Microsoft 365 Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 47 51 63
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 768 1,170 1,531
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.34% 4.46% 3.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.30% 11.43% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 868 1,161
10th Percentile £163 £165 £165
25th Percentile £218 £230 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £571 £600 £550
90th Percentile £688 £725 £650
England median daily rate £350 £395 £350
% change year-on-year -11.39% +12.86% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 28 32
10th Percentile £15.23 £15.87 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.64 £20.48 £19.77
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.75 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -6.86% +34.21%
75th Percentile £23.89 £31.84 £42.06
90th Percentile £25.03 £44.95 £51.00
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.89% +5.71% +2.94%

All Cloud Skills
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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,795 10,239 15,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.43% 38.99% 41.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,005 7,493 11,935
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £767
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 84 85
10th Percentile £17.16 £20.00 £19.75
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.88 £24.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £50.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +23.46% +8.00%
75th Percentile £38.44 £75.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £88.30 £79.20
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.40
% change year-on-year -34.98% +50.93% +1.06%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +7 152 £450 +28.57% 49
East London -4 18 £500 +150.00% 11
West London +7 17 £260 -13.33% 24
South London +1 13 £200 -9.09% 13
North London -3 1 £325 +132.14% 2
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 199 (25.91%) SharePoint
2 163 (21.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.99%) Skype for Business
4 15 (1.95%) Confluence
5 14 (1.82%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (1.17%) IIS
8 6 (0.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (0.78%) SharePoint 2013
9 4 (0.52%) IBM Notes
10 3 (0.39%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.26%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) Apache
12 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 139 (18.10%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.39%) Camtasia
6 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.39%) SPSS
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.26%) Eikon
3 2 (0.26%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.13%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
4 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 331 (43.10%) Azure
2 136 (17.71%) Entra ID
3 103 (13.41%) Power Platform
4 71 (9.24%) OneDrive
5 61 (7.94%) PowerApps
6 47 (6.12%) Power Automate
7 40 (5.21%) AWS
8 28 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.65%) IaaS
9 24 (3.13%) Mimecast
10 23 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.99%) WhatsApp
11 19 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (2.21%) PaaS
13 16 (2.08%) GitHub
14 15 (1.95%) Google Workspace
14 15 (1.95%) Slack
15 14 (1.82%) SaaS
16 13 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (8.98%) DNS
2 64 (8.33%) Firewall
3 41 (5.34%) DHCP
4 38 (4.95%) VPN
5 26 (3.39%) Skype
6 25 (3.26%) Wireless
7 23 (2.99%) LAN
8 21 (2.73%) WAN
9 19 (2.47%) VoIP
10 17 (2.21%) TCP/IP
11 16 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (1.95%) Cisco IOS
12 15 (1.95%) MPLS
13 11 (1.43%) Internet
14 10 (1.30%) Intranet
14 10 (1.30%) Network Security
15 9 (1.17%) SAN
16 6 (0.78%) SNMP
16 6 (0.78%) Unified Communications
17 5 (0.65%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (7.03%) Power BI
2 45 (5.86%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.30%) NoSQL
3 10 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.52%) Power Query
7 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects XI
7 3 (0.39%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.26%) Tableau
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) MySQL
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) QlikView
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.13%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 30 (3.91%) JIRA
2 13 (1.69%) GitLab
3 5 (0.65%) Git
3 5 (0.65%) Hudson
3 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.13%) Subversion
5 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 234 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 176 (22.92%) Finance
3 84 (10.94%) Public Sector
4 81 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.38%) Legal
6 47 (6.12%) Banking
7 31 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.86%) Financial Institution
8 22 (2.86%) Marketing
9 19 (2.47%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.21%) Law
11 15 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.95%) French Language
11 15 (1.95%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.82%) Electronics
13 12 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.56%) Local Government
14 11 (1.43%) Advertising
15 9 (1.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 101 (13.15%) Analyst
2 95 (12.37%) Support Engineer
3 93 (12.11%) Architect
4 59 (7.68%) IT Support
5 51 (6.64%) Desktop Support
5 51 (6.64%) Developer
6 49 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 49 (6.38%) Senior
