Microsoft 365 Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 59 37
Rank change year-on-year +3 -22 -11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 39 66 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.32% 3.33% 4.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.87% 12.04% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 37 62
10th Percentile £206 £148 £185
25th Percentile £231 £281 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -20.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £501 £608 £698
90th Percentile £611 - £725
South East median daily rate £423 £275 £350
% change year-on-year +53.74% -21.43% +20.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £20.70
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £79.19
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £19.97 £17.69 £20.00
% change year-on-year +12.89% -11.55% -

All Cloud Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 395 548 504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 33.59% 27.66% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 371 363
10th Percentile £350 £330 £378
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £615 £624 £638
90th Percentile £663 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 14
10th Percentile £24.04 £20.49 £18.95
25th Percentile £29.31 £41.25 £21.16
Median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -45.03% +31.75% +103.21%
75th Percentile £68.63 £61.60 £72.94
90th Percentile £79.02 - £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £25.00
% change year-on-year +27.47% -10.57% +18.76%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Wokingham -2 14 £509 +5.99% 6
Reading +24 9 £250 -58.68% 24
Slough - 4 £213 - 6
Windsor -18 2 £475 - 3
Bracknell +9 1 - - 1
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 15 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.56%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) Azure
1 17 (43.59%) Power Platform
2 7 (17.95%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (12.82%) Entra ID
3 5 (12.82%) OneDrive
3 5 (12.82%) PowerApps
4 4 (10.26%) Power Automate
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Storage
5 3 (7.69%) SaaS
6 2 (5.13%) Azure AKS
6 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Table
6 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (5.13%) PaaS
7 1 (2.56%) AWS
7 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.56%) IaaS
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) DNS
2 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.56%) DHCP
3 1 (2.56%) HTTP
3 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.56%) VPN
3 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (2.56%) Power Query
3 1 (2.56%) Sisense
3 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Postman
General
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Finance
2 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Banking
4 1 (2.56%) French Language
4 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Italian Language
4 1 (2.56%) Legal
4 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Consultant
2 5 (12.82%) Architect
2 5 (12.82%) Support Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 4 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Developer
4 3 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Operations Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) IT Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Lead Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) .NET
1 3 (7.69%) ARM Templates
2 2 (5.13%) .NET Core
2 2 (5.13%) ADO
3 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.56%) MDX
3 1 (2.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 3 (7.69%) Low-Code
1 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.13%) PKI
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.13%) Linux
5 1 (2.56%) Android
5 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (15.38%) ITIL
3 5 (12.82%) Agile
3 5 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
3 5 (12.82%) Migration
3 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
4 4 (10.26%) DevOps
4 4 (10.26%) Identity Management
4 4 (10.26%) Incident Management
4 4 (10.26%) ITSM
4 4 (10.26%) Product Backlog
4 4 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (7.69%) Integration Testing
5 3 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.82%) SQL
3 3 (7.69%) Bicep
3 3 (7.69%) C#
3 3 (7.69%) Python
4 2 (5.13%) Bash
5 1 (2.56%) VB
5 1 (2.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (12.82%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) MCSA
5 1 (2.56%) CEH
5 1 (2.56%) CISM
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 11 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.13%) Grafana
3 2 (5.13%) Prometheus
3 2 (5.13%) Terraform
4 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.56%) SCCM
4 1 (2.56%) SCOM
4 1 (2.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.69%) VMware
4 2 (5.13%) Citrix
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) Apple
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) Dell
5 1 (2.56%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.56%) Facebook
5 1 (2.56%) Genesys
5 1 (2.56%) HP
5 1 (2.56%) IBM
5 1 (2.56%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (2.56%) Proofpoint