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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 44 46
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 82 94 89
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.44% 5.03% 4.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.62% 12.18% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 42 61
10th Percentile £175 £216 £185
25th Percentile £191 £310 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £498 £513
Median % change year-on-year -22.15% -2.88% +28.13%
75th Percentile £597 £550 £573
90th Percentile £713 £667 £653
Central London median daily rate £350 £496 £475
% change year-on-year -29.36% +4.32% +28.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - -8.67% +20.00%
Central London median hourly rate - £24.66 £27.00
% change year-on-year - -8.67% +20.00%

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 951 772 839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.94% 41.28% 40.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 510 585
10th Percentile £363 £355 £383
25th Percentile £460 £449 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £667 £675
90th Percentile £750 £757 £766
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 3
10th Percentile £19.45 £23.93 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.65 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +28.33% -26.03%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.57 £59.75
90th Percentile £75.35 £97.75 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £36.25 £34.33 £27.00
% change year-on-year +5.61% +27.13% -26.03%

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 11 August 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 32 (39.02%) SharePoint
2 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.44%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.22%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.93%) Azure
2 25 (30.49%) Entra ID
3 15 (18.29%) OneDrive
4 12 (14.63%) Power Platform
5 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Copilot
6 8 (9.76%) Power Automate
7 6 (7.32%) PowerApps
7 6 (7.32%) SaaS
8 4 (4.88%) Azure AI
8 4 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.66%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (3.66%) GitHub
10 2 (2.44%) AWS
10 2 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.44%) Azure Stack
10 2 (2.44%) ShareGate
11 1 (1.22%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.63%) DNS
2 10 (12.20%) Firewall
3 9 (10.98%) TCP/IP
4 8 (9.76%) DHCP
4 8 (9.76%) VPN
5 4 (4.88%) LAN
5 4 (4.88%) WAN
6 3 (3.66%) Unified Communications
7 2 (2.44%) Wireshark
8 1 (1.22%) DKIM
8 1 (1.22%) DMARC
8 1 (1.22%) Internet
8 1 (1.22%) Network Security
8 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.22%) Value-Added Service
8 1 (1.22%) VoIP
8 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Metadata
2 1 (1.22%) QlikView
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.44%) MSI
2 2 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 24 (29.27%) Finance
3 12 (14.63%) Banking
4 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Front Office
5 3 (3.66%) Law
6 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.44%) German Language
6 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Military
7 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (21.95%) Support Engineer
2 11 (13.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 9 (10.98%) Analyst
3 9 (10.98%) Architect
3 9 (10.98%) IT Support
4 8 (9.76%) IT Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Security Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Network Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Network Security Architect
6 5 (6.10%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.88%) Developer
7 4 (4.88%) Power Platform Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) Consultant
8 3 (3.66%) Power Platform Developer
8 3 (3.66%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) .NET
2 2 (2.44%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.44%) REST
3 1 (1.22%) FIDO
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.22%) OAuth
3 1 (1.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.07%) Onboarding
2 8 (9.76%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (6.10%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.44%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.44%) iPad
5 2 (2.44%) iPhone
5 2 (2.44%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.44%) PMI
5 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.44%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.22%) BYOD
6 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.22%) Life Science
6 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (42.68%) Windows
2 14 (17.07%) Mac OS
3 8 (9.76%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.66%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.66%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.22%) Android
5 1 (1.22%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (12.20%) Customer Service
4 9 (10.98%) Agile
4 9 (10.98%) AI
4 9 (10.98%) ITIL
4 9 (10.98%) Migration
5 8 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (9.76%) Change Control
5 8 (9.76%) ITSM
5 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (8.54%) Analytics
6 7 (8.54%) Asset Management
6 7 (8.54%) Service Delivery
7 6 (7.32%) Identity Management
7 6 (7.32%) Project Management
7 6 (7.32%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (6.10%) High Availability
8 5 (6.10%) Process Improvement
8 5 (6.10%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.54%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.66%) Python
3 2 (2.44%) C++
4 1 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.76%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.54%) Degree
4 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.44%) GDPR
1 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.44%) NIST
1 2 (2.44%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.22%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (1.22%) NCSC
2 1 (1.22%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.22%) P3O
2 1 (1.22%) PMO
2 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 28 (34.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (30.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.88%) SCCM
3 3 (3.66%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.22%) Autotask
4 1 (1.22%) PingFederate
4 1 (1.22%) Terraform
4 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (84.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) Apple
3 8 (9.76%) ServiceNow
4 7 (8.54%) Cisco
4 7 (8.54%) Citrix
5 6 (7.32%) Bloomberg
6 5 (6.10%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.66%) F5
7 3 (3.66%) Foundry
8 2 (2.44%) Freshdesk
8 2 (2.44%) Google
8 2 (2.44%) HP
8 2 (2.44%) Nexthink
8 2 (2.44%) Remedy
8 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.22%) Adobe
9 1 (1.22%) Okta
9 1 (1.22%) OpenAI
9 1 (1.22%) Refinitiv
9 1 (1.22%) Samsung