Microsoft 365 Contracts in Chester

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 11 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 -11
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft 365 5 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 6.41% 6.45% 3.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.67% 57.14% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £158 £205 £204
25th Percentile £170 £213 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £225 £388
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -41.94% -18.42%
75th Percentile £283 £238 £606
90th Percentile £338 £245 £663
Cheshire median daily rate £228 £390 £220
% change year-on-year -41.67% +77.27% +10.00%

All Cloud Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12 7 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 15.38% 11.29% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 10
10th Percentile £178 £210 £211
25th Percentile £291 £225 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £250 £390
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -35.90% -8.24%
75th Percentile £650 £276 £566
90th Percentile £710 £291 £689
Cheshire median daily rate £418 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -7.22% -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £34.40
25th Percentile - - £36.50
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +83.65%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £12.82 - £22.53
% change year-on-year - - +3.44%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Chester

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Chester over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Chester

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Skype
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Operational Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Operations Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Trainer
3 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) MCT
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft