Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 36 28
Rank change year-on-year -7 -8 +32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 88 102 145
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.79% 5.11% 5.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.50% 13.04% 14.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 53 107
10th Percentile £190 £201 £160
25th Percentile £295 £313 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £538 £588 £575
90th Percentile £623 £638 £675
Central London median daily rate £481 £464 £450
% change year-on-year +3.77% +3.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.16
25th Percentile £20.82 - £19.51
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £20.72
75th Percentile £23.71 - £22.55
90th Percentile - - £23.27
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £22.50 £18.93
% change year-on-year +13.20% +18.86% +3.91%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 765 782 988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.64% 39.14% 39.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 499 713
10th Percentile £331 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £751 £750
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile £25.49 - -
25th Percentile £32.50 £77.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £85.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.35% +309.64% +3.75%
75th Percentile £41.94 £92.50 £40.69
90th Percentile £45.28 - £56.25
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -27.23% +68.67% +1.22%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 18 (20.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (1.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (62.50%) Azure
2 32 (36.36%) Entra ID
3 17 (19.32%) Power Platform
4 11 (12.50%) Power Automate
4 11 (12.50%) PowerApps
5 9 (10.23%) AWS
5 9 (10.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (9.09%) OneDrive
7 5 (5.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (5.68%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (5.68%) PaaS
8 4 (4.55%) IaaS
9 3 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (3.41%) SaaS
9 3 (3.41%) ShareGate
10 2 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.27%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (2.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.05%) Firewall
2 8 (9.09%) VPN
3 7 (7.95%) DNS
4 5 (5.68%) DHCP
5 3 (3.41%) LAN
5 3 (3.41%) WAN
5 3 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.27%) Intranet
6 2 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.27%) Softphone
6 2 (2.27%) Wireless
7 1 (1.14%) Extranet
7 1 (1.14%) IPv4
7 1 (1.14%) IPv6
7 1 (1.14%) MPLS
7 1 (1.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.23%) Power BI
2 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.14%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 33 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.32%) Finance
3 6 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.55%) Banking
5 3 (3.41%) Legal
5 3 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.27%) Automotive
6 2 (2.27%) Law
6 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.14%) Billing
7 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.14%) French Language
7 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.14%) International Banking
7 1 (1.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (11.36%) Support Engineer
2 9 (10.23%) IT Support
2 9 (10.23%) Lead
3 8 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 7 (7.95%) Architect
4 7 (7.95%) Consultant
4 7 (7.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (6.82%) Analyst
5 6 (6.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (6.82%) Senior
6 5 (5.68%) Developer
6 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 4 (4.55%) Security Manager
8 3 (3.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
8 3 (3.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) Service Desk Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.27%) .NET
2 2 (2.27%) OAuth
2 2 (2.27%) OpenID
2 2 (2.27%) REST
2 2 (2.27%) SAML
3 1 (1.14%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.14%) LangChain
3 1 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.14%) RESTful
3 1 (1.14%) Semantic Kernel
3 1 (1.14%) SOAP
3 1 (1.14%) SPFx
3 1 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.95%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.82%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.41%) BYOD
4 3 (3.41%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.41%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.27%) iPad
5 2 (2.27%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.14%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.14%) CMDB
6 1 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.14%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 32 (36.36%) Windows
2 11 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.36%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.55%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.41%) Linux
6 2 (2.27%) Android
6 2 (2.27%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.14%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.59%) ITIL
2 16 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (15.91%) Data Loss Prevention
3 14 (15.91%) ITSM
4 13 (14.77%) Customer Service
5 12 (13.64%) Change Management
5 12 (13.64%) Migration
5 12 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 10 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (11.36%) User Experience
8 9 (10.23%) Cloud Security
8 9 (10.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (9.09%) Agile
10 7 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (7.95%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.95%) Service Management
11 6 (6.82%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.41%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.27%) C#
4 1 (1.14%) Bicep
4 1 (1.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 16 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (10.23%) Degree
4 5 (5.68%) CISSP
5 3 (3.41%) CISM
5 3 (3.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.27%) CISMP
6 2 (2.27%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.27%) MCITP
6 2 (2.27%) MCSA
7 1 (1.14%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.14%) CSPO
7 1 (1.14%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (9.09%) GDPR
4 5 (5.68%) NIST
5 3 (3.41%) NCSC
5 3 (3.41%) SLA
6 1 (1.14%) COBIT
6 1 (1.14%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.14%) GRC
6 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.14%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.14%) Docker
3 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (30.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.36%) SCCM
3 3 (3.41%) Terraform
4 2 (2.27%) SCOM
5 1 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.14%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.14%) Ansible
5 1 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 70 (79.55%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.55%) CyberArk
3 4 (4.55%) Remedy
4 3 (3.41%) Citrix
4 3 (3.41%) HP
4 3 (3.41%) Palo Alto
4 3 (3.41%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.27%) Apple
5 2 (2.27%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.27%) LogRhythm
5 2 (2.27%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.27%) Oracle
5 2 (2.27%) Polycom
5 2 (2.27%) VMware
6 1 (1.14%) Altiris
6 1 (1.14%) Bomgar
6 1 (1.14%) Google
6 1 (1.14%) Reuters
6 1 (1.14%) Veeam