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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 35 47 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.76% 6.07% 8.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.65% 20.70% 23.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 58
10th Percentile £106 £182 £189
25th Percentile £126 £190 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -17.65% +3.34%
75th Percentile £409 £575 £538
90th Percentile £441 £638 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £275 £300 £375
% change year-on-year -8.33% -20.00% +26.05%
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 £35.81 £22.50 £15.99
% change year-on-year +59.17% +40.76% -15.87%

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 142 227 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.41% 29.33% 34.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 177 230
10th Percentile £190 £222 £300
25th Percentile £313 £355 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -1.04% -4.00%
75th Percentile £538 £614 £625
90th Percentile £625 £703 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +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 £34.43 £22.50 £20.24
% change year-on-year +53.02% +11.17% +6.53%

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 30 June 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 (31.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.86%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 15 (42.86%) Azure
2 13 (37.14%) Entra ID
3 6 (17.14%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (5.71%) Power Automate
4 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.71%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Storage
5 1 (2.86%) Figma
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
5 1 (2.86%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) DHCP
1 1 (2.86%) DNS
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
1 1 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.86%) VPN
1 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Metadata
1 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 18 (51.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Advertising
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) 1st Line Support
1 6 (17.14%) Analyst
1 6 (17.14%) Support Officer
2 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Field Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Service Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Consultant
4 2 (5.71%) Developer
4 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) IT Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
1 2 (5.71%) Replication
2 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (45.71%) Windows
2 8 (22.86%) Android
3 6 (17.14%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
1 13 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (34.29%) ITIL
3 5 (14.29%) Migration
4 3 (8.57%) Asset Management
4 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (5.71%) Business Continuity
5 2 (5.71%) Change Management
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Security
5 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (5.71%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.71%) DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (5.71%) Network Virtualisation
5 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.71%) Service Management
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.86%) CCNA
2 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.86%) MCP
2 1 (2.86%) MCSA
2 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) SLA
2 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.71%) SCCM
2 2 (5.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Cisco
2 2 (5.71%) Dell
2 2 (5.71%) HP
2 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
2 2 (5.71%) VMware
3 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.86%) Citrix
3 1 (2.86%) Snow