7 44 (5.73%) IT Engineer
8 40 (5.21%) Consultant
9 36 (4.69%) 2nd Line Support
10 34 (4.43%) Project Manager
10 34 (4.43%) Service Analyst
11 32 (4.17%) Service Desk Analyst
12 31 (4.04%) Desktop Engineer
13 29 (3.78%) IT Support Engineer
13 29 (3.78%) Support Analyst
14 25 (3.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 24 (3.13%) IT Analyst
15 24 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.69%) JSON
1 13 (1.69%) XML
2 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 12 (1.56%) REST
3 11 (1.43%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (1.17%) .NET
5 7 (0.91%) CSS
6 5 (0.65%) LDAP
6 5 (0.65%) OAuth
6 5 (0.65%) SPFx
7 4 (0.52%) HTML
7 4 (0.52%) React
7 4 (0.52%) RESTful
7 4 (0.52%) SAML
7 4 (0.52%) SOAP
8 3 (0.39%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.39%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.39%) jQuery
8 3 (0.39%) OpenID
8 3 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.30%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.78%) Data Centre
3 27 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
4 21 (2.73%) PKI
5 20 (2.60%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.82%) iPhone
9 13 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.43%) iPad
10 11 (1.43%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.17%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.04%) Blackberry
12 8 (1.04%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.91%) Cyberattack
13 7 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (0.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 363 (47.27%) Windows
2 164 (21.35%) Windows 10
3 104 (13.54%) Windows Server
4 42 (5.47%) Android
5 33 (4.30%) Windows 7
6 30 (3.91%) Mac OS
7 28 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
8 22 (2.86%) Apple iOS
9 16 (2.08%) Mac OS X
10 15 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (1.56%) Linux
13 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (0.91%) VMS
14 7 (0.91%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.65%) Unix
16 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (16.54%) Migration
2 123 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (14.71%) ITIL
4 106 (13.80%) Customer Service
5 87 (11.33%) Agile
6 69 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
7 66 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 58 (7.55%) Change Management
9 55 (7.16%) Project Management
10 52 (6.77%) DevOps
11 49 (6.38%) Data Loss Prevention
12 45 (5.86%) Cybersecurity
13 41 (5.34%) Project Delivery
14 38 (4.95%) Service Delivery
15 37 (4.82%) Roadmaps
16 35 (4.56%) Asset Management
17 34 (4.43%) ITSM
18 33 (4.30%) Information Security
19 32 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
19 32 (4.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (16.54%) PowerShell
2 29 (3.78%) SQL
3 21 (2.73%) C#
4 15 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.69%) Python
6 8 (1.04%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.52%) Java
8 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.26%) Bash
9 2 (0.26%) VBA
9 2 (0.26%) VBScript
10 1 (0.13%) Bicep
10 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.13%) PHP
10 1 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.13%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (12.76%) Degree
2 86 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 73 (9.51%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (2.60%) Azure Certification
5 20 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
6 19 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.95%) CISSP
8 13 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.04%) CISM
10 7 (0.91%) CCNA
11 6 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.78%) CCSK
11 6 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.65%) MCSA
12 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.52%) MCSE
14 3 (0.39%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.64%) SLA
2 18 (2.34%) NIST
3 16 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.95%) QA
5 9 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.04%) GDPR
7 7 (0.91%) GRC
8 6 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.65%) NCSC
10 4 (0.52%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.13%) IASME
13 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 347 (45.18%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.43%) vSphere
6 4 (0.52%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.26%) XenApp
9 1 (0.13%) Docker
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.13%) vCloud
9 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 116 (15.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 101 (13.15%) SCCM
3 28 (3.65%) Jamf Pro
4 19 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.43%) SCOM
6 11 (1.43%) Terraform
7 9 (1.17%) Ansible
8 8 (1.04%) PingFederate
9 6 (0.78%) WSUS
10 5 (0.65%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.52%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.52%) Packer
12 3 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.39%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (0.39%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.39%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.26%) logstash
13 2 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 539 (70.18%) Microsoft
2 68 (8.85%) Citrix
3 67 (8.72%) VMware
4 58 (7.55%) ServiceNow
5 49 (6.38%) Apple
6 28 (3.65%) Cisco
7 21 (2.73%) Google
8 18 (2.34%) SAP
9 17 (2.21%) Adobe
10 16 (2.08%) NetApp
11 15 (1.95%) Bloomberg
11 15 (1.95%) Oracle
12 14 (1.82%) Dell
13 12 (1.56%) CA
14 11 (1.43%) Veeam
15 10 (1.30%) iManage
16 9 (1.17%) HP
16 9 (1.17%) Proofpoint
17 8 (1.04%) Cadence
17 8 (1.04%) Reuters