Banking
8 49 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (2.78%) Marketing
10 44 (2.66%) Manufacturing
11 40 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 33 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
14 27 (1.63%) Law
15 25 (1.51%) Electronics
16 22 (1.33%) Financial Institution
17 19 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.09%) French Language
18 18 (1.09%) Local Government
19 15 (0.91%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 262 (15.85%) Analyst
2 231 (13.97%) Support Engineer
3 174 (10.53%) IT Support
4 148 (8.95%) Architect
5 134 (8.11%) Service Analyst
6 133 (8.05%) Service Desk Analyst
7 107 (6.47%) IT Engineer
8 104 (6.29%) Desktop Support
9 98 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support
10 97 (5.87%) Senior
11 94 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 75 (4.54%) IT Support Engineer
13 72 (4.36%) Desktop Engineer
14 71 (4.30%) Developer
15 66 (3.99%) Consultant
15 66 (3.99%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 66 (3.99%) Support Analyst
16 65 (3.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 57 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 53 (3.21%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.45%) .NET
2 21 (1.27%) REST
3 16 (0.97%) ARM Templates
3 16 (0.97%) CSS
4 15 (0.91%) XML
5 14 (0.85%) JSON
6 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (0.67%) HTML5 Canvas
7 11 (0.67%) SPFx
8 10 (0.60%) HTML
9 7 (0.42%) jQuery
10 6 (0.36%) LDAP
10 6 (0.36%) OAuth
10 6 (0.36%) React
11 5 (0.30%) SAML
12 4 (0.24%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.24%) EDI
12 4 (0.24%) RESTful
12 4 (0.24%) SOAP
12 4 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (2.96%) Management Information System
2 49 (2.96%) Video Conferencing
3 48 (2.90%) PKI
4 40 (2.42%) Onboarding
5 37 (2.24%) Data Centre
6 29 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 26 (1.57%) NHS
8 24 (1.45%) iPhone
9 21 (1.27%) iPad
10 20 (1.21%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.21%) Video Editing
11 19 (1.15%) Digital Signage
12 17 (1.03%) EPoS
12 17 (1.03%) Smartphone
12 17 (1.03%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.97%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.91%) CMDB
14 15 (0.91%) Low-Code
15 12 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 867 (52.45%) Windows
2 415 (25.11%) Windows 10
3 270 (16.33%) Windows Server
4 104 (6.29%) Apple iOS
5 90 (5.44%) Android
6 75 (4.54%) Mac OS
7 73 (4.42%) Linux
8 72 (4.36%) Windows Server 2012
9 66 (3.99%) Windows 7
10 64 (3.87%) Windows Server 2019
11 62 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
12 30 (1.81%) Windows Server 2008
13 18 (1.09%) Mac OS X
14 15 (0.91%) VMS
15 12 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
16 10 (0.60%) Ubuntu
17 8 (0.48%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.30%) Unix
19 3 (0.18%) Debian
19 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (19.00%) Customer Service
2 283 (17.12%) ITIL
3 244 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
4 205 (12.40%) Migration
5 155 (9.38%) Agile
6 130 (7.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 104 (6.29%) Change Management
8 95 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
9 93 (5.63%) Project Management
10 92 (5.57%) DevOps
11 88 (5.32%) Service Delivery
12 77 (4.66%) Service Management
13 74 (4.48%) Mobile Device Management
14 72 (4.36%) Incident Management
14 72 (4.36%) ITSM
15 66 (3.99%) Cybersecurity
15 66 (3.99%) Information Security
16 62 (3.75%) Stakeholder Management
17 59 (3.57%) Roadmaps
18 58 (3.51%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 242 (14.64%) PowerShell
2 64 (3.87%) SQL
3 50 (3.02%) C#
4 28 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 21 (1.27%) Python
6 18 (1.09%) VBScript
7 17 (1.03%) Bicep
7 17 (1.03%) 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
1 219 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 193 (11.68%) Degree
3 176 (10.65%) SC Cleared
4 122 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 50 (3.02%) MCSA
6 49 (2.96%) A+ Certification
7 44 (2.66%) Azure Certification
7 44 (2.66%) DV Cleared
8 34 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
9 33 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.39%) CCNA
12 21 (1.27%) CISSP
12 21 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 20 (1.21%) DBS Check
14 18 (1.09%) MCP
14 18 (1.09%) MCSE
15 11 (0.67%) CISM
16 10 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.32%) SLA
2 25 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.33%) NIST
4 17 (1.03%) QA
5 15 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.79%) 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
1 808 (48.88%) Active Directory
2 92 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (3.51%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 41 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (1.21%) vSphere
7 14 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.67%) BitLocker
8 11 (0.67%) XenApp
9 9 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 8 (0.48%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.48%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.18%) Firmware
11 3 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.18%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 2 (0.12%) Docker
13 1 (0.060%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 293 (17.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 235 (14.22%) SCCM
3 41 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
4 39 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 37 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (1.75%) SCOM
7 27 (1.63%) WSUS
8 21 (1.27%) Kubernetes
9 13 (0.79%) Terraform
10 11 (0.67%) 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%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,046 (63.28%) Microsoft
2 181 (10.95%) VMware
3 162 (9.80%) Citrix
4 154 (9.32%) ServiceNow
5 127 (7.68%) Apple
6 79 (4.78%) Cisco
7 45 (2.72%) Veeam
8 37 (2.24%) SAP
9 34 (2.06%) HP
10 30 (1.81%) Google
11 29 (1.75%) Adobe
12 26 (1.57%) NetApp
13 25 (1.51%) Dell
14 23 (1.39%) Oracle
15 19 (1.15%) Sophos
16 18 (1.09%) MobileIron
17 17 (1.03%) Aruba
18 16 (0.97%) Bloomberg
19 15 (0.91%) CA
20 14 (0.85%) iManage