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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 44 32
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 79 92 162
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.63% 4.35% 5.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.32% 11.00% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 49 114
10th Percentile £200 £184 £154
25th Percentile £322 £275 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% +5.88% -1.73%
75th Percentile £553 £563 £536
90th Percentile £641 £640 £634
Central London median daily rate £496 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +23.88% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £24.05 - -
25th Percentile £24.50 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +20.00% +32.86%
75th Percentile £29.00 - £23.75
90th Percentile £29.75 - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £27.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -9.26% +20.00% +15.38%

All Cloud 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 698 836 1,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.89% 39.53% 40.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 544 801
10th Percentile £337 £389 £350
25th Percentile £440 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £753 £773 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 8
10th Percentile £21.58 £32.05 £15.58
25th Percentile £26.00 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +169.88% +1.22%
75th Percentile £58.96 £76.13 £40.69
90th Percentile £72.53 £85.95 £49.88
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% +1.22%

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 18 October 2025.

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
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the City of London region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge -1 1 - - 1
Microsoft 365
Central London

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 26 (32.91%) SharePoint
2 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (5.06%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.80%) Workday HCM
3 2 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (65.82%) Azure
2 28 (35.44%) Entra ID
3 16 (20.25%) Power Platform
4 12 (15.19%) Power Automate
5 10 (12.66%) PowerApps
6 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (10.13%) OneDrive
6 8 (10.13%) PaaS
7 6 (7.59%) AWS
7 6 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (7.59%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (7.59%) IaaS
8 5 (6.33%) SaaS
9 4 (5.06%) Azure AKS
9 4 (5.06%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (5.06%) ShareGate
10 3 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (2.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.19%) Firewall
2 6 (7.59%) DNS
3 5 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (5.06%) DHCP
4 4 (5.06%) LAN
4 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.06%) WAN
5 3 (3.80%) VPN
6 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.53%) SAN
6 2 (2.53%) Softphone
6 2 (2.53%) Wireless
7 1 (1.27%) Internet
7 1 (1.27%) Intranet
7 1 (1.27%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.27%) MPLS
7 1 (1.27%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.39%) Power BI
2 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) JIRA
General
1 25 (31.65%) Finance
2 21 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.86%) Banking
4 6 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Automotive
6 2 (2.53%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.53%) Law
6 2 (2.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.27%) Billing
7 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.27%) International Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Marketing
7 1 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (12.66%) Architect
2 8 (10.13%) Lead
2 8 (10.13%) Support Engineer
3 6 (7.59%) Analyst
3 6 (7.59%) Consultant
3 6 (7.59%) Desktop Support
3 6 (7.59%) IT Engineer
3 6 (7.59%) IT Support
3 6 (7.59%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Security Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.06%) Support Analyst
5 4 (5.06%) Technical Architect
6 3 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (3.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Programme Manager
6 3 (3.80%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (5.06%) .NET
3 3 (3.80%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (3.80%) RESTful
3 3 (3.80%) Web Services
4 2 (2.53%) SPFx
5 1 (1.27%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.27%) ADO
5 1 (1.27%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.27%) LangChain
5 1 (1.27%) OAuth
5 1 (1.27%) OpenID
5 1 (1.27%) REST
5 1 (1.27%) SAML
5 1 (1.27%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.06%) Security Posture
1 4 (5.06%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) iPad
2 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.53%) BYOD
3 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.53%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.27%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.27%) CCTV
4 1 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.27%) CMDB
4 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.27%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) iPhone
4 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (36.71%) Windows
2 9 (11.39%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.13%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.06%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.53%) Android
5 2 (2.53%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.53%) Linux
6 1 (1.27%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.27%) Unix
6 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.58%) ITIL
2 15 (18.99%) Data Loss Prevention
3 14 (17.72%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (17.72%) Migration
4 13 (16.46%) ITSM
5 12 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (13.92%) Roadmaps
7 10 (12.66%) Customer Service
7 10 (12.66%) Service Management
7 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (10.13%) Cloud Security
8 8 (10.13%) Security Architecture
9 7 (8.86%) Agile
9 7 (8.86%) Change Management
9 7 (8.86%) DevOps
10 6 (7.59%) CRM
10 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (7.59%) SIEM
10 6 (7.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.52%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.06%) Python
3 3 (3.80%) C#
4 2 (2.53%) Bicep
5 1 (1.27%) Bash
5 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.27%) Perl
5 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (16.46%) Degree
1 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (16.46%) SC Cleared
1 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.33%) CISSP
3 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.80%) CISM
4 3 (3.80%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.53%) CCNA
5 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (2.53%) MCITP
5 2 (2.53%) MCSA
5 2 (2.53%) MCSE
6 1 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.27%) CSPO
6 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.27%) PMP
6 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) GDPR
1 8 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.33%) NIST
3 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.80%) COBIT
4 3 (3.80%) SLA
5 2 (2.53%) NCSC
6 1 (1.27%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.27%) GRC
6 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.27%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (46.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.27%) Docker
3 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.13%) SCCM
3 4 (5.06%) Terraform
4 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.53%) SCOM
5 1 (1.27%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.27%) Grafana
5 1 (1.27%) Istio
5 1 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.27%) QRadar
5 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (77.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.19%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.59%) Citrix
4 5 (6.33%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.06%) Remedy
6 3 (3.80%) Cisco
6 3 (3.80%) CyberArk
6 3 (3.80%) Databricks
6 3 (3.80%) HP
6 3 (3.80%) Oracle
6 3 (3.80%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.80%) Polycom
6 3 (3.80%) VMware
6 3 (3.80%) Workday
7 2 (2.53%) Adobe
7 2 (2.53%) Apple
7 2 (2.53%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.53%) Meraki
7 2 (2.53%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.53%) Wyse