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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 46 39
Rank change year-on-year -14 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 86 83 100
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.77% 4.65% 4.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.27% 11.42% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 37 63
10th Percentile £175 £221 £181
25th Percentile £223 £310 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £496 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.80% +4.32% +13.43%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £573
90th Percentile £690 £635 £648
Central London median daily rate £350 £473 £450
% change year-on-year -25.97% +5.06% +13.21%
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 928 727 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.72% 40.75% 40.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 493 567
10th Percentile £368 £334 £383
25th Percentile £463 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year - -0.45% -3.91%
75th Percentile £656 £665 £675
90th Percentile £750 £759 £768
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 3
10th Percentile £19.45 £23.84 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £26.23 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £34.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.08% +27.13% -10.74%
75th Percentile £41.25 £58.96 £59.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £86.43 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -4.41% +9.68% +2.48%

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 2 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 (34.88%) SharePoint
2 20 (23.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.33%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.16%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 33 (38.37%) Azure
2 27 (31.40%) Entra ID
3 18 (20.93%) OneDrive
4 9 (10.47%) Power Platform
5 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (8.14%) SaaS
7 6 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (6.98%) Power Automate
8 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (5.81%) PowerApps
9 4 (4.65%) AWS
9 4 (4.65%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.49%) Azure AI
10 3 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.49%) GCP
10 3 (3.49%) GitHub
11 2 (2.33%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.33%) Serverless
11 2 (2.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.28%) DNS
2 12 (13.95%) Firewall
3 10 (11.63%) DHCP
3 10 (11.63%) TCP/IP
3 10 (11.63%) VPN
4 4 (4.65%) LAN
4 4 (4.65%) Unified Communications
4 4 (4.65%) WAN
5 3 (3.49%) Network Security
6 2 (2.33%) Internet
6 2 (2.33%) Value-Added Service
6 2 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.33%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.16%) BGP
7 1 (1.16%) DKIM
7 1 (1.16%) DMARC
7 1 (1.16%) Multicast
7 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.16%) SMTP
7 1 (1.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Power BI
2 2 (2.33%) Tableau
3 1 (1.16%) Metadata
3 1 (1.16%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (9.30%) JIRA
2 2 (2.33%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.33%) MSI
2 2 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (30.23%) Finance
1 26 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.63%) Banking
3 7 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.65%) Front Office
6 3 (3.49%) Law
7 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.33%) German Language
7 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.33%) Legal
7 2 (2.33%) Military
7 2 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.16%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.16%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.16%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 19 (22.09%) Support Engineer
2 11 (12.79%) IT Support
3 10 (11.63%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) Analyst
4 9 (10.47%) IT Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (9.30%) Architect
6 6 (6.98%) Security Architect
7 5 (5.81%) Desktop Support
7 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Network Architect
7 5 (5.81%) Network Security Architect
7 5 (5.81%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.65%) Consultant
8 4 (4.65%) Lead
8 4 (4.65%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Developer
9 3 (3.49%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) .NET
1 2 (2.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.16%) FIDO
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.16%) REST
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Onboarding
2 9 (10.47%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.81%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.49%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.49%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.33%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.33%) iPad
5 2 (2.33%) iPhone
5 2 (2.33%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.33%) PMI
5 2 (2.33%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.16%) BYOD
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.16%) Life Science
6 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (43.02%) Windows
2 15 (17.44%) Mac OS
3 9 (10.47%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.16%) Android
6 1 (1.16%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (16.28%) Migration
4 12 (13.95%) Customer Service
4 12 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (12.79%) Agile
5 11 (12.79%) ITIL
6 10 (11.63%) Asset Management
6 10 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (10.47%) AI
7 9 (10.47%) ITSM
8 8 (9.30%) Analytics
8 8 (9.30%) Change Control
8 8 (9.30%) Project Management
8 8 (9.30%) Service Delivery
8 8 (9.30%) Service Management
9 7 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (8.14%) High Availability
9 7 (8.14%) User Experience
10 6 (6.98%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.49%) Python
3 2 (2.33%) C++
4 1 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.47%) Degree
3 8 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.49%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.16%) PMP
6 1 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) GDPR
2 2 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.33%) NIST
2 2 (2.33%) PMO
2 2 (2.33%) QA
2 2 (2.33%) SLA
3 1 (1.16%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.16%) NCSC
3 1 (1.16%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.16%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (33.72%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (29.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.98%) SCCM
3 3 (3.49%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.16%) Ansible
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.16%) PingFederate
4 1 (1.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (86.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.79%) ServiceNow
3 10 (11.63%) Cisco
4 9 (10.47%) Apple
5 8 (9.30%) Bloomberg
6 5 (5.81%) Citrix
6 5 (5.81%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.49%) F5
8 2 (2.33%) Adobe
8 2 (2.33%) Autodesk
8 2 (2.33%) Foundry
8 2 (2.33%) Freshdesk
8 2 (2.33%) Google
8 2 (2.33%) HP
8 2 (2.33%) Nexthink
8 2 (2.33%) Refinitiv
8 2 (2.33%) Remedy
8 2 (2.33%) Reuters
8 2 (2.33%) Samsung
8 2 (2.33%) Symantec