Microsoft 365 Contracts in Cardiff

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 14 16 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 8.59% 7.96% 7.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.59% 15.53% 23.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 21
10th Percentile £140 - £125
25th Percentile £213 £143 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £145 £425
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% -65.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £513 £164 £445
90th Percentile £650 £219 £525
South Wales median daily rate £300 £145 £305
% change year-on-year +106.90% -52.46% -18.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £19.06 - -
25th Percentile £19.88 £12.25 £16.22
Median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -23.99% -3.97%
75th Percentile £23.75 £12.75 £16.67
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £27.50 £12.50 £14.25
% change year-on-year +120.00% -12.28% +15.81%

All Cloud Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 68 103 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 41.72% 51.24% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 85 87
10th Percentile £200 £161 £202
25th Percentile £250 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £488 £540 £600
90th Percentile £588 £583 £663
South Wales median daily rate £400 £490 £548
% change year-on-year -18.37% -10.50% +15.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £19.06 - -
25th Percentile £19.88 £12.25 £16.22
Median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -23.99% -3.97%
75th Percentile £23.75 £12.75 £16.67
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £14.25
% change year-on-year +80.00% -12.28% +15.81%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Cardiff

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cardiff over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cardiff

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (14.29%) SAS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 2 (14.29%) IaaS
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) IPsec
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) VoIP
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Automotive
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) IT Support
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Senior IT Support
2 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Trainer
4 1 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
1 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.14%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (7.14%) IoT
1 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Red Team
2 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Offensive Security
3 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Application Security
4 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (7.14%) Cryptography
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL
4 1 (7.14%) ITSM
4 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.14%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CREST Certified
2 2 (14.29%) OSCE
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow