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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 47 43
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 81 87 106
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.37% 4.66% 5.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.58% 11.07% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 39 76
10th Percentile £175 £212 £190
25th Percentile £189 £269 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +38.36%
75th Percentile £600 £564 £573
90th Percentile £707 £690 £696
Central London median daily rate £413 £494 £450
% change year-on-year -16.46% +9.72% +38.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £24.11 £15.60
25th Percentile - - £19.88
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - -8.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £30.25 -
90th Percentile - £124.60 -
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 944 786 886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.22% 42.08% 41.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 513 618
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £462 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £669 £674
90th Percentile £750 £755 £756
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 5
10th Percentile £19.50 £24.02 £18.45
25th Percentile £22.83 £25.18 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.58 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +42.87% -60.00%
75th Percentile £62.36 £63.37 £50.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £96.63 £75.60
Central London median hourly rate £51.44 £34.65 £27.00
% change year-on-year +48.46% +28.33% -48.57%

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 21 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 30 (37.04%) SharePoint
2 15 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.47%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Exchequer
1 1 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (33.33%) Azure
2 23 (28.40%) Entra ID
3 13 (16.05%) Power Platform
4 11 (13.58%) OneDrive
5 10 (12.35%) Power Automate
6 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (7.41%) SaaS
8 5 (6.17%) PowerApps
9 4 (4.94%) Azure AI
9 4 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (3.70%) Google Workspace
11 2 (2.47%) AWS
11 2 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.47%) Azure Stack
11 2 (2.47%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (2.47%) GCP
11 2 (2.47%) GitHub
11 2 (2.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.35%) DNS
1 10 (12.35%) Firewall
2 7 (8.64%) TCP/IP
2 7 (8.64%) VPN
3 6 (7.41%) DHCP
4 4 (4.94%) LAN
4 4 (4.94%) WAN
5 3 (3.70%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.47%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.23%) DKIM
7 1 (1.23%) DMARC
7 1 (1.23%) Internet
7 1 (1.23%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.23%) Network Security
7 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Metadata
2 1 (1.23%) QlikView
2 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.17%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.47%) MSI
2 2 (2.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.93%) Finance
3 12 (14.81%) Banking
4 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.70%) Law
6 2 (2.47%) German Language
6 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.23%) Front Office
7 1 (1.23%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.23%) Legal
7 1 (1.23%) Military
7 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (17.28%) Support Engineer
2 11 (13.58%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 9 (11.11%) Analyst
3 9 (11.11%) Architect
4 8 (9.88%) IT Engineer
4 8 (9.88%) IT Support
5 7 (8.64%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) Security Architect
7 5 (6.17%) Consultant
7 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Network Architect
7 5 (6.17%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (4.94%) Desktop Support
8 4 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Developer
9 3 (3.70%) IT Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.70%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.70%) .NET
3 2 (2.47%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.47%) REST
4 1 (1.23%) FIDO
4 1 (1.23%) OAuth
4 1 (1.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.28%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.64%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.94%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.47%) PMI
5 2 (2.47%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.23%) BYOD
6 1 (1.23%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.23%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) iPad
6 1 (1.23%) iPhone
6 1 (1.23%) Life Science
6 1 (1.23%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.23%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (40.74%) Windows
2 13 (16.05%) Mac OS
3 6 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.70%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.23%) Android
6 1 (1.23%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.58%) AI
3 9 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (11.11%) ITIL
4 8 (9.88%) Agile
4 8 (9.88%) Analytics
4 8 (9.88%) Migration
5 7 (8.64%) Asset Management
5 7 (8.64%) Change Control
5 7 (8.64%) Customer Service
5 7 (8.64%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (7.41%) Identity Management
6 6 (7.41%) Project Management
6 6 (7.41%) Roadmaps
6 6 (7.41%) Service Delivery
6 6 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (6.17%) Change Management
7 5 (6.17%) ITSM
7 5 (6.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.64%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.70%) Python
3 2 (2.47%) C++
3 2 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.23%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.23%) SQL
4 1 (1.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.88%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.64%) Degree
4 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) CCA
6 1 (1.23%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.47%) GDPR
1 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.47%) NIST
1 2 (2.47%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (1.23%) NCSC
2 1 (1.23%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.23%) P3O
2 1 (1.23%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (30.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.23%) XenApp
3 1 (1.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (27.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.47%) SCCM
4 1 (1.23%) Autotask
4 1 (1.23%) PingFederate
4 1 (1.23%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 66 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.88%) Citrix
3 7 (8.64%) Apple
4 6 (7.41%) Cisco
5 5 (6.17%) Fortinet
5 5 (6.17%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.94%) Bloomberg
6 4 (4.94%) Google
7 3 (3.70%) F5
8 2 (2.47%) Foundry
8 2 (2.47%) Freshdesk
8 2 (2.47%) Nexthink
8 2 (2.47%) OpenAI
8 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.23%) Charles River
9 1 (1.23%) HP
9 1 (1.23%) Okta
9 1 (1.23%) Remedy
9 1 (1.23%) Reuters
9 1 (1.23%) VMware