Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 26 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 2 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 1.94% 4.05% 2.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.90% 13.64% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £488 £246
25th Percentile - £498 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £519 £443
Median % change year-on-year - +17.23% +77.00%
75th Percentile - £536 £508
90th Percentile - £544 £518
Gloucestershire median daily rate £413 £430 £475
% change year-on-year -4.07% -9.47% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
Gloucestershire median hourly rate - - £20.25
% change year-on-year - - -78.68%

All Cloud Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 29 44 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 28.16% 29.73% 31.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 24 41
10th Percentile £299 £504 £388
25th Percentile £525 £530 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +3.48% -2.13%
75th Percentile £662 £655 £688
90th Percentile £730 £773 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.21%
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £36.00 £67.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% -10.00% -22.08%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) PingFederate
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Ping Identity
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce