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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 45 46
Rank change year-on-year -15 +1 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 82 89 93
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.43% 4.74% 4.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.69% 11.37% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 39 65
10th Percentile £175 £215 £175
25th Percentile £190 £311 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - +37.93%
75th Percentile £594 £557 £573
90th Percentile £701 £670 £659
Central London median daily rate £350 £496 £450
% change year-on-year -29.36% +10.11% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - -8.67% +20.00%
Central London median hourly rate - £24.66 £27.00
% change year-on-year - -8.67% +13.68%

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 944 783 855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.45% 41.74% 41.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 512 595
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £670 £673
90th Percentile £750 £763 £756
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 3
10th Percentile £19.48 £24.02 -
25th Percentile £22.67 £25.18 -
Median hourly rate £33.75 £38.58 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.51% +42.87% -36.47%
75th Percentile £63.68 £63.37 £59.75
90th Percentile £75.18 £96.63 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.00
% change year-on-year +8.23% +28.33% -22.86%

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 30 July 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 32 (39.02%) SharePoint
2 17 (20.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.44%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.22%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 26 (31.71%) Azure
2 23 (28.05%) Entra ID
3 13 (15.85%) OneDrive
3 13 (15.85%) Power Platform
4 10 (12.20%) Power Automate
5 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (7.32%) PowerApps
6 6 (7.32%) SaaS
7 4 (4.88%) Azure AI
7 4 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.66%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (3.66%) GitHub
8 3 (3.66%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.44%) AWS
9 2 (2.44%) Azure Stack
9 2 (2.44%) GCP
9 2 (2.44%) ShareGate
9 2 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.63%) DNS
2 10 (12.20%) Firewall
3 9 (10.98%) TCP/IP
3 9 (10.98%) VPN
4 8 (9.76%) DHCP
5 4 (4.88%) LAN
5 4 (4.88%) WAN
6 3 (3.66%) Unified Communications
7 2 (2.44%) Wireshark
8 1 (1.22%) DKIM
8 1 (1.22%) DMARC
8 1 (1.22%) Internet
8 1 (1.22%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.22%) Network Security
8 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.22%) VoIP
8 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.98%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Metadata
2 1 (1.22%) QlikView
2 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.44%) MSI
2 2 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 23 (28.05%) Finance
3 12 (14.63%) Banking
4 8 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Law
6 2 (2.44%) Front Office
6 2 (2.44%) German Language
6 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Military
7 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.51%) Support Engineer
2 11 (13.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 9 (10.98%) Analyst
3 9 (10.98%) Architect
3 9 (10.98%) IT Support
4 8 (9.76%) IT Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Security Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Network Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Network Security Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Consultant
7 4 (4.88%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.88%) Developer
7 4 (4.88%) Power Platform Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) IT Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.66%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) .NET
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.44%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.44%) REST
3 1 (1.22%) FIDO
3 1 (1.22%) OAuth
3 1 (1.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.54%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.88%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.44%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.44%) PMI
5 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.22%) BYOD
6 1 (1.22%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.22%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.22%) iPad
6 1 (1.22%) iPhone
6 1 (1.22%) Life Science
6 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.22%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 35 (42.68%) Windows
2 13 (15.85%) Mac OS
3 8 (9.76%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.66%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.22%) Android
6 1 (1.22%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (12.20%) AI
4 9 (10.98%) Agile
4 9 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (10.98%) ITIL
4 9 (10.98%) Migration
5 8 (9.76%) Analytics
5 8 (9.76%) Customer Service
6 7 (8.54%) Asset Management
6 7 (8.54%) Change Control
6 7 (8.54%) Service Delivery
6 7 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.32%) Identity Management
7 6 (7.32%) ITSM
7 6 (7.32%) Project Management
7 6 (7.32%) Roadmaps
7 6 (7.32%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (6.10%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (6.10%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.54%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.66%) Python
3 2 (2.44%) C++
4 1 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.22%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.22%) SQL
4 1 (1.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.54%) Degree
4 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.22%) CCA
6 1 (1.22%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.44%) GDPR
1 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.44%) NIST
1 2 (2.44%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.22%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (1.22%) NCSC
2 1 (1.22%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.22%) P3O
2 1 (1.22%) PMO
2 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 27 (32.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.22%) XenApp
3 1 (1.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.88%) SCCM
3 3 (3.66%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.22%) Autotask
4 1 (1.22%) PingFederate
4 1 (1.22%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 67 (81.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.76%) Citrix
2 8 (9.76%) ServiceNow
3 7 (8.54%) Apple
4 6 (7.32%) Cisco
5 5 (6.10%) Bloomberg
5 5 (6.10%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.88%) Google
7 3 (3.66%) F5
8 2 (2.44%) Foundry
8 2 (2.44%) Freshdesk
8 2 (2.44%) Nexthink
8 2 (2.44%) OpenAI
8 2 (2.44%) Remedy
8 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.22%) Charles River
9 1 (1.22%) HP
9 1 (1.22%) Okta
9 1 (1.22%) Refinitiv
9 1 (1.22%) Reuters