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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 35 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 103 127 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.40% 5.31% 5.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.61% 13.20% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 101 158
10th Percentile £207 £160 £140
25th Percentile £248 £240 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £325
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +38.46% -21.21%
75th Percentile £564 £575 £487
90th Percentile £668 £775 £588
London median daily rate £410 £418 £438
% change year-on-year -1.92% -4.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £23.98 £12.75 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% -10.00% +23.85%
75th Percentile £29.00 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £108.88 £25.70 -
London median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +12.09% -8.33% -18.64%

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 817 962 1,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 42.84% 40.22% 39.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 683 956
10th Percentile £363 £358 £294
25th Percentile £450 £434 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £584
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -8.35% +1.52%
75th Percentile £664 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 10
10th Percentile £21.75 £12.75 £23.73
25th Percentile £24.66 £14.88 £38.13
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -66.67% +189.17%
75th Percentile £43.75 £26.19 £88.30
90th Percentile £89.75 £38.63 -
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +11.81% -50.48% +31.25%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -4 84 £425 -15.00% 54
West End of London +3 4 £110 -24.91% 10
Southwark - 4 £238 -
City of Westminster +3 2 £350 -12.50% 2
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 28 (27.18%) SharePoint
2 20 (19.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.94%) CMS
4 1 (0.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (13.59%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.97%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 55 (53.40%) Azure
2 28 (27.18%) Entra ID
3 17 (16.50%) Power Platform
4 14 (13.59%) OneDrive
5 11 (10.68%) AWS
6 10 (9.71%) IaaS
7 9 (8.74%) Power Automate
8 7 (6.80%) SaaS
9 6 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (5.83%) PaaS
10 5 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (3.88%) Asana
11 4 (3.88%) PowerApps
12 3 (2.91%) Azure AKS
12 3 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (2.91%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.94%) Azure Event Grid
13 2 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.71%) DNS
2 9 (8.74%) Firewall
3 6 (5.83%) DHCP
3 6 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.88%) LAN
4 4 (3.88%) Network Security
4 4 (3.88%) SAN
4 4 (3.88%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.88%) VPN
5 3 (2.91%) MPLS
6 2 (1.94%) WAN
7 1 (0.97%) Intranet
7 1 (0.97%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.83%) Power BI
1 6 (5.83%) SQL Server
1 6 (5.83%) Tableau
2 5 (4.85%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (4.85%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.97%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.85%) JIRA
General
1 43 (41.75%) Finance
2 37 (35.92%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.65%) Banking
4 11 (10.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.80%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.83%) Law
7 5 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.88%) Legal
8 4 (3.88%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.94%) Local Government
9 2 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.94%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.97%) International Banking
10 1 (0.97%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.97%) Retail
10 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (20.39%) Support Engineer
2 19 (18.45%) Analyst
3 18 (17.48%) IT Support
4 10 (9.71%) Architect
5 8 (7.77%) IT Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Developer
6 7 (6.80%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Service Analyst
6 7 (6.80%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (5.83%) Coordinator
7 6 (5.83%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (5.83%) Senior
8 5 (4.85%) Consultant
8 5 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) IT Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Power BI Developer
8 5 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.85%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.88%) Desktop Support
9 4 (3.88%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.91%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.94%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.97%) .NET
3 1 (0.97%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.97%) ADO
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (2.91%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.91%) Private Cloud
2 3 (2.91%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.94%) CMDB
3 2 (1.94%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.94%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.94%) iPad
3 2 (1.94%) iPhone
3 2 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (1.94%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.94%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Licensing
3 2 (1.94%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.97%) CCTV
4 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.97%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.97%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 53 (51.46%) Windows
2 17 (16.50%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.68%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.80%) Mac OS
5 6 (5.83%) Apple iOS
5 6 (5.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.91%) Linux
7 2 (1.94%) Android
8 1 (0.97%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.27%) ITIL
2 18 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (13.59%) Migration
4 13 (12.62%) Customer Service
5 9 (8.74%) Agile
5 9 (8.74%) Cloud Security
5 9 (8.74%) High Availability
5 9 (8.74%) Service Delivery
5 9 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (7.77%) DevOps
6 8 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (7.77%) ITSM
7 7 (6.80%) Asset Management
7 7 (6.80%) Data Protection
7 7 (6.80%) Service Management
8 6 (5.83%) Business Analysis
8 6 (5.83%) Incident Management
8 6 (5.83%) Project Delivery
8 6 (5.83%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (4.85%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.50%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.77%) SQL
3 4 (3.88%) Python
4 3 (2.91%) Bicep
5 1 (0.97%) Bash
5 1 (0.97%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (10.68%) Degree
2 9 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.80%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.83%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.85%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.94%) CCNA
7 2 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.94%) PMP
8 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.97%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.97%) MCSE
8 1 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.88%) GDPR
2 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.91%) NIST
2 3 (2.91%) SLA
3 2 (1.94%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.97%) HIPAA
System Software
1 49 (47.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.88%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.97%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.97%) XenApp
4 1 (0.97%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (29.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (10.68%) SCCM
3 5 (4.85%) Terraform
4 2 (1.94%) AirWatch
4 2 (1.94%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.94%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (0.97%) Grafana
5 1 (0.97%) Istio
5 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.97%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.97%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (59.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.74%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.83%) Cisco
3 6 (5.83%) Citrix
4 5 (4.85%) VMware
5 3 (2.91%) Bloomberg
6 2 (1.94%) Adobe
6 2 (1.94%) Google
6 2 (1.94%) HP
6 2 (1.94%) iManage
6 2 (1.94%) Intapp
6 2 (1.94%) Oracle
6 2 (1.94%) Symantec
7 1 (0.97%) Apple
7 1 (0.97%) NetApp
7 1 (0.97%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.97%) Progress
7 1 (0.97%) Reuters
7 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.97%) Wyse