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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 21 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 41 44 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.12% 5.99% 7.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.45% 20.75% 21.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 50
10th Percentile £106 £187 £185
25th Percentile £125 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £350 £413
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -15.15% -2.94%
75th Percentile £438 £638 £627
90th Percentile £517 - £731
West Midlands median daily rate £232 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -33.86% -12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.31 £15.34
25th Percentile £56.88 £14.94 £15.49
Median hourly rate £58.75 £16.00 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +267.19% +0.09% +26.26%
75th Percentile £60.63 £19.88 £16.48
90th Percentile - £22.20 £16.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £19.25 £15.99
% change year-on-year -5.82% +20.43% -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 155 212 325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.69% 28.88% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 165 235
10th Percentile £170 £250 £313
25th Percentile £360 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £562 £625 £638
90th Percentile £638 £684 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - £14.08 £15.54
25th Percentile £56.88 £16.00 £15.98
Median hourly rate £58.75 £22.50 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +161.11% +11.17% +59.87%
75th Percentile £60.63 £26.50 £24.47
90th Percentile - £32.20 £25.31
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £20.24
% change year-on-year -19.42% +11.17% +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 23 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 (26.83%) SharePoint
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.44%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 17 (41.46%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Entra ID
3 6 (14.63%) OneDrive
4 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
5 3 (7.32%) Power Automate
5 3 (7.32%) PowerApps
6 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Storage
7 1 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.44%) Figma
7 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.44%) SaaS
7 1 (2.44%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.44%) DHCP
2 1 (2.44%) DNS
2 1 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.44%) VLAN
2 1 (2.44%) VPN
2 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 22 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Advertising
6 1 (2.44%) Finance
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) 1st Line Support
1 6 (14.63%) Support Officer
2 5 (12.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (12.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Analyst
2 5 (12.20%) Support Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 3 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Field Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) IT Support
4 3 (7.32%) Service Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) IT Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) IT Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Junior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
1 2 (4.88%) Replication
2 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.44%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 17 (41.46%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Android
3 7 (17.07%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (31.71%) Customer Service
3 12 (29.27%) ITIL
4 6 (14.63%) Migration
5 3 (7.32%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (7.32%) Asset Management
5 3 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (7.32%) CI/CD
5 3 (7.32%) Cloud Security
5 3 (7.32%) Data Modelling
5 3 (7.32%) DevOps
5 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.88%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (4.88%) Decision-Making
6 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (4.88%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (4.88%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (4.88%) Roadmaps
6 2 (4.88%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
1 3 (7.32%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.44%) CCNA
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.44%) MCP
3 1 (2.44%) MCSA
3 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 15 (36.59%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.88%) SCCM
2 2 (4.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (75.61%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco
3 2 (4.88%) Citrix
3 2 (4.88%) Dell
3 2 (4.88%) HP
3 2 (4.88%) SAP
3 2 (4.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.44%) Google
4 1 (2.44%) Snow