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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 37 31
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 93 107 158
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.18% 4.99% 5.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.30% 12.85% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 52 114
10th Percentile £200 £201 £160
25th Percentile £313 £313 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £438
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +11.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £539
90th Percentile £645 £636 £675
Central London median daily rate £488 £469 £425
% change year-on-year +4.00% +10.29% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.16
25th Percentile £26.75 - £19.51
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £20.72
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +30.34% +22.32%
75th Percentile £30.25 - £22.55
90th Percentile - - £23.27
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £27.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -5.67% +42.63% -2.92%

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 756 833 1,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 42.12% 38.85% 40.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 532 778
10th Percentile £343 £400 £355
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £774 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 9
10th Percentile £25.73 £32.05 -
25th Percentile £32.13 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 £56.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.43% +148.89% +9.76%
75th Percentile £54.44 £76.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.89 £85.95 £56.75
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 22 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 26 (27.96%) SharePoint
2 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (4.30%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.23%) Workday HCM
3 2 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (68.82%) Azure
2 34 (36.56%) Entra ID
3 17 (18.28%) Power Platform
4 14 (15.05%) Power Automate
5 11 (11.83%) PowerApps
6 9 (9.68%) AWS
6 9 (9.68%) PaaS
7 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (7.53%) OneDrive
9 6 (6.45%) IaaS
10 5 (5.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (5.38%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (5.38%) SaaS
11 4 (4.30%) Azure AKS
11 4 (4.30%) ShareGate
12 3 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (2.15%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 18 (19.35%) Firewall
2 8 (8.60%) DNS
3 6 (6.45%) DHCP
3 6 (6.45%) VPN
3 6 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (4.30%) LAN
4 4 (4.30%) WAN
5 2 (2.15%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.15%) SAN
5 2 (2.15%) Softphone
5 2 (2.15%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.15%) Wireless
6 1 (1.08%) Extranet
6 1 (1.08%) Internet
6 1 (1.08%) Intranet
6 1 (1.08%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.08%) MPLS
6 1 (1.08%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.75%) Power BI
2 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.08%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) JIRA
General
1 30 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.96%) Finance
3 6 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (5.38%) Banking
5 4 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.15%) Automotive
6 2 (2.15%) Law
6 2 (2.15%) Legal
6 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.08%) Billing
7 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.08%) French Language
7 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.08%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.08%) Marketing
7 1 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (12.90%) Architect
1 12 (12.90%) Support Engineer
2 10 (10.75%) Lead
3 8 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (7.53%) Consultant
4 7 (7.53%) IT Engineer
4 7 (7.53%) IT Support
4 7 (7.53%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (6.45%) Senior
6 5 (5.38%) Analyst
6 5 (5.38%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.38%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.30%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.30%) Developer
7 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (5.38%) .NET
3 3 (3.23%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (3.23%) RESTful
3 3 (3.23%) Web Services
4 2 (2.15%) OAuth
4 2 (2.15%) OpenID
4 2 (2.15%) REST
4 2 (2.15%) SAML
4 2 (2.15%) SPFx
5 1 (1.08%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.08%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.08%) ADO
5 1 (1.08%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.08%) LangChain
5 1 (1.08%) Semantic Kernel
5 1 (1.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.30%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.30%) Security Posture
2 4 (4.30%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.15%) BYOD
4 2 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.15%) iPad
4 2 (2.15%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.08%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.08%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.08%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.08%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.08%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (35.48%) Windows
2 11 (11.83%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.68%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.23%) Linux
4 3 (3.23%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.15%) Android
5 2 (2.15%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.15%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.08%) Unix
6 1 (1.08%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.81%) ITIL
2 18 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (17.20%) ITSM
4 15 (16.13%) Data Loss Prevention
4 15 (16.13%) Migration
5 13 (13.98%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (12.90%) Customer Service
6 12 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (12.90%) Roadmaps
6 12 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (10.75%) Change Management
7 10 (10.75%) Service Management
7 10 (10.75%) User Experience
8 9 (9.68%) Agile
8 9 (9.68%) Cloud Security
8 9 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (7.53%) Security Architecture
9 7 (7.53%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (22.58%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.30%) C#
2 4 (4.30%) Python
3 2 (2.15%) Bicep
3 2 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.08%) Bash
4 1 (1.08%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.08%) Perl
4 1 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (18.28%) SC Cleared
1 17 (18.28%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.05%) Degree
3 13 (13.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (5.38%) Azure Certification
4 5 (5.38%) CISSP
5 4 (4.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (3.23%) CISM
6 3 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.15%) CCNA
7 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.15%) CISMP
7 2 (2.15%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (2.15%) MCITP
7 2 (2.15%) MCSA
8 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.08%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (10.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (10.75%) GDPR
3 5 (5.38%) NIST
4 3 (3.23%) COBIT
4 3 (3.23%) NCSC
4 3 (3.23%) SLA
5 1 (1.08%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.08%) GRC
5 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.08%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (47.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.15%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.68%) SCCM
3 5 (5.38%) Terraform
4 2 (2.15%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.15%) SCOM
5 1 (1.08%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.08%) Ansible
5 1 (1.08%) Grafana
5 1 (1.08%) Istio
5 1 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.08%) QRadar
5 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 74 (79.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.98%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.38%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.30%) Citrix
4 4 (4.30%) CyberArk
4 4 (4.30%) Remedy
5 3 (3.23%) Apple
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco
5 3 (3.23%) Databricks
5 3 (3.23%) HP
5 3 (3.23%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.23%) Polycom
5 3 (3.23%) VMware
5 3 (3.23%) Workday
6 2 (2.15%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.15%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.15%) Meraki
6 2 (2.15%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.15%) Oracle
6 2 (2.15%) Wyse