Microsoft 365 Contracts in Central London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 29 32
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 117 154 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.85% 6.37% 5.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.51% 16.09% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 120 157
10th Percentile £206 £160 £150
25th Percentile £250 £254 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £564 £575 £488
90th Percentile £650 £675 £600
London median daily rate £409 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +2.25% -5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £22.27 £12.75 £21.40
25th Percentile £23.81 £14.30 £22.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.72 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.04% -11.85% +16.42%
75th Percentile £65.37 £23.75 £24.50
90th Percentile £138.65 £25.38 £24.80
London median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year +12.09% -6.38% -4.08%

All Cloud Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 866 957 1,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 43.30% 39.59% 38.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 561 690 1,004
10th Percentile £363 £350 £313
25th Percentile £458 £430 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -7.39% -
75th Percentile £664 £650 £700
90th Percentile £738 £751 £800
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 9
10th Percentile £24.66 £12.75 £24.20
25th Percentile £26.00 £17.39 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.83 £22.50 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.78% -72.73% +308.72%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.56 £88.30
90th Percentile £94.88 £33.98 -
London median hourly rate £31.35 £25.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year +25.38% -42.70% +9.08%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Central London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Central London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Central London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Central London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Central London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Central London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -8 97 £425 -10.53% 35
West End of London -1 4 £110 -38.29% 5
Southwark - 4 £238 -
City of Westminster +1 2 £350 -12.50% 1
Microsoft 365
London

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 40 (34.19%) SharePoint
2 26 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.56%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.71%) CMS
4 2 (1.71%) Confluence
5 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (53.85%) Azure
2 37 (31.62%) Entra ID
3 23 (19.66%) Power Platform
4 19 (16.24%) OneDrive
5 12 (10.26%) AWS
6 10 (8.55%) Power Automate
7 9 (7.69%) IaaS
7 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (5.98%) PowerApps
9 6 (5.13%) SaaS
10 5 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (4.27%) PaaS
11 4 (3.42%) Asana
11 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.56%) Mimecast
13 2 (1.71%) Azure Event Grid
13 2 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.69%) DNS
1 9 (7.69%) Firewall
2 6 (5.13%) DHCP
3 4 (3.42%) Network Security
3 4 (3.42%) VPN
4 3 (2.56%) LAN
4 3 (2.56%) MPLS
4 3 (2.56%) Skype
4 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.71%) SAN
6 1 (0.85%) Intranet
6 1 (0.85%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.85%) WAN
6 1 (0.85%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.13%) Power BI
2 6 (5.13%) Tableau
3 5 (4.27%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (4.27%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.85%) DTS
5 1 (0.85%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 49 (41.88%) Finance
2 40 (34.19%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.11%) Banking
4 11 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.98%) Law
8 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.42%) Legal
10 2 (1.71%) Local Government
10 2 (1.71%) Military
10 2 (1.71%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.85%) International Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Retail
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (19.66%) Support Engineer
2 21 (17.95%) Analyst
3 20 (17.09%) IT Support
4 10 (8.55%) Architect
4 10 (8.55%) Developer
5 9 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) IT Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) IT Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Senior
7 7 (5.98%) Service Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (5.13%) Coordinator
8 6 (5.13%) Lead
9 5 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365 Manager
9 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Power BI Developer
9 5 (4.27%) Support Analyst
9 5 (4.27%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) ARM Templates
1 2 (1.71%) Azure Blueprints
1 2 (1.71%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.85%) CSS
2 1 (0.85%) HTML
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.85%) React
2 1 (0.85%) REST
2 1 (0.85%) SPFx
2 1 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.42%) BYOD
1 4 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.56%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
2 3 (2.56%) Reinsurance
2 3 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.71%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.71%) CMDB
3 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.71%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.71%) iPad
3 2 (1.71%) iPhone
3 2 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (1.71%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Licensing
3 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.71%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 57 (48.72%) Windows
2 18 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 16 (13.68%) Windows 10
4 8 (6.84%) Apple iOS
5 6 (5.13%) Mac OS
5 6 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.42%) Linux
7 3 (2.56%) Android
8 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (17.95%) ITIL
3 20 (17.09%) Migration
4 14 (11.97%) Customer Service
5 9 (7.69%) Agile
5 9 (7.69%) Cloud Security
5 9 (7.69%) High Availability
5 9 (7.69%) Service Delivery
6 8 (6.84%) Asset Management
6 8 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (6.84%) ITSM
7 7 (5.98%) Business Analysis
7 7 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (5.98%) Data Loss Prevention
7 7 (5.98%) Data Protection
7 7 (5.98%) Identity Management
7 7 (5.98%) Service Management
7 7 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (5.13%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (5.13%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.80%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.98%) SQL
3 4 (3.42%) Python
4 3 (2.56%) Bicep
5 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.11%) Degree
2 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.42%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.71%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.71%) MCSE
7 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) SLA
2 3 (2.56%) GDPR
2 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.71%) NIST
3 2 (1.71%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 52 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.56%) XenDesktop
4 2 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.85%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (31.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (10.26%) SCCM
3 4 (3.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (3.42%) Terraform
4 3 (2.56%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 2 (1.71%) AirWatch
5 2 (1.71%) HP ALM
5 2 (1.71%) PingFederate
5 2 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.71%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (62.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.40%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.98%) Citrix
4 6 (5.13%) VMware
5 3 (2.56%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.56%) Cisco
6 2 (1.71%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.71%) Google
6 2 (1.71%) HP
6 2 (1.71%) iManage
6 2 (1.71%) Intapp
6 2 (1.71%) Okta
6 2 (1.71%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.71%) Splunk
6 2 (1.71%) Symantec
7 1 (0.85%) Commvault
7 1 (0.85%) Genesys
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle
7 1 (0.85%) Progress
7 1 (0.85%) Reuters