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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 32 28
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 +27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 80 109 135
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.03% 5.91% 5.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.74% 14.21% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 55 107
10th Percentile £188 £202 £200
25th Percentile £313 £269 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +22.03%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £606
90th Percentile £628 £650 £712
Central London median daily rate £481 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +2.39% +4.44% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £38.44 -
25th Percentile £20.82 £59.12 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 £99.83 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -77.70% +427.36% +11.78%
75th Percentile £23.71 £146.79 £23.75
90th Percentile - £171.22 -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £24.66 £18.93
% change year-on-year +3.28% +30.27% -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 821 767 886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.40% 41.62% 37.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 490 634
10th Percentile £339 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £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 £749
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 11
10th Percentile £30.04 £28.98 £12.75
25th Percentile £39.34 £35.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £42.89 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +150.00% -55.81%
75th Percentile £51.00 £118.13 £36.25
90th Percentile £55.94 £159.75 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £32.99 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -5.76% +84.21% -45.71%

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 26 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 17 (21.25%) SharePoint
2 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.50%) Exchequer
3 1 (1.25%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 44 (55.00%) Azure
2 26 (32.50%) Entra ID
3 13 (16.25%) Power Platform
4 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 8 (10.00%) Power Automate
5 6 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (7.50%) OneDrive
5 6 (7.50%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.00%) AWS
6 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.50%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.50%) PaaS
7 2 (2.50%) Rubrik
8 1 (1.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.25%) GCP
8 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.25%) Firewall
1 9 (11.25%) VPN
2 8 (10.00%) DNS
3 5 (6.25%) DHCP
4 2 (2.50%) Intranet
4 2 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.50%) LAN
4 2 (2.50%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.50%) WAN
4 2 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.25%) Extranet
5 1 (1.25%) IPv4
5 1 (1.25%) IPv6
5 1 (1.25%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.50%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) Metadata
2 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 37 (46.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.75%) Finance
3 11 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.75%) Banking
4 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.50%) Automotive
5 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.50%) International Banking
5 2 (2.50%) Legal
5 2 (2.50%) Military
6 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.25%) French Language
6 1 (1.25%) Law
6 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (15.00%) Support Engineer
2 11 (13.75%) IT Engineer
3 9 (11.25%) IT Support
4 7 (8.75%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (8.75%) Senior
5 6 (7.50%) Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) Consultant
6 5 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 5 (6.25%) Developer
6 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Security Manager
7 4 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Service Desk Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Citrix Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
8 3 (3.75%) Microsoft 365 Manager
8 3 (3.75%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.25%) 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%) SOAP
4 1 (1.25%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 6 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.75%) BYOD
3 3 (3.75%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.25%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.25%) CMDB
5 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (35.00%) Windows
2 11 (13.75%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.50%) Mac OS
4 5 (6.25%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.50%) Android
7 1 (1.25%) Linux
7 1 (1.25%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.25%) Unix
7 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (16.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (15.00%) Change Management
3 12 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 12 (15.00%) ITIL
3 12 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (12.50%) ITSM
5 9 (11.25%) Cloud Security
5 9 (11.25%) Migration
6 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.75%) Analytics
7 7 (8.75%) Security Operations
7 7 (8.75%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (7.50%) Change Control
8 6 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.50%) Data Governance
8 6 (7.50%) SIEM
8 6 (7.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.25%) C#
4 1 (1.25%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (16.25%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.25%) CISSP
3 5 (6.25%) Degree
3 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.75%) CISM
4 3 (3.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.50%) CISMP
5 2 (2.50%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.25%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.25%) CCA
6 1 (1.25%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.25%) MCSA
6 1 (1.25%) MCSE
6 1 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (13.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.50%) GDPR
4 4 (5.00%) NIST
5 3 (3.75%) NCSC
6 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.25%) GRC
7 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.25%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.00%) 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 25 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.00%) SCCM
3 2 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.50%) Terraform
4 1 (1.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.25%) Ansible
4 1 (1.25%) Autotask
4 1 (1.25%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 69 (86.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.50%) Citrix
4 4 (5.00%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.75%) Apple
5 3 (3.75%) Google
5 3 (3.75%) Remedy
6 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.50%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.50%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.25%) Altiris
7 1 (1.25%) Bomgar
7 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.25%) Dell
7 1 (1.25%) HP
7 1 (1.25%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.25%) SAP
7 1 (1.25%) Veeam
7 1 (1.25%) Verint
7 1 (1.25%) VMware