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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 35 32
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 89 101 134
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.75% 5.36% 5.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.51% 13.56% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 52 103
10th Percentile £200 £201 £197
25th Percentile £316 £300 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £597
90th Percentile £614 £649 £675
Central London median daily rate £488 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +5.41% +2.78% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £14.60
25th Percentile £20.82 - £17.39
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £20.72
75th Percentile £23.71 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £22.50 £18.93
% change year-on-year +13.20% +18.86% +3.91%

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 773 745 941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.25% 39.52% 38.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 475 685
10th Percentile £342 £402 £363
25th Percentile £415 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £744
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 11
10th Percentile £26.66 - -
25th Percentile £34.19 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 - £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £46.11 - £43.38
90th Percentile £49.83 - £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% +55.56% +9.76%

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 23 January 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 20 (22.47%) SharePoint
2 18 (20.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.12%) Exchequer
2 1 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 57 (64.04%) Azure
2 31 (34.83%) Entra ID
3 18 (20.22%) Power Platform
4 11 (12.36%) Power Automate
4 11 (12.36%) PowerApps
5 9 (10.11%) AWS
5 9 (10.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (8.99%) OneDrive
7 6 (6.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (5.62%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (4.49%) IaaS
9 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (4.49%) PaaS
10 3 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.37%) SaaS
11 2 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (2.25%) GitHub
11 2 (2.25%) Mimecast
11 2 (2.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.85%) Firewall
2 9 (10.11%) VPN
3 7 (7.87%) DNS
4 5 (5.62%) DHCP
5 3 (3.37%) LAN
5 3 (3.37%) WAN
5 3 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.25%) Intranet
6 2 (2.25%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.25%) Softphone
6 2 (2.25%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.25%) Wireless
7 1 (1.12%) Extranet
7 1 (1.12%) IPv4
7 1 (1.12%) IPv6
7 1 (1.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.11%) Power BI
2 2 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.12%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (4.49%) JIRA
General
1 35 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.10%) Finance
3 10 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.49%) Banking
5 3 (3.37%) Legal
5 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.25%) Automotive
6 2 (2.25%) International Banking
6 2 (2.25%) Law
6 2 (2.25%) Military
6 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.12%) French Language
7 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (11.24%) Support Engineer
2 9 (10.11%) IT Engineer
3 8 (8.99%) IT Support
3 8 (8.99%) Lead
4 7 (7.87%) Senior
5 6 (6.74%) Analyst
5 6 (6.74%) Architect
5 6 (6.74%) Consultant
5 6 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (6.74%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (5.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 5 (5.62%) Developer
6 5 (5.62%) Security Manager
7 4 (4.49%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Service Desk Engineer
8 3 (3.37%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (3.37%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.37%) OAuth
2 3 (3.37%) SAML
3 2 (2.25%) OpenID
3 2 (2.25%) REST
4 1 (1.12%) .NET
4 1 (1.12%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.12%) LangChain
4 1 (1.12%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.12%) SOAP
4 1 (1.12%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.99%) Security Posture
2 7 (7.87%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.37%) BYOD
4 3 (3.37%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.37%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.25%) iPad
5 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.12%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.12%) CMDB
6 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.12%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.12%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 31 (34.83%) Windows
2 10 (11.24%) Windows 10
2 10 (11.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.49%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.37%) Linux
5 2 (2.25%) Android
5 2 (2.25%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.12%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.22%) ITIL
2 17 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (15.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (14.61%) Change Management
4 13 (14.61%) Customer Service
4 13 (14.61%) Data Loss Prevention
4 13 (14.61%) Migration
4 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (13.48%) ITSM
6 11 (12.36%) Cloud Security
6 11 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (11.24%) Roadmaps
7 10 (11.24%) User Experience
8 9 (10.11%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (8.99%) Agile
9 8 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (8.99%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.87%) Mentoring
10 7 (7.87%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 21 (23.60%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.49%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.25%) C#
4 1 (1.12%) Bicep
4 1 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.73%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (8.99%) Degree
5 5 (5.62%) CISSP
6 3 (3.37%) CISM
6 3 (3.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.25%) CISMP
7 2 (2.25%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.25%) MCITP
7 2 (2.25%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.12%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.12%) CSPO
8 1 (1.12%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (7.87%) GDPR
4 5 (5.62%) NIST
5 3 (3.37%) NCSC
5 3 (3.37%) SLA
6 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.12%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.12%) GRC
6 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.12%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (48.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (31.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.11%) SCCM
3 3 (3.37%) Terraform
4 2 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.25%) SCOM
5 1 (1.12%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.12%) Ansible
5 1 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 74 (83.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.24%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.49%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.37%) Citrix
4 3 (3.37%) HP
4 3 (3.37%) Palo Alto
4 3 (3.37%) Remedy
5 2 (2.25%) Apple
5 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.25%) LogRhythm
5 2 (2.25%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.25%) Oracle
5 2 (2.25%) Polycom
5 2 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.12%) Bomgar
6 1 (1.12%) Dell
6 1 (1.12%) Google
6 1 (1.12%) SAP
6 1 (1.12%) Veeam
6 1 (1.12%) Verint