Microsoft 365 Contracts in Manchester

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 36 40
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 66 90 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.45% 4.84% 5.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.07% 12.30% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 66 111
10th Percentile £210 £191 £158
25th Percentile £268 £300 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £440 £265
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +66.04% -18.46%
75th Percentile £450 £534 £438
90th Percentile £581 £550 £520
North West median daily rate £284 £425 £270
% change year-on-year -33.18% +57.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile - £14.25 £15.25
25th Percentile - £16.62 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £18.86 - £25.00
90th Percentile £19.54 £25.25 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.86% +1.04%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 547 732 965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 36.86% 39.38% 37.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 553 785
10th Percentile £313 £325 £281
25th Percentile £406 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +13.51%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £619
90th Percentile £650 £656 £672
North West median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.45% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 16
10th Percentile £18.18 £18.65 -
25th Percentile £22.25 £26.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £65.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +271.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £71.87 £70.00 £25.94
90th Percentile £72.50 - £42.50
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.30 £18.84
% change year-on-year -56.94% +97.96% +8.10%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 4 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
Wigan -1 7 £400 +185.71% 1
Salford - 6 £255 - 6
Bolton - 3 £350 - 6
Oldham - 1 £350 - 1
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 18 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (40.91%) Azure
2 13 (19.70%) AWS
3 9 (13.64%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.09%) Mimecast
5 5 (7.58%) IaaS
6 4 (6.06%) GCP
7 3 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.03%) OneDrive
8 2 (3.03%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.52%) PaaS
9 1 (1.52%) SaaS
9 1 (1.52%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.09%) Firewall
2 5 (7.58%) VPN
3 4 (6.06%) LAN
3 4 (6.06%) WAN
3 4 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.55%) VLAN
4 3 (4.55%) VoIP
5 2 (3.03%) DNS
5 2 (3.03%) Intranet
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.52%) DKIM
6 1 (1.52%) NAS
6 1 (1.52%) SAN
6 1 (1.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) Power BI
2 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.52%) MySQL
3 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Hudson
General
1 18 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.70%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Finance
5 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Advertising
7 1 (1.52%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.52%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (16.67%) Senior
2 9 (13.64%) Architect
2 9 (13.64%) Support Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) IT Support
3 7 (10.61%) Lead
3 7 (10.61%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (7.58%) Service Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Developer
6 4 (6.06%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Product Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Senior IT Support
6 4 (6.06%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) Support Officer
7 3 (4.55%) Digital Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) Node.js
1 1 (1.52%) Svelte
1 1 (1.52%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (6.06%) Clustering
2 4 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (6.06%) Digital Signage
2 4 (6.06%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (6.06%) Video\Live Streaming
3 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) PKI
5 1 (1.52%) EPoS
5 1 (1.52%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.52%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.52%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.52%) NHS
5 1 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (36.36%) Windows
2 15 (22.73%) Windows 10
3 11 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 9 (13.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (12.12%) Mac OS
6 5 (7.58%) Linux
7 4 (6.06%) Apple iOS
8 3 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (3.03%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.52%) Debian
10 1 (1.52%) Ubuntu
10 1 (1.52%) VMS
10 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) ITIL
2 11 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 11 (16.67%) Service Management
3 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (12.12%) Migration
6 7 (10.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (9.09%) Agile
7 6 (9.09%) Change Management
7 6 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 5 (7.58%) Decision-Making
8 5 (7.58%) Problem Management
9 4 (6.06%) Change Advisory Board
9 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (6.06%) Data Protection
9 4 (6.06%) Incident Management
9 4 (6.06%) Line Management
9 4 (6.06%) Mentoring
9 4 (6.06%) Open Source
9 4 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.03%) SQL
3 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (24.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (19.70%) Degree
3 6 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.58%) MCSE
5 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
5 4 (6.06%) CCNA
5 4 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (6.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (3.03%) MCITP
7 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.52%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (37.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.52%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.55%) Autotask
2 3 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.55%) SCCM
3 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) VMware
3 7 (10.61%) Sophos
4 4 (6.06%) Logitech
4 4 (6.06%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.55%) Apple
5 3 (4.55%) Cisco
5 3 (4.55%) Datto
6 2 (3.03%) Adobe
6 2 (3.03%) CA
6 2 (3.03%) iManage
7 1 (1.52%) Carbon Black
7 1 (1.52%) Citrix
7 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.52%) Google
7 1 (1.52%) HP
7 1 (1.52%) Meraki
7 1 (1.52%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.52%) Veeam