Microsoft 365 Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 16 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 23 34 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 7.26% 6.76% 9.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.01% 26.36% 34.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 26 56
10th Percentile - £126 £146
25th Percentile £143 £141 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £275 £350
Median % change year-on-year -47.27% -21.43% +66.67%
75th Percentile £218 £438 £438
90th Percentile £449 £513 £500
Wales median daily rate £145 £225 £344
% change year-on-year -35.56% -34.55% +63.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - £12.53 -
25th Percentile £12.25 £12.56 £11.15
Median hourly rate £12.50 £14.25 £12.31
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +15.81% -20.61%
75th Percentile £12.75 £16.27 £16.26
90th Percentile - £16.51 £16.78
Wales median hourly rate £15.84 £14.25 £12.31
% change year-on-year +11.12% +15.81% -5.35%

All Cloud Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 121 129 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 38.17% 25.65% 27.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 105 169
10th Percentile £143 £172 £251
25th Percentile £313 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £548 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% +15.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £531 £613 £575
90th Percentile £588 £670 £638
Wales median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 13
10th Percentile - £12.53 -
25th Percentile £12.25 £12.56 £11.15
Median hourly rate £12.50 £14.25 £12.31
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +15.81% -43.71%
75th Percentile £12.75 £16.27 £16.78
90th Percentile - £16.51 £20.48
Wales median hourly rate £15.84 £14.63 £13.00
% change year-on-year +8.27% +12.50% -32.96%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales 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
Cardiff +6 18 £145 -65.88% 11
Newport +5 4 £308 +23.00% 1
Gwent +1 1 £166 +0.61%
Microsoft 365
Wales

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (78.26%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) IaaS
3 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) LAN
2 2 (8.70%) Network Security
2 2 (8.70%) VPN
2 2 (8.70%) WLAN
3 1 (4.35%) DHCP
3 1 (4.35%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Digital Economy
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) IT Engineer
1 12 (52.17%) Support Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) IT Support
3 9 (39.13%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
4 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Database Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Field Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Network Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Network Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Windows Server
3 6 (26.09%) Windows 10
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
6 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (4.35%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) DevOps
2 4 (17.39%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
4 2 (8.70%) Agile
4 2 (8.70%) Budget Management
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
4 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.35%) Migration
5 1 (4.35%) People Management
5 1 (4.35%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (4.35%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (4.35%) Software Deployment
5 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.35%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Cisco
3 4 (17.39%) VMware
4 2 (8.70%) Dell
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle
4 2 (8.70%) SonicWALL
4 2 (8.70%) WatchGuard
5 1 (4.35%) Citrix
5 1 (4.35%) EMC
5 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.35%) Zscaler