Microsoft 365 Contracts in Merseyside

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 22 7
Rank change year-on-year +15 -15 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 27 28 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 12.05% 8.12% 15.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 58.70% 22.40% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 36
10th Percentile £143 £209 £160
25th Percentile £145 £313 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £450 £363
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +24.14% +83.54%
75th Percentile £238 £525 £444
90th Percentile £277 £543 £519
North West median daily rate £284 £425 £250
% change year-on-year -33.18% +70.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 6
10th Percentile - £16.21 £14.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £17.63 £19.25 £17.81
90th Percentile £18.80 £21.95 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +14.29% +0.72%

All Cloud Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 46 125 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 20.54% 36.23% 36.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 97 79
10th Percentile £143 £343 £166
25th Percentile £172 £425 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £236 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -52.75% +17.65% +28.79%
75th Percentile £378 £675 £500
90th Percentile £431 £700 £638
North West median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 6
10th Percentile - £16.21 £14.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £17.63 £19.25 £17.81
90th Percentile £18.80 £21.95 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.30 £18.59
% change year-on-year -56.94% +100.62% +2.07%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Merseyside

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Merseyside

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Merseyside over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Merseyside

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Merseyside

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Liverpool +8 27 £225 -50.00% 13
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.41%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.70%) IaaS
4 1 (3.70%) PaaS
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Service Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support
5 4 (14.81%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) IT Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Support
7 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) IT Support
7 2 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Windows Support Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 26 (96.30%) Windows
2 13 (48.15%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.70%) Android
4 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Customer Service
2 9 (33.33%) ITIL
3 7 (25.93%) Migration
3 7 (25.93%) Mobile Device Management
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (22.22%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.41%) Break/Fix
6 2 (7.41%) Workflow
7 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
7 1 (3.70%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (3.70%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (3.70%) Secure Coding
7 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.70%) Service Management
7 1 (3.70%) Software Deployment
7 1 (3.70%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) MCP
2 3 (11.11%) MCSE
3 2 (7.41%) A+ Certification
3 2 (7.41%) MOS
4 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.70%) MCSA
System Software
1 25 (92.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (22.22%) SCCM
3 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) ServiceNow
3 6 (22.22%) Citrix
3 6 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (7.41%) Bomgar
4 2 (7.41%) iManage
4 2 (7.41%) Sophos
5 1 (3.70%) Apple
5 1 (3.70%) Dell