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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 50 40
Rank change year-on-year -11 -10 -11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 87 78 105
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.88% 4.46% 4.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.42% 11.06% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 39 61
10th Percentile £175 £220 £200
25th Percentile £225 £319 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £496 £525
Median % change year-on-year -29.36% -5.62% +25.37%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £573
90th Percentile £679 £640 £653
Central London median daily rate £305 £496 £488
% change year-on-year -38.45% +1.64% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.66 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -8.67% +20.00%
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £24.58 £27.00
% change year-on-year -2.36% -8.96% +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 924 705 859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.23% 40.31% 40.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 490 566
10th Percentile £363 £332 £380
25th Percentile £456 £434 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -1.32%
75th Percentile £660 £667 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -0.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 3
10th Percentile £18.33 £23.75 -
25th Percentile £20.25 £25.71 -
Median hourly rate £23.58 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.65% +25.93% +30.12%
75th Percentile £38.69 £61.16 £59.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £88.75 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +68.67%

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 20 September 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 30 (34.48%) SharePoint
2 21 (24.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.30%) Chatbot
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.15%) Exchequer
2 1 (1.15%) Monis
Cloud Services
1 32 (36.78%) Azure
2 26 (29.89%) Entra ID
3 20 (22.99%) OneDrive
4 10 (11.49%) Power Platform
5 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (8.05%) SaaS
7 6 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (6.90%) Power Automate
8 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (5.75%) PowerApps
9 4 (4.60%) AWS
9 4 (4.60%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.45%) Azure AI
10 3 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.45%) GCP
10 3 (3.45%) GitHub
11 2 (2.30%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.30%) Serverless
11 2 (2.30%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.24%) DNS
2 12 (13.79%) Firewall
2 12 (13.79%) VPN
3 11 (12.64%) DHCP
3 11 (12.64%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.60%) LAN
4 4 (4.60%) Unified Communications
4 4 (4.60%) WAN
5 3 (3.45%) Network Security
6 2 (2.30%) Internet
6 2 (2.30%) Value-Added Service
6 2 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.30%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.15%) BGP
7 1 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.15%) DKIM
7 1 (1.15%) DMARC
7 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.15%) SMTP
7 1 (1.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) Power BI
2 2 (2.30%) Tableau
3 1 (1.15%) Metadata
3 1 (1.15%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 10 (11.49%) JIRA
2 2 (2.30%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.30%) MSI
2 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (31.03%) Finance
2 26 (29.89%) Social Skills
3 10 (11.49%) Banking
4 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.75%) Front Office
6 3 (3.45%) Law
7 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) German Language
7 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.30%) Legal
7 2 (2.30%) Military
7 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.15%) Legal Technology
8 1 (1.15%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (20.69%) Support Engineer
2 13 (14.94%) IT Support
3 10 (11.49%) Analyst
3 10 (11.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) IT Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (9.20%) Architect
6 6 (6.90%) Security Architect
6 6 (6.90%) Support Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) Desktop Support
7 5 (5.75%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Network Architect
7 5 (5.75%) Network Security Architect
7 5 (5.75%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Consultant
8 4 (4.60%) Lead
8 4 (4.60%) Platform Engineer
9 3 (3.45%) Developer
9 3 (3.45%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) .NET
1 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.15%) FIDO
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.15%) REST
2 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.54%) Onboarding
2 9 (10.34%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.75%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.30%) BYOD
5 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.30%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.30%) iPad
5 2 (2.30%) iPhone
5 2 (2.30%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.30%) PMI
5 2 (2.30%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.15%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.15%) Life Science
6 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (42.53%) Windows
2 13 (14.94%) Mac OS
3 9 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.60%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.15%) Android
5 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (17.24%) Migration
4 12 (13.79%) Customer Service
4 12 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (12.64%) ITIL
6 10 (11.49%) Agile
6 10 (11.49%) AI
6 10 (11.49%) Asset Management
6 10 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (10.34%) ITSM
8 8 (9.20%) Change Control
8 8 (9.20%) High Availability
8 8 (9.20%) Service Delivery
8 8 (9.20%) Service Management
8 8 (9.20%) User Experience
9 7 (8.05%) Analytics
9 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (8.05%) Incident Management
9 7 (8.05%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.20%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.45%) Python
3 2 (2.30%) C++
4 1 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.15%) R
4 1 (1.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.49%) Degree
3 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.15%) PMP
6 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) GDPR
1 3 (3.45%) PMO
1 3 (3.45%) QA
2 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.30%) NIST
2 2 (2.30%) SLA
3 1 (1.15%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.15%) NCSC
3 1 (1.15%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.15%) P3O
System Software
1 28 (32.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (28.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (8.05%) SCCM
3 2 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.15%) Ansible
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.15%) PingFederate
4 1 (1.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (88.51%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.79%) ServiceNow
3 11 (12.64%) Cisco
4 10 (11.49%) Bloomberg
5 9 (10.34%) Apple
6 5 (5.75%) Citrix
6 5 (5.75%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.45%) F5
7 3 (3.45%) Refinitiv
7 3 (3.45%) Reuters
8 2 (2.30%) Adobe
8 2 (2.30%) Autodesk
8 2 (2.30%) Foundry
8 2 (2.30%) Freshdesk
8 2 (2.30%) HP
8 2 (2.30%) Nexthink
8 2 (2.30%) Remedy
8 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.30%) Samsung
8 2 (2.30%) Symantec