Microsoft 365 Contracts in the North East

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 46 13
Rank change year-on-year +21 -33 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 12 13 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 3.56% 2.99% 9.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.00% 6.67% 22.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 41
10th Percentile £150 £138 £130
25th Percentile £154 £155 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £213 £200
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +6.25% -1.23%
75th Percentile £196 £238 £475
90th Percentile £203 £550 £575
England median daily rate £338 £379 £363
% change year-on-year -10.96% +4.57% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.24
25th Percentile - - £15.53
Median hourly rate - - £16.43
75th Percentile - - £16.92
90th Percentile - - £16.97
England median hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% +1.98%

All Cloud Skills
North East

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 the North East with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 60 195 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 17.80% 44.83% 41.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 148 159
10th Percentile £161 £350 £160
25th Percentile £190 £500 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +13.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £600
90th Percentile £650 £775 £708
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £15.17 - £15.43
25th Percentile - £48.50 £16.02
Median hourly rate £20.77 £49.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +188.24% -
75th Percentile - £49.50 £36.38
90th Percentile £36.02 - £48.00
England median hourly rate £20.97 £29.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -28.92% +40.48% -2.33%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North East

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North East

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Tyne and Wear +22 7 £180 -20.00% 17
Durham +7 4 £190 +18.75% 10
Teesside - 1 £90 -
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Deskside Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Deskside Support
2 4 (33.33%) Deskside Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Driving Licence
2 4 (33.33%) EPoS
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) B2B
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
3 2 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE
4 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Google