Microsoft 365 Contracts in Wales

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 29 46 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.23% 7.26% 9.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.14% 28.05% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 37 62
10th Percentile - £129 £143
25th Percentile £143 £135 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £166 £225 £344
Median % change year-on-year -26.22% -34.55% +71.88%
75th Percentile £220 £438 £438
90th Percentile £438 £491 £499
UK median daily rate £350 £393 £375
% change year-on-year -10.83% +4.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 13
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.53 -
25th Percentile £13.98 £12.56 £11.15
Median hourly rate £15.84 £14.25 £12.31
Median % change year-on-year +11.12% +15.81% -5.35%
75th Percentile £17.57 £16.27 £16.78
90th Percentile £18.53 £16.51 £18.86
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.53% +8.57% +9.38%

All Cloud Skills
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 Wales with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 144 164 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 35.91% 25.87% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 138 194
10th Percentile £164 £159 £204
25th Percentile £345 £251 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £466 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.17% -1.84% +5.56%
75th Percentile £539 £600 £575
90th Percentile £623 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 16
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.54 -
25th Percentile £13.98 £12.59 £11.15
Median hourly rate £15.84 £14.63 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% +2.63% -16.18%
75th Percentile £17.57 £16.07 £19.72
90th Percentile £18.53 £16.43 £22.88
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -6.30%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Wales over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
South Wales +6 24 £145 -43.69% 24
West Wales +1 1 £200 +33.33% 11
North Wales -1 1 - - 4
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (65.52%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) OneDrive
3 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) IaaS
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) LAN
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) VPN
2 2 (6.90%) WLAN
3 1 (3.45%) DHCP
3 1 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.90%) Digital Economy
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Support Engineer
2 12 (41.38%) IT Engineer
3 10 (34.48%) IT Support
4 9 (31.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Desktop Support
6 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Database Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Desktop Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Field Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
8 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (3.45%) Administrator
8 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
8 1 (3.45%) Service Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Windows Server
3 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
6 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.45%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.79%) DevOps
2 4 (13.79%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
3 3 (10.34%) Migration
3 3 (10.34%) Project Governance
4 2 (6.90%) Agile
4 2 (6.90%) Budget Management
4 2 (6.90%) Data Extraction
4 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
4 2 (6.90%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.45%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.45%) People Management
5 1 (3.45%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (3.45%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.45%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (3.45%) Terminal Services
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (13.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco
3 4 (13.79%) VMware
4 2 (6.90%) Dell
4 2 (6.90%) Oracle
4 2 (6.90%) SonicWALL
4 2 (6.90%) WatchGuard
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) EMC
5 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Zscaler