Microsoft 365 Contracts in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 32 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 -15 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 236 289 565
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.87% 5.31% 7.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.33% 14.74% 22.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 201 442
10th Percentile £149 £155 £150
25th Percentile £185 £195 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £300 £255
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £425 £450 £438
90th Percentile £588 £564 £536
England median daily rate £363 £375 £363
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 40
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.87 £15.23
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.14 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £18.25 £17.57
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% +3.87% +1.86%
75th Percentile £17.75 £20.60 £21.78
90th Percentile £20.60 £29.25 £25.21
England median hourly rate £17.27 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.65% +14.29% +9.38%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,445 1,960 2,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.82% 36.02% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,454 1,935
10th Percentile £263 £286 £185
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £672
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 42 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.02 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £22.53 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.72% +12.65% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.38 £42.44 £60.88
90th Percentile £45.21 £62.34 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North West -1 153 £283 -12.92% 157
Yorkshire -11 72 £220 -14.15% 114
North East +10 10 £190 -5.00% 33
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 50 (21.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (19.49%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.54%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.85%) IIS
4 2 (0.85%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 40 (16.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (28.39%) Azure
2 26 (11.02%) Entra ID
3 19 (8.05%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.36%) AWS
5 8 (3.39%) OneDrive
6 7 (2.97%) Mimecast
7 6 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.12%) IaaS
8 5 (2.12%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.69%) GCP
9 4 (1.69%) SaaS
10 3 (1.27%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.42%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.42%) PaaS
12 1 (0.42%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.42%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.90%) Firewall
2 16 (6.78%) VPN
3 11 (4.66%) DNS
4 8 (3.39%) LAN
4 8 (3.39%) WAN
5 6 (2.54%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.54%) VLAN
5 6 (2.54%) VoIP
6 5 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.69%) DHCP
8 3 (1.27%) Internet
8 3 (1.27%) Intranet
8 3 (1.27%) NAS
8 3 (1.27%) SAN
9 2 (0.85%) HTTP
9 2 (0.85%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.85%) IPsec
9 2 (0.85%) Skype
9 2 (0.85%) SNMP
9 2 (0.85%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.39%) Power BI
2 7 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.42%) MySQL
3 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) Hudson
2 1 (0.42%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (0.42%) Git
General
1 88 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.14%) Public Sector
3 14 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.08%) Finance
5 8 (3.39%) Retail
6 7 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.97%) Law
6 7 (2.97%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.12%) Legal
7 5 (2.12%) Local Government
8 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.27%) Aviation
9 3 (1.27%) Banking
9 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.27%) Marketing
9 3 (1.27%) Publishing
10 2 (0.85%) Automotive
10 2 (0.85%) German Language
10 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 52 (22.03%) Analyst
2 42 (17.80%) IT Support
3 32 (13.56%) Support Engineer
4 21 (8.90%) Service Analyst
4 21 (8.90%) Service Desk Analyst
5 20 (8.47%) Architect
6 18 (7.63%) Senior
6 18 (7.63%) Support Analyst
7 17 (7.20%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (6.78%) Desktop Support
9 14 (5.93%) IT Engineer
10 13 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (5.08%) IT Technician
12 11 (4.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 11 (4.66%) Support Technician
13 10 (4.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) 3rd Line Support
13 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) IT Analyst
13 10 (4.24%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.85%) ADSI
1 2 (0.85%) LDAP
2 1 (0.42%) .NET
2 1 (0.42%) J2EE
2 1 (0.42%) Node.js
2 1 (0.42%) Svelte
2 1 (0.42%) SvelteKit
2 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.08%) EPoS
2 9 (3.81%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (2.97%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.12%) Clustering
5 5 (2.12%) iPhone
5 5 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.69%) Digital Signage
6 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.69%) NHS
6 4 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.27%) PKI
7 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) BYOD
8 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.85%) iPad
8 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.42%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 143 (60.59%) Windows
2 71 (30.08%) Windows 10
3 36 (15.25%) Windows Server
4 15 (6.36%) Mac OS
5 12 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (4.66%) Apple iOS
7 10 (4.24%) Linux
7 10 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.12%) Android
8 5 (2.12%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.12%) VMS
9 4 (1.69%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.27%) Debian
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (22.88%) Customer Service
2 33 (13.98%) ITIL
2 33 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (13.56%) Migration
4 25 (10.59%) Mobile Device Management
5 16 (6.78%) Service Management
6 12 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (5.08%) ITSM
7 11 (4.66%) Project Management
7 11 (4.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (3.81%) Asset Management
8 9 (3.81%) Decision-Making
8 9 (3.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 9 (3.81%) Information Security
9 8 (3.39%) Agile
9 8 (3.39%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (3.39%) E-Commerce
10 7 (2.97%) CRM
10 7 (2.97%) Data Protection
11 6 (2.54%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.02%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.12%) SQL
3 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.42%) Bash
4 1 (0.42%) C#
4 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.42%) Python
4 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.17%) Degree
2 20 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (3.81%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.54%) MCSE
6 5 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.69%) CCNA
7 4 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.85%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.85%) APMG
9 2 (0.85%) HND
9 2 (0.85%) MCITP
9 2 (0.85%) MCP
10 1 (0.42%) CISSP
10 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.42%) PMP
10 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.51%) SLA
2 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.42%) GDPR
3 1 (0.42%) GRC
3 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 142 (60.17%) Active Directory
2 22 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.93%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.85%) NFS
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 53 (22.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.05%) SCCM
3 7 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (2.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (1.69%) Autotask
5 4 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.85%) Terraform
7 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 140 (59.32%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.98%) VMware
3 17 (7.20%) Citrix
3 17 (7.20%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.24%) Apple
4 10 (4.24%) Sophos
5 9 (3.81%) Cisco
6 7 (2.97%) Veeam
7 4 (1.69%) Datto
7 4 (1.69%) Google
7 4 (1.69%) Logitech
8 3 (1.27%) Adobe
8 3 (1.27%) Dell
8 3 (1.27%) iManage
9 2 (0.85%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.85%) Bomgar
9 2 (0.85%) CA
9 2 (0.85%) Lotus
9 2 (0.85%) Meraki
9 2 (0.85%) Wyse