Microsoft 365 Contracts in the South West

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 25 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 161 262 252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.05% 7.17% 6.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.73% 20.66% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 201 163
10th Percentile £129 £159 £144
25th Percentile £173 £189 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £204 £350 £275
Median % change year-on-year -41.79% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £425 £549 £450
90th Percentile £525 £605 £565
England median daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 15
10th Percentile £12.49 £14.16 £11.17
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.32 £16.00
Median hourly rate £13.49 £18.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.07% -10.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £14.00 £27.50 £22.50
90th Percentile £21.00 £50.25 £25.00
England median hourly rate £17.27 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -6.65% +5.71% +2.94%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 816 1,268 1,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.59% 34.70% 30.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 1,018 854
10th Percentile £203 £284 £252
25th Percentile £350 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £590
90th Percentile £688 £713 £658
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 59 25
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.09 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £14.50 £53.35 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.82% +113.40% -44.44%
75th Percentile £34.88 £70.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £52.36
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.38 £21.00
% change year-on-year -31.62% +44.64% -2.33%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Gloucestershire +14 38 £425 +6.25% 30
Bristol -5 38 £238 -17.75% 49
Wiltshire -36 37 £201 -46.33% 27
Dorset -1 16 £185 +14.98% 14
Devon -4 15 £150 -45.55% 12
Somerset +5 13 £238 +13.77% 22
Cornwall -6 3 £140 -30.00% 7
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 43 (26.71%) SharePoint
2 29 (18.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.11%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (16.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.62%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 65 (40.37%) Azure
2 18 (11.18%) Power Platform
3 14 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 14 (8.70%) Power Automate
3 14 (8.70%) PowerApps
4 13 (8.07%) OneDrive
5 8 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.86%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.62%) SaaS
8 1 (0.62%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.56%) LAN
2 12 (7.45%) Firewall
2 12 (7.45%) WAN
3 10 (6.21%) SAN
4 9 (5.59%) Skype
4 9 (5.59%) VPN
5 7 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.73%) DNS
6 6 (3.73%) FTP
7 5 (3.11%) DHCP
7 5 (3.11%) Wireless
8 2 (1.24%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (1.24%) NAS
8 2 (1.24%) SMTP
8 2 (1.24%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.62%) ADSL
9 1 (0.62%) Internet
9 1 (0.62%) Intranet
9 1 (0.62%) VoIP
9 1 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.11%) Power BI
3 1 (0.62%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (4.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) MSI
General
1 62 (38.51%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.80%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.70%) Finance
4 13 (8.07%) Legal
5 6 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.48%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.86%) Military
8 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Retail
8 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.24%) Electronics
9 2 (1.24%) Marketing
10 1 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (16.77%) Analyst
1 27 (16.77%) Support Engineer
2 20 (12.42%) IT Support
3 16 (9.94%) Desktop Support
3 16 (9.94%) IT Engineer
4 13 (8.07%) IT Support Engineer
5 12 (7.45%) Desktop Engineer
6 11 (6.83%) Infrastructure Technician
6 11 (6.83%) Technical Support
7 10 (6.21%) Architect
7 10 (6.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 10 (6.21%) Developer
7 10 (6.21%) Service Analyst
7 10 (6.21%) Service Desk Analyst
8 9 (5.59%) IT Analyst
9 8 (4.97%) 1st Line Support
9 8 (4.97%) Power Platform Developer
9 8 (4.97%) Service Desk Engineer
9 8 (4.97%) Support Analyst
10 7 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.73%) .NET
2 5 (3.11%) CSS
2 5 (3.11%) REST
3 2 (1.24%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.62%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.83%) NHS
2 8 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.73%) CMDB
3 6 (3.73%) Replication
3 6 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.11%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.48%) PKI
6 3 (1.86%) Blog
6 3 (1.86%) BYOD
6 3 (1.86%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.24%) Clustering
7 2 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.24%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.24%) iPhone
7 2 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.24%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.62%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 79 (49.07%) Windows
2 35 (21.74%) Windows 10
3 32 (19.88%) Windows Server
4 12 (7.45%) Linux
5 9 (5.59%) Mac OS
5 9 (5.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (4.97%) Android
6 8 (4.97%) Windows 7
7 5 (3.11%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.63%) ITIL
2 25 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.91%) Customer Service
4 20 (12.42%) Agile
5 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (6.83%) ITSM
6 11 (6.83%) Network Management
6 11 (6.83%) Service Management
7 10 (6.21%) DevOps
8 8 (4.97%) Antivirus Management
8 8 (4.97%) Change Management
8 8 (4.97%) Project Management
8 8 (4.97%) Service Delivery
9 7 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (4.35%) Identity Management
10 6 (3.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (3.73%) Migration
10 6 (3.73%) Performance Monitoring
11 5 (3.11%) Patch Management
11 5 (3.11%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.97%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.73%) C
3 6 (3.73%) C#
4 5 (3.11%) SQL
5 3 (1.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 33 (20.50%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.07%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.11%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.11%) Degree
5 4 (2.48%) MCP
6 3 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.24%) MCSA
7 2 (1.24%) MCSE
8 1 (0.62%) CCNA
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.21%) SLA
2 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 57 (35.40%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.35%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.48%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.24%) vSphere
8 1 (0.62%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.62%) Firmware
8 1 (0.62%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 22 (13.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (11.80%) SCCM
3 6 (3.73%) vCenter Server
4 5 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.86%) SCOM
6 2 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (1.24%) OPNET
6 2 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 29 (18.01%) VMware
3 18 (11.18%) Veeam
4 17 (10.56%) Citrix
5 13 (8.07%) Cisco
6 8 (4.97%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.73%) CheckPoint
7 6 (3.73%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.11%) Dell
9 4 (2.48%) SAP
9 4 (2.48%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.86%) Apple
11 2 (1.24%) HP
11 2 (1.24%) Remedy
12 1 (0.62%) Avaya
12 1 (0.62%) CA
12 1 (0.62%) Commvault
12 1 (0.62%) Meraki
12 1 (0.62%) Snow
12 1 (0.62%) Splunk