Microsoft 365 Contracts in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 29 46
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 89 128 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.11% 5.93% 4.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.76% 14.97% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 94 125
10th Percentile £209 £185 £140
25th Percentile £263 £325 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +53.85% -27.78%
75th Percentile £564 £609 £488
90th Percentile £650 £761 £588
Central London median daily rate £400 £450 £350
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile £24.02 - -
25th Percentile £24.43 £12.75 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% - -
75th Percentile £65.81 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £138.83 £25.70 -
Central London median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +9.60% -10.00% +11.89%

All Cloud 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 757 855 1,333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 43.46% 39.58% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 599 892
10th Percentile £365 £363 £313
25th Percentile £459 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £590
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -8.47% +2.61%
75th Percentile £664 £673 £700
90th Percentile £750 £764 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 7
10th Percentile £24.39 £12.75 £44.75
25th Percentile £24.66 £14.88 £65.57
Median hourly rate £38.58 £22.50 £84.09
Median % change year-on-year +71.44% -73.24% +316.60%
75th Percentile £61.56 £26.19 £88.30
90th Percentile £126.25 £38.63 -
Central London median hourly rate £34.65 £22.50 £83.30
% change year-on-year +54.00% -72.99% +272.81%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

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 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the City of London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 4 £238 -
Microsoft 365
Central London

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 25 (28.09%) SharePoint
2 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.25%) CMS
3 2 (2.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (17.98%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 43 (48.31%) Azure
2 23 (25.84%) Entra ID
3 15 (16.85%) Power Platform
4 9 (10.11%) AWS
4 9 (10.11%) OneDrive
5 8 (8.99%) IaaS
5 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (5.62%) PaaS
6 5 (5.62%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.62%) SaaS
7 4 (4.49%) Asana
7 4 (4.49%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.25%) GCP
9 2 (2.25%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.99%) DNS
2 7 (7.87%) Firewall
3 5 (5.62%) DHCP
4 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.37%) MPLS
6 2 (2.25%) LAN
6 2 (2.25%) WAN
7 1 (1.12%) Intranet
7 1 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.87%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.74%) Power BI
3 5 (5.62%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (5.62%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (5.62%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (5.62%) Tableau
4 2 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.12%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (1.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) JIRA
General
1 36 (40.45%) Finance
2 29 (32.58%) Social Skills
3 10 (11.24%) Banking
4 8 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.62%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.49%) Law
8 2 (2.25%) Legal
8 2 (2.25%) Local Government
8 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.25%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.12%) International Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (17.98%) Analyst
1 16 (17.98%) Support Engineer
2 14 (15.73%) IT Support
3 8 (8.99%) Architect
3 8 (8.99%) Developer
4 7 (7.87%) IT Engineer
5 6 (6.74%) Coordinator
5 6 (6.74%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (5.62%) Consultant
6 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.62%) Lead
6 5 (5.62%) Power BI Developer
6 5 (5.62%) Service Analyst
6 5 (5.62%) Service Desk Analyst
6 5 (5.62%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Azure Architect
7 4 (4.49%) IT Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Manager
7 4 (4.49%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.25%) ARM Templates
1 2 (2.25%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.12%) REST
2 1 (1.12%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.37%) Private Cloud
2 3 (3.37%) Reinsurance
2 3 (3.37%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.25%) CMDB
3 2 (2.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.25%) iPad
3 2 (2.25%) iPhone
3 2 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.25%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.25%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.12%) BYOD
4 1 (1.12%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.12%) IVR
4 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (48.31%) Windows
2 14 (15.73%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.61%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.87%) Apple iOS
5 6 (6.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.49%) Linux
6 4 (4.49%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.37%) Android
8 1 (1.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (19.10%) ITIL
3 13 (14.61%) Migration
4 12 (13.48%) Customer Service
5 8 (8.99%) Agile
5 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (8.99%) ITSM
6 7 (7.87%) Business Analysis
6 7 (7.87%) Cloud Security
6 7 (7.87%) Service Management
7 6 (6.74%) Data Protection
7 6 (6.74%) DevOps
7 6 (6.74%) Incident Management
7 6 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (5.62%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (5.62%) Asset Management
8 5 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (5.62%) High Availability
8 5 (5.62%) User Experience
8 5 (5.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.36%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.74%) SQL
3 3 (3.37%) Bicep
3 3 (3.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (7.87%) Degree
2 5 (5.62%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.49%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.25%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.12%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.12%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) GDPR
2 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.25%) NIST
2 2 (2.25%) SLA
2 2 (2.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (37.08%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.12%) XenApp
4 1 (1.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (26.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.11%) SCCM
3 4 (4.49%) Terraform
4 2 (2.25%) AirWatch
4 2 (2.25%) HP ALM
4 2 (2.25%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (1.12%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (60.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.36%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.49%) Citrix
3 4 (4.49%) VMware
4 3 (3.37%) Bloomberg
5 2 (2.25%) Adobe
5 2 (2.25%) Cisco
5 2 (2.25%) Google
5 2 (2.25%) HP
5 2 (2.25%) iManage
5 2 (2.25%) Intapp
5 2 (2.25%) Oracle
5 2 (2.25%) Symantec
6 1 (1.12%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.12%) Genesys
6 1 (1.12%) Nexthink
6 1 (1.12%) Okta
6 1 (1.12%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.12%) Progress
6 1 (1.12%) Splunk