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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 45 40
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 87 76 96
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.03% 4.42% 4.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.73% 11.00% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 42 50
10th Percentile £175 £229 £185
25th Percentile £220 £351 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £485 £469
Median % change year-on-year -31.99% +3.52% +10.29%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £572
90th Percentile £684 £637 £650
Central London median daily rate £300 £496 £450
% change year-on-year -39.46% +10.11% +12.50%
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 894 691 826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.37% 40.22% 39.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 491 537
10th Percentile £350 £340 £393
25th Percentile £456 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.50%
75th Percentile £660 £666 £675
90th Percentile £763 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 3
10th Percentile £18.33 £22.30 -
25th Percentile £20.25 £26.75 -
Median hourly rate £23.58 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.65% +25.93% +30.12%
75th Percentile £38.69 £56.75 £59.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £70.21 £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 6 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 21 (24.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.30%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
5 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 29 (33.33%) Azure
2 27 (31.03%) Entra ID
3 21 (24.14%) OneDrive
4 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Copilot
5 8 (9.20%) Power Platform
6 7 (8.05%) SaaS
7 6 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (4.60%) AWS
9 4 (4.60%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (4.60%) Power Automate
10 3 (3.45%) Azure AI
10 3 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.45%) PowerApps
11 2 (2.30%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.30%) GCP
11 2 (2.30%) GitHub
11 2 (2.30%) Google Workspace
11 2 (2.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.09%) 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
4 4 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.45%) Network Security
6 2 (2.30%) Internet
6 2 (2.30%) Value-Added Service
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%) Multicast
7 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.15%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.90%) Power BI
2 2 (2.30%) Tableau
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 26 (29.89%) Finance
2 25 (28.74%) Social Skills
3 10 (11.49%) Banking
4 8 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.75%) Front Office
7 3 (3.45%) Law
8 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) German Language
8 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.30%) Legal
8 2 (2.30%) Military
8 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Legal Technology
9 1 (1.15%) Local Government
9 1 (1.15%) Marketing
9 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (19.54%) 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
9 3 (3.45%) Active Directory Engineer
9 3 (3.45%) Active Directory Support
9 3 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
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
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.69%) 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 38 (43.68%) Windows
2 12 (13.79%) 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 16 (18.39%) Migration
4 13 (14.94%) Customer Service
5 12 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (11.49%) Asset Management
7 10 (11.49%) ITIL
7 10 (11.49%) ITSM
8 9 (10.34%) Agile
8 9 (10.34%) AI
8 9 (10.34%) Service Management
9 8 (9.20%) Change Control
9 8 (9.20%) High Availability
9 8 (9.20%) Service Delivery
10 7 (8.05%) Analytics
10 7 (8.05%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (8.05%) Incident Management
10 7 (8.05%) Project Management
10 7 (8.05%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.34%) 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 12 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.49%) Degree
2 10 (11.49%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.15%) PMP
5 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
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%) 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 23 (26.44%) 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 76 (87.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.09%) ServiceNow
3 10 (11.49%) Bloomberg
3 10 (11.49%) Cisco
4 9 (10.34%) Apple
5 5 (5.75%) Citrix
5 5 (5.75%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.45%) F5
6 3 (3.45%) Refinitiv
6 3 (3.45%) Reuters
7 2 (2.30%) Adobe
7 2 (2.30%) Autodesk
7 2 (2.30%) Freshdesk
7 2 (2.30%) Google
7 2 (2.30%) HP
7 2 (2.30%) Nexthink
7 2 (2.30%) Remedy
7 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.30%) Samsung
7 2 (2.30%) Symantec