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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 34 30
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 80 104 137
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.17% 5.68% 5.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.04% 13.85% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 53 104
10th Percentile £190 £201 £195
25th Percentile £295 £300 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +13.92%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £595
90th Percentile £615 £650 £700
Central London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +13.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £18.93
75th Percentile £23.71 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £22.50 £18.93
% change year-on-year +13.20% +18.86% -2.92%

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 797 751 912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.55% 40.99% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 472 657
10th Percentile £327 £400 £363
25th Percentile £417 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £740
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 11
10th Percentile £27.83 - £12.75
25th Percentile £35.88 £46.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.78 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +150.00% -55.81%
75th Percentile £49.83 £48.75 £36.25
90th Percentile £55.19 - £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £29.74 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -15.04% +84.21% -24.00%

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 12 February 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 16 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 14 (17.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.25%) Exchequer
2 1 (1.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.25%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 48 (60.00%) Azure
2 29 (36.25%) Entra ID
3 14 (17.50%) Power Platform
4 10 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (10.00%) PowerApps
6 7 (8.75%) OneDrive
7 6 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (6.25%) AWS
8 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.75%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (2.50%) Azure AI
10 2 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.50%) GitHub
10 2 (2.50%) PaaS
10 2 (2.50%) Rubrik
10 2 (2.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) Firewall
2 9 (11.25%) VPN
3 8 (10.00%) DNS
4 5 (6.25%) DHCP
5 2 (2.50%) Intranet
5 2 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.50%) LAN
5 2 (2.50%) Unified Communications
5 2 (2.50%) WAN
5 2 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.25%) Extranet
6 1 (1.25%) IPv4
6 1 (1.25%) IPv6
6 1 (1.25%) MPLS
6 1 (1.25%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.25%) Softphone
6 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) Metadata
2 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 36 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.00%) Finance
3 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.00%) Banking
5 3 (3.75%) Legal
6 2 (2.50%) Automotive
6 2 (2.50%) International Banking
6 2 (2.50%) Law
6 2 (2.50%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.25%) French Language
7 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.25%) Military
7 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (13.75%) IT Engineer
1 11 (13.75%) Support Engineer
2 9 (11.25%) IT Support
3 7 (8.75%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (8.75%) Senior
4 6 (7.50%) Analyst
4 6 (7.50%) Consultant
5 5 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Security Manager
6 4 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (5.00%) Architect
6 4 (5.00%) Developer
6 4 (5.00%) Lead
6 4 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Service Desk Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.75%) OAuth
2 3 (3.75%) SAML
3 2 (2.50%) OpenID
3 2 (2.50%) REST
4 1 (1.25%) .NET
4 1 (1.25%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.25%) LangChain
4 1 (1.25%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.25%) SOAP
4 1 (1.25%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 8 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (3.75%) BYOD
2 3 (3.75%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (3.75%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.25%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.25%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.25%) CMDB
4 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.25%) iPad
4 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.25%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 29 (36.25%) Windows
2 11 (13.75%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.75%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.25%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.50%) Android
5 2 (2.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.25%) Linux
6 1 (1.25%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.25%) Unix
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.25%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (17.50%) ITIL
3 12 (15.00%) Change Management
3 12 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 12 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (13.75%) ITSM
4 11 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (11.25%) Cloud Security
5 9 (11.25%) Migration
6 8 (10.00%) AI
6 8 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.75%) Data Governance
7 7 (8.75%) Security Operations
7 7 (8.75%) Service Delivery
7 7 (8.75%) User Experience
8 6 (7.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.50%) C#
3 2 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.25%) Bicep
4 1 (1.25%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.25%) Python
4 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.25%) Degree
2 9 (11.25%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (6.25%) CISSP
5 3 (3.75%) CISM
5 3 (3.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.50%) CISMP
6 2 (2.50%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.25%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.25%) CCA
7 1 (1.25%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.25%) MCSA
7 1 (1.25%) MCSE
7 1 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (13.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (8.75%) GDPR
4 5 (6.25%) NIST
5 3 (3.75%) NCSC
6 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.25%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.25%) GRC
7 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.25%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.25%) Docker
4 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.25%) XenApp
4 1 (1.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.00%) SCCM
3 3 (3.75%) Terraform
4 2 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.25%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.25%) Ansible
5 1 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.25%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 68 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.25%) Citrix
4 4 (5.00%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.75%) Google
5 3 (3.75%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.75%) Remedy
6 2 (2.50%) Apple
6 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.50%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.50%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.25%) Bomgar
7 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.25%) Dell
7 1 (1.25%) HP
7 1 (1.25%) Polycom
7 1 (1.25%) SAP
7 1 (1.25%) Veeam
7 1 (1.25%) Verint