Microsoft 365 Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 29 35 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.94% 6.51% 6.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.01% 19.77% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 25
10th Percentile - £126 £175
25th Percentile £230 £160 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £350 £215
Median % change year-on-year +17.93% +62.79% +16.22%
75th Percentile £452 £488 £438
90th Percentile £506 £763 £590
North West median daily rate £350 £284 £338
% change year-on-year +23.24% -15.85% +22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile - £16.67 £12.08
25th Percentile - £17.02 £13.31
Median hourly rate £12.82 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +4.24% -16.63%
75th Percentile - - £20.60
90th Percentile - £17.75 £21.69
North West median hourly rate £20.79 £16.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +29.91% -8.57% -5.41%

All Cloud Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 138 177 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 28.28% 32.90% 38.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 119 144
10th Percentile £304 £300 £215
25th Percentile £358 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £500 £528 £575
90th Percentile £580 £638 £638
North West median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 10
10th Percentile - £16.79 £13.73
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £12.82 £17.72 £22.47
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% -21.14% +0.36%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £35.63
90th Percentile - - £42.58
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £27.20
% change year-on-year +79.02% -40.96% +3.05%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Cheshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Cheshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Warrington +8 16 £315 +14.64% 96
Knutsford -5 4 £454 -49.61%
Chester -6 3 - - 85
Runcorn +1 1 £210 +64.71%
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 21 (72.41%) SharePoint
2 14 (48.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.90%) Confluence
4 1 (3.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) assyst
2 3 (10.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (68.97%) Azure
2 12 (41.38%) Entra ID
3 9 (31.03%) SaaS
4 7 (24.14%) OneDrive
5 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Skype
1 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 2 (6.90%) DNS
3 1 (3.45%) DHCP
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Banking
2 3 (10.34%) Investment Banking
2 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Architect
1 7 (24.14%) Support Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support
4 3 (10.34%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Senior
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Service Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Wintel Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.45%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (41.38%) ITIL
3 10 (34.48%) Data Loss Prevention
3 10 (34.48%) ITSM
4 8 (27.59%) Agile
4 8 (27.59%) Customer Service
5 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
6 6 (20.69%) Data Governance
7 5 (17.24%) Cloud Security
7 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
7 5 (17.24%) Performance Optimisation
7 5 (17.24%) Problem Management
7 5 (17.24%) Service Management
7 5 (17.24%) Task Automation
7 5 (17.24%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (17.24%) Zero Trust
8 4 (13.79%) Migration
9 3 (10.34%) Chat Support
9 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) VB
2 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) Degree
4 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.45%) MCP
5 1 (3.45%) MCSA
5 1 (3.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (10.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco
3 3 (10.34%) Citrix
3 3 (10.34%) Remedy
4 2 (6.90%) VMware
5 1 (3.45%) McAfee
5 1 (3.45%) Symantec