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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 43 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +21
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 82 97 153
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.76% 4.62% 5.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.50% 11.71% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 51 109
10th Percentile £200 £200 £158
25th Percentile £313 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +8.82% -2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £648 £638 £675
Central London median daily rate £498 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +13.77% +2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £24.05 - £19.16
25th Percentile £24.50 - £19.51
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.00 £20.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +30.34% +23.91%
75th Percentile £29.00 - £22.55
90th Percentile £29.75 - £23.27
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £27.00 £20.72
% change year-on-year -5.67% +30.34% +22.32%

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 713 828 1,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.43% 39.41% 40.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 532 776
10th Percentile £341 £400 £350
25th Percentile £430 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £679
90th Percentile £750 £757 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 10
10th Percentile £22.30 £32.05 £16.53
25th Percentile £26.75 £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 £56.75 £76.13 £46.06
90th Percentile £70.21 £85.95 £54.63
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 5 November 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
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 24 (29.27%) SharePoint
2 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (4.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.66%) Workday HCM
3 2 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (67.07%) Azure
2 28 (34.15%) Entra ID
3 16 (19.51%) Power Platform
4 12 (14.63%) Power Automate
5 10 (12.20%) PowerApps
6 9 (10.98%) PaaS
7 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (8.54%) AWS
9 6 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (7.32%) IaaS
9 6 (7.32%) OneDrive
10 5 (6.10%) SaaS
11 4 (4.88%) Azure AKS
11 4 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (4.88%) ShareGate
12 3 (3.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (2.44%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.85%) Firewall
2 6 (7.32%) DNS
3 5 (6.10%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (4.88%) DHCP
4 4 (4.88%) LAN
4 4 (4.88%) WAN
5 3 (3.66%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.66%) VPN
6 2 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.44%) SAN
6 2 (2.44%) Softphone
6 2 (2.44%) Wireless
7 1 (1.22%) Internet
7 1 (1.22%) Intranet
7 1 (1.22%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.22%) MPLS
7 1 (1.22%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.98%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 24 (29.27%) Finance
2 21 (25.61%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.10%) Banking
5 2 (2.44%) Automotive
5 2 (2.44%) Law
5 2 (2.44%) Legal
5 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.22%) Billing
6 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.22%) French Language
6 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.22%) Marketing
6 1 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (12.20%) Architect
2 9 (10.98%) Lead
3 8 (9.76%) Support Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Consultant
4 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Analyst
5 6 (7.32%) IT Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (6.10%) IT Support
6 5 (6.10%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.88%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.66%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Developer
8 3 (3.66%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
8 3 (3.66%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (6.10%) .NET
3 3 (3.66%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (3.66%) RESTful
3 3 (3.66%) Web Services
4 2 (2.44%) REST
4 2 (2.44%) SPFx
5 1 (1.22%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.22%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.22%) ADO
5 1 (1.22%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.22%) LangChain
5 1 (1.22%) OAuth
5 1 (1.22%) OpenID
5 1 (1.22%) SAML
5 1 (1.22%) Semantic Kernel
5 1 (1.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
1 4 (4.88%) Onboarding
1 4 (4.88%) Security Posture
1 4 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.44%) BYOD
3 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.44%) iPad
4 1 (1.22%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.22%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (37.80%) Windows
2 9 (10.98%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.76%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.88%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.44%) Android
5 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.44%) Linux
5 2 (2.44%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.22%) Unix
6 1 (1.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.83%) ITIL
2 17 (20.73%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (18.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 14 (17.07%) Migration
5 13 (15.85%) ITSM
6 12 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (13.41%) Roadmaps
8 10 (12.20%) Service Management
9 9 (10.98%) Cloud Security
9 9 (10.98%) Customer Service
10 8 (9.76%) Agile
10 8 (9.76%) Change Management
10 8 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (9.76%) Security Architecture
10 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (8.54%) DevOps
11 7 (8.54%) SIEM
11 7 (8.54%) User Experience
12 6 (7.32%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.73%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.88%) C#
2 4 (4.88%) Python
3 2 (2.44%) Bicep
3 2 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
4 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.22%) Perl
4 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) SC Cleared
1 15 (18.29%) Security Cleared
2 13 (15.85%) Degree
2 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.10%) CISSP
4 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.66%) CISM
5 3 (3.66%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.44%) CCNA
6 2 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.44%) CISMP
6 2 (2.44%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.44%) MCITP
6 2 (2.44%) MCSA
7 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.22%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (9.76%) GDPR
3 7 (8.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (7.32%) NIST
5 3 (3.66%) COBIT
5 3 (3.66%) NCSC
5 3 (3.66%) SLA
6 1 (1.22%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.22%) GRC
6 1 (1.22%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.22%) PMO
System Software
1 38 (46.34%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.22%) Docker
3 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (12.20%) SCCM
3 4 (4.88%) Terraform
4 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.44%) SCOM
5 1 (1.22%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.22%) Grafana
5 1 (1.22%) Istio
5 1 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.22%) QRadar
5 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (76.83%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.85%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.10%) Citrix
3 5 (6.10%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.88%) CyberArk
4 4 (4.88%) Remedy
5 3 (3.66%) Apple
5 3 (3.66%) Cisco
5 3 (3.66%) Databricks
5 3 (3.66%) HP
5 3 (3.66%) Oracle
5 3 (3.66%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.66%) Polycom
5 3 (3.66%) VMware
5 3 (3.66%) Workday
6 2 (2.44%) Adobe
6 2 (2.44%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.44%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.44%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.44%) Wyse