Microsoft 365 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 27 21
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,035 1,626 2,337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.04% 6.92% 7.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.60% 20.80% 23.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 1,189 1,665
10th Percentile £145 £155 £135
25th Percentile £175 £200 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £325 £280
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +16.07% -13.85%
75th Percentile £425 £500 £438
90th Percentile £575 £623 £538
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 101 185
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.25 £12.52
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £17.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +6.06% +4.76%
75th Percentile £18.75 £20.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £21.37 £30.00 £23.66
UK median hourly rate £16.47 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.00% +5.71% +11.11%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,280 7,819 9,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.73% 33.27% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,735 5,787 7,266
10th Percentile £213 £250 £207
25th Percentile £368 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 227 282
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.69 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.24% +31.58% -3.80%
75th Percentile £26.50 £65.00 £25.19
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
North of England +2 233 £255 -17.07% 301
South East -9 231 £288 -17.86% 269
Midlands -5 166 £270 -28.00% 218
North West +7 147 £280 -30.00% 160
South West -11 141 £195 -44.29% 166
Scotland +8 133 £350 +29.63% 78
West Midlands -1 113 £350 -17.65% 133
East of England -10 99 £250 -16.67% 151
Yorkshire +3 76 £230 -16.36% 108
East Midlands -2 52 £195 -22.00% 85
Wales +6 27 £145 -35.56% 34
North East +16 10 £190 -5.00% 38
Northern Ireland -11 7 £438 +157.35% 23
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 227 (21.93%) SharePoint
2 219 (21.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.16%) Skype for Business
4 10 (0.97%) CMS
5 4 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.39%) IIS
6 3 (0.29%) nginx
6 3 (0.29%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.097%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.097%) Drupal
8 1 (0.097%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.097%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.097%) Moodle
8 1 (0.097%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.097%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.097%) WebSphere
Applications
1 140 (13.53%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (4.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.97%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.29%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.097%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.29%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.19%) Maximo
3 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.097%) assyst
4 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.097%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 330 (31.88%) Azure
2 113 (10.92%) Entra ID
3 83 (8.02%) OneDrive
4 75 (7.25%) Power Platform
5 43 (4.15%) AWS
6 41 (3.96%) PowerApps
7 38 (3.67%) Power Automate
8 27 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.32%) Azure Monitor
10 22 (2.13%) SaaS
11 17 (1.64%) Yammer
12 16 (1.55%) Azure Storage
13 13 (1.26%) Mimecast
14 12 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (1.06%) Canva
15 11 (1.06%) Slack
16 10 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (0.77%) IaaS
17 8 (0.77%) ShareGate
18 6 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 99 (9.57%) Firewall
2 80 (7.73%) DNS
2 80 (7.73%) Wi-Fi
3 53 (5.12%) DHCP
4 48 (4.64%) LAN
5 47 (4.54%) VPN
6 43 (4.15%) WAN
7 31 (3.00%) TCP/IP
7 31 (3.00%) VoIP
7 31 (3.00%) Wireless
8 23 (2.22%) Intranet
8 23 (2.22%) SAN
9 18 (1.74%) Network Security
10 17 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
11 14 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
11 14 (1.35%) Skype
11 14 (1.35%) VLAN
12 9 (0.87%) NetScaler
13 8 (0.77%) NAS
14 7 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 26 (2.51%) Power BI
3 8 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.39%) Metadata
4 4 (0.39%) MySQL
5 2 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.19%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.097%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.097%) DTS
6 1 (0.097%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.097%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.097%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.097%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (1.93%) JIRA
2 7 (0.68%) Hudson
3 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.097%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.097%) MSI
5 1 (0.097%) Subversion
5 1 (0.097%) Visual Studio
General
1 375 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 115 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 77 (7.44%) Finance
4 64 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (5.89%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (4.73%) Retail
7 35 (3.38%) Manufacturing
8 26 (2.51%) Marketing
9 23 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (2.22%) Legal
10 20 (1.93%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.26%) Electronics
13 12 (1.16%) Law
13 12 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.16%) Publishing
14 8 (0.77%) Automotive
15 7 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 200 (19.32%) Analyst
2 167 (16.14%) Support Engineer
3 149 (14.40%) IT Support
4 110 (10.63%) Service Desk Analyst
5 109 (10.53%) Service Analyst
6 86 (8.31%) IT Engineer
7 71 (6.86%) 2nd Line Support
8 62 (5.99%) IT Support Engineer
9 59 (5.70%) Desktop Support
10 55 (5.31%) Senior
11 52 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 52 (5.02%) Support Analyst
