Microsoft 365 Contracts in Bolton

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 5 4 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 10 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 31.25% 18.75% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 71.43% 42.86% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £161 £208 -
25th Percentile £179 £256 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.29% - -
75th Percentile £238 £431 -
90th Percentile £255 £473 -
Manchester median daily rate £438 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +73.08%

All Cloud Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 43.75% 43.75% 38.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 1
10th Percentile £161 £297 -
25th Percentile £179 £480 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -61.00% +5.26% +16.56%
75th Percentile £238 £538 £488
90th Percentile £255 - -
Manchester median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £70.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +169.23% -60.00% +271.43%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Bolton

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Bolton

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Bolton

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Bolton

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Service Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) IT Support
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (30.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Dell
3 1 (10.00%) HP