Microsoft 365 Contracts in Birmingham

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 22 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 43 48 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.24% 6.21% 8.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.00% 22.64% 21.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 43 50
10th Percentile £109 £181 £182
25th Percentile £150 £195 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £395
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -11.39% -5.39%
75th Percentile £413 £553 £647
90th Percentile £501 £638 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £210 £350 £425
% change year-on-year -40.00% -17.65% +52.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £15.34
25th Percentile £56.88 £13.89 £15.49
Median hourly rate £58.75 £14.59 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +302.67% -8.73% +24.35%
75th Percentile £60.63 £15.30 £16.48
90th Percentile - - £16.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £18.55 £15.99
% change year-on-year -2.59% +16.02% -8.66%

All Cloud Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 172 212 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.95% 27.43% 38.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 162 252
10th Percentile £190 £250 £313
25th Percentile £381 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £638
90th Percentile £648 £673 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £457 £500
% change year-on-year +9.53% -8.75% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £14.05 £15.54
25th Percentile £56.88 £18.49 £15.98
Median hourly rate £58.75 £26.00 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +125.96% +28.46% +57.45%
75th Percentile £60.63 £33.63 £24.47
90th Percentile - £55.00 £25.31
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £26.00 £20.24
% change year-on-year -30.52% +28.46% +15.66%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 11 (25.58%) SharePoint
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.33%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 16 (37.21%) Azure
2 11 (25.58%) Entra ID
3 6 (13.95%) OneDrive
4 5 (11.63%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.98%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.98%) PowerApps
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.65%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Storage
7 1 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.33%) Figma
7 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.33%) SaaS
7 1 (2.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.33%) 4G
2 1 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (2.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Power BI
2 2 (4.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 23 (53.49%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.33%) Advertising
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (16.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (9.30%) Field Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) IT Support
4 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) Service Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Support Officer
5 3 (6.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Developer
5 3 (6.98%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.65%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.65%) Replication
2 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (44.19%) Windows
2 10 (23.26%) Windows 10
3 6 (13.95%) Android
4 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.65%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (34.88%) Customer Service
3 10 (23.26%) ITIL
4 6 (13.95%) Asset Management
4 6 (13.95%) Migration
5 3 (6.98%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
5 3 (6.98%) Cloud Security
5 3 (6.98%) Data Modelling
5 3 (6.98%) Data Protection
5 3 (6.98%) DevOps
5 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.65%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (4.65%) Decision-Making
6 2 (4.65%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (4.65%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (4.65%) Service Management
6 2 (4.65%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.98%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.98%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.65%) A+ Certification
3 2 (4.65%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) MCP
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 15 (34.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) SCCM
2 2 (4.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (72.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.98%) VMware
4 2 (4.65%) Cisco
4 2 (4.65%) Citrix
4 2 (4.65%) Dell
4 2 (4.65%) HP
4 2 (4.65%) SAP
5 1 (2.33%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Snow