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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 50 44
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 -11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 89 79 94
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.12% 4.58% 4.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.79% 11.19% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 47 48
10th Percentile £175 £200 £184
25th Percentile £219 £338 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £488 £456
Median % change year-on-year -36.41% +6.85% +7.35%
75th Percentile £555 £557 £569
90th Percentile £650 £643 £641
Central London median daily rate £300 £496 £413
% change year-on-year -39.46% +20.12% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Median hourly rate £24.00 £26.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -1.85% +20.00%
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -2.04% -9.26% +20.00%

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 909 706 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 42.08% 40.95% 39.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 515 550
10th Percentile £350 £344 £393
25th Percentile £456 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 3
10th Percentile £17.40 £21.58 -
25th Percentile £19.50 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £23.16 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.88% +25.93% +20.00%
75th Percentile £31.00 £58.96 £59.75
90th Percentile £46.00 £72.53 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.59% -2.86% +55.56%

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 15 October 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 29 (32.58%) SharePoint
2 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.25%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.12%) Exchequer
2 1 (1.12%) Monis
2 1 (1.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (34.83%) Azure
2 30 (33.71%) Entra ID
3 20 (22.47%) OneDrive
4 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Copilot
5 10 (11.24%) Power Platform
6 7 (7.87%) SaaS
7 6 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (6.74%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (4.49%) AWS
9 4 (4.49%) Azure AI
9 4 (4.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (4.49%) Power Automate
10 3 (3.37%) Azure Functions
10 3 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.37%) PowerApps
10 3 (3.37%) Serverless
11 2 (2.25%) GCP
11 2 (2.25%) GitHub
11 2 (2.25%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.73%) DNS
2 13 (14.61%) VPN
3 12 (13.48%) Firewall
4 11 (12.36%) DHCP
4 11 (12.36%) TCP/IP
5 5 (5.62%) LAN
6 4 (4.49%) Unified Communications
6 4 (4.49%) WAN
6 4 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (3.37%) Network Security
8 2 (2.25%) Internet
8 2 (2.25%) Value-Added Service
8 2 (2.25%) Wireshark
9 1 (1.12%) BGP
9 1 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.12%) DKIM
9 1 (1.12%) DMARC
9 1 (1.12%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.12%) SMTP
9 1 (1.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.74%) Power BI
2 2 (2.25%) Tableau
3 1 (1.12%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 10 (11.24%) JIRA
2 2 (2.25%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.25%) MSI
2 2 (2.25%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.12%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 27 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 26 (29.21%) Finance
3 11 (12.36%) Banking
4 9 (10.11%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.62%) Front Office
7 3 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.37%) Military
8 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Legal
8 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Law
9 1 (1.12%) Legal Technology
9 1 (1.12%) Local Government
9 1 (1.12%) Marketing
9 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (19.10%) Support Engineer
2 13 (14.61%) IT Support
3 10 (11.24%) Analyst
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 9 (10.11%) IT Engineer
4 9 (10.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Security Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Support Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Desktop Support
7 5 (5.62%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Lead
7 5 (5.62%) Network Architect
7 5 (5.62%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (4.49%) Consultant
9 3 (3.37%) Active Directory Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Developer
9 3 (3.37%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.25%) .NET
1 2 (2.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.12%) FIDO
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.35%) Onboarding
2 9 (10.11%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (7.87%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.37%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.37%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.25%) BYOD
5 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.25%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.25%) iPad
5 2 (2.25%) iPhone
5 2 (2.25%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.25%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.12%) CMDB
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.12%) Life Science
6 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (43.82%) Windows
2 12 (13.48%) macOS
3 10 (11.24%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.49%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.12%) Android
5 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.21%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (19.10%) Migration
4 13 (14.61%) Customer Service
5 12 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (12.36%) AI
6 11 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (12.36%) ITIL
7 10 (11.24%) Agile
7 10 (11.24%) Asset Management
7 10 (11.24%) ITSM
8 9 (10.11%) Service Management
9 8 (8.99%) Change Control
9 8 (8.99%) High Availability
9 8 (8.99%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.87%) Analytics
10 7 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (7.87%) Incident Management
10 7 (7.87%) Roadmaps
10 7 (7.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.49%) Python
3 2 (2.25%) C++
4 1 (1.12%) C#
4 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.12%) R
4 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (14.61%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.36%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.11%) Degree
4 3 (3.37%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.12%) PMP
5 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) QA
2 3 (3.37%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.37%) PMO
3 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.25%) GDPR
3 2 (2.25%) NIST
3 2 (2.25%) SLA
4 1 (1.12%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.12%) NCSC
4 1 (1.12%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.12%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (32.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (26.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.87%) SCCM
3 2 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.12%) Ansible
4 1 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.12%) PingFederate
4 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (86.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.98%) ServiceNow
3 10 (11.24%) Bloomberg
3 10 (11.24%) Cisco
4 9 (10.11%) Apple
5 5 (5.62%) Citrix
5 5 (5.62%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.37%) F5
6 3 (3.37%) Foundry
6 3 (3.37%) Refinitiv
6 3 (3.37%) Reuters
7 2 (2.25%) Autodesk
7 2 (2.25%) Freshdesk
7 2 (2.25%) Google
7 2 (2.25%) Nexthink
7 2 (2.25%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.25%) Remedy
7 2 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.25%) Samsung
7 2 (2.25%) Symantec