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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 31 29
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 +33
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 81 105 143
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.35% 5.66% 5.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.62% 14.02% 15.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 54 109
10th Percentile £200 £202 £193
25th Percentile £304 £300 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% +9.76%
75th Percentile £541 £600 £594
90th Percentile £614 £650 £700
Central London median daily rate £488 £470 £425
% change year-on-year +3.72% +10.59% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £18.93
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 763 749 933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.96% 40.38% 38.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 477 677
10th Percentile £343 £400 £360
25th Percentile £421 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
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 12
10th Percentile £26.66 - £13.18
25th Percentile £34.19 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 - £20.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.00%
75th Percentile £46.11 - £40.69
90th Percentile £49.83 - £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -27.23% +68.67% -11.70%

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 February 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 17 (20.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (20.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.23%) Exchequer
2 1 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.23%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 50 (61.73%) Azure
2 29 (35.80%) Entra ID
3 14 (17.28%) Power Platform
4 9 (11.11%) Power Automate
5 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (9.88%) OneDrive
5 8 (9.88%) PowerApps
6 7 (8.64%) AWS
7 6 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.70%) IaaS
9 3 (3.70%) PaaS
10 2 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.47%) GitHub
10 2 (2.47%) Mimecast
10 2 (2.47%) SaaS
10 2 (2.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.28%) Firewall
2 10 (12.35%) VPN
3 7 (8.64%) DNS
4 5 (6.17%) DHCP
5 3 (3.70%) LAN
5 3 (3.70%) WAN
5 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.47%) Intranet
6 2 (2.47%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.47%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.23%) Extranet
7 1 (1.23%) IPv4
7 1 (1.23%) IPv6
7 1 (1.23%) MPLS
7 1 (1.23%) Softphone
7 1 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Metadata
2 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) JIRA
General
1 36 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.99%) Finance
3 10 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.94%) Banking
5 3 (3.70%) Legal
6 2 (2.47%) Automotive
6 2 (2.47%) International Banking
6 2 (2.47%) Law
6 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.23%) French Language
7 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.23%) Military
7 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.35%) IT Engineer
1 10 (12.35%) Support Engineer
2 8 (9.88%) IT Support
3 7 (8.64%) Consultant
3 7 (8.64%) Senior
4 6 (7.41%) Analyst
4 6 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Security Manager
6 4 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (4.94%) Architect
6 4 (4.94%) Developer
6 4 (4.94%) Lead
6 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Service Desk Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) Desktop Support
7 3 (3.70%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.70%) OAuth
2 3 (3.70%) SAML
3 2 (2.47%) OpenID
3 2 (2.47%) REST
4 1 (1.23%) .NET
4 1 (1.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.23%) LangChain
4 1 (1.23%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.23%) SOAP
4 1 (1.23%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Onboarding
1 8 (9.88%) Security Posture
2 3 (3.70%) BYOD
2 3 (3.70%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.23%) CMDB
4 1 (1.23%) iPad
4 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.23%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 29 (35.80%) Windows
2 10 (12.35%) Windows 10
3 8 (9.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.17%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.47%) Android
5 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.47%) Linux
6 1 (1.23%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.99%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (18.52%) ITIL
3 12 (14.81%) Change Management
3 12 (14.81%) Customer Service
3 12 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (13.58%) ITSM
5 10 (12.35%) Cloud Security
5 10 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
6 9 (11.11%) Migration
7 8 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (8.64%) AI
8 7 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.64%) Security Operations
8 7 (8.64%) Service Delivery
8 7 (8.64%) User Experience
9 6 (7.41%) Analytics
9 6 (7.41%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.94%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.47%) C#
3 2 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.23%) Bicep
4 1 (1.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.88%) Degree
4 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.17%) CISSP
6 3 (3.70%) CISM
6 3 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.47%) CISMP
7 2 (2.47%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.23%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.23%) MCITP
8 1 (1.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.64%) GDPR
3 5 (6.17%) NIST
4 3 (3.70%) NCSC
5 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.47%) SLA
6 1 (1.23%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.23%) GRC
6 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.23%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (49.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (32.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.11%) SCCM
3 3 (3.70%) Terraform
4 2 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.23%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.23%) Ansible
5 1 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 69 (85.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.58%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.94%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.70%) Citrix
4 3 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 3 (3.70%) Remedy
5 2 (2.47%) Apple
5 2 (2.47%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.47%) Google
5 2 (2.47%) HP
5 2 (2.47%) LogRhythm
5 2 (2.47%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) Canon
6 1 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.23%) Datto
6 1 (1.23%) Dell
6 1 (1.23%) Logitech
6 1 (1.23%) Snow
6 1 (1.23%) Tenable