12 49 (4.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 47 (4.54%) Architect
14 45 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
14 45 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 43 (4.15%) 1st Line Support
15 43 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 34 (3.29%) IT Analyst
17 31 (3.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.55%) ARM Templates
2 13 (1.26%) .NET
3 12 (1.16%) CSS
4 9 (0.87%) REST
5 7 (0.68%) HTML
6 6 (0.58%) SPFx
7 4 (0.39%) jQuery
7 4 (0.39%) XML
8 3 (0.29%) EDI
8 3 (0.29%) XMPP
9 2 (0.19%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.19%) ADSI
9 2 (0.19%) HTML5
9 2 (0.19%) LAMP
9 2 (0.19%) React
10 1 (0.097%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.097%) Node.js
10 1 (0.097%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.097%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (3.00%) PKI
3 30 (2.90%) Video Editing
4 28 (2.71%) Driving Licence
5 25 (2.42%) NHS
6 22 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
7 20 (1.93%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 16 (1.55%) Digital Signage
10 15 (1.45%) EPoS
11 14 (1.35%) CMDB
12 13 (1.26%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.26%) iPhone
13 11 (1.06%) iPad
14 10 (0.97%) Smartphone
14 10 (0.97%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (0.77%) Replication
17 7 (0.68%) Clustering
17 7 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 565 (54.59%) Windows
2 288 (27.83%) Windows 10
3 181 (17.49%) Windows Server
4 97 (9.37%) Apple iOS
5 62 (5.99%) Linux
6 58 (5.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 53 (5.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 52 (5.02%) Android
9 46 (4.44%) Mac OS
10 44 (4.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 32 (3.09%) Windows 7
12 14 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (0.87%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.77%) VMS
15 3 (0.29%) Debian
15 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
17 1 (0.097%) AIX
17 1 (0.097%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (21.93%) Customer Service
2 191 (18.45%) ITIL
3 153 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (7.63%) Agile
4 79 (7.63%) Migration
5 73 (7.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 64 (6.18%) Incident Management
6 64 (6.18%) Service Management
7 58 (5.60%) Change Management
8 55 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (5.12%) Service Delivery
10 51 (4.93%) Mobile Device Management
10 51 (4.93%) Project Management
11 45 (4.35%) ITSM
12 41 (3.96%) DevOps
13 34 (3.29%) Identity Management
14 32 (3.09%) Information Security
15 29 (2.80%) Analytics
16 28 (2.71%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (2.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 116 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 30 (2.90%) SQL
3 28 (2.71%) C#
4 16 (1.55%) Bicep
4 16 (1.55%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.55%) VB
4 16 (1.55%) VBScript
5 10 (0.97%) C
6 8 (0.77%) Swift
7 6 (0.58%) Python
8 1 (0.097%) Bash
8 1 (0.097%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.097%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 129 (12.46%) Security Cleared
2 116 (11.21%) Degree
3 101 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 87 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 46 (4.44%) A+ Certification
6 45 (4.35%) MCSA
7 44 (4.25%) DV Cleared
8 24 (2.32%) Azure Certification
9 20 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 19 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (1.84%) DBS Check
10 19 (1.84%) MCSE
11 18 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
12 17 (1.64%) CCNA
12 17 (1.64%) MCP
13 6 (0.58%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 5 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.96%) SLA
2 12 (1.16%) Accessibility
2 12 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.58%) PMO
5 5 (0.48%) GDPR
6 4 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.19%) NIST
7 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.097%) COBIT
8 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.097%) GRC
8 1 (0.097%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 527 (50.92%) Active Directory
2 59 (5.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (4.15%) Hyper-V
4 36 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.87%) BitLocker
7 9 (0.87%) vSphere
7 9 (0.87%) XenApp
8 8 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 8 (0.77%) XenDesktop
9 7 (0.68%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.29%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.19%) Firmware
12 2 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.097%) Docker
13 1 (0.097%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.097%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 190 (18.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 157 (15.17%) SCCM
3 24 (2.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 21 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (2.03%) WSUS
5 18 (1.74%) Kubernetes
5 18 (1.74%) SCOM
6 16 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
7 10 (0.97%) Autotask
7 10 (0.97%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.87%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.39%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.29%) AppManager
11 3 (0.29%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.29%) Terraform
12 2 (0.19%) OPNET
13 1 (0.097%) Ansible
13 1 (0.097%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.097%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 599 (57.87%) Microsoft
2 122 (11.79%) VMware
3 104 (10.05%) Citrix
3 104 (10.05%) ServiceNow
4 88 (8.50%) Apple
5 63 (6.09%) Cisco
6 33 (3.19%) Veeam
7 29 (2.80%) HP
8 20 (1.93%) SAP
9 16 (1.55%) Adobe
9 16 (1.55%) Oracle
10 15 (1.45%) Sophos
11 14 (1.35%) Aruba
12 13 (1.26%) MobileIron
13 12 (1.16%) Dell
14 10 (0.97%) NetApp
14 10 (0.97%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.97%) Polycom
15 8 (0.77%) Google
15 8 (0.77%) Okta