Microsoft 365 Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 42 36
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +8
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft 365 91 91 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 4.98% 4.42% 5.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.04% 10.91% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 61 126
10th Percentile £224 £185 £143
25th Percentile £301 £338 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £525 £406
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +29.23% -1.52%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £538
90th Percentile £628 £650 £619
Central London median daily rate £450 £450 £375
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £24.02 - -
25th Percentile £24.43 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 £27.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +20.00% -12.62%
75th Percentile £26.50 - £23.75
90th Percentile £28.75 - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.66 £27.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -8.67% +20.00% -12.62%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 756 834 1,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.38% 40.47% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 576 896
10th Percentile £335 £383 £325
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £759 £755 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 4
10th Percentile £23.93 - £14.95
25th Percentile £24.66 - £19.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £30.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -10.74% -39.50%
75th Percentile £56.75 £59.75 £41.63
90th Percentile £84.11 £79.40 £48.15
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year +25.93% -10.74% -27.11%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 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 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 2 - -
Microsoft 365
Central London

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (32.97%) SharePoint
2 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.30%) Confluence
4 1 (1.10%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.30%) Workday HCM
3 2 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (59.34%) Azure
2 23 (25.27%) Power Platform
3 21 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 13 (14.29%) Power Automate
5 12 (13.19%) PowerApps
6 8 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (8.79%) OneDrive
6 8 (8.79%) PaaS
7 7 (7.69%) AWS
7 7 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (7.69%) IaaS
7 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (5.49%) SaaS
9 4 (4.40%) Asana
9 4 (4.40%) Azure AKS
9 4 (4.40%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (4.40%) ShareGate
10 3 (3.30%) Mimecast
11 2 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.19%) Firewall
2 7 (7.69%) DNS
3 4 (4.40%) DHCP
3 4 (4.40%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.30%) LAN
4 3 (3.30%) WAN
5 2 (2.20%) Intranet
5 2 (2.20%) MPLS
5 2 (2.20%) SAN
5 2 (2.20%) Softphone
5 2 (2.20%) Wireless
6 1 (1.10%) Internet
6 1 (1.10%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.10%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.10%) Network Security
6 1 (1.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.29%) Power BI
2 7 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.49%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (5.49%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (5.49%) Tableau
4 1 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) JIRA
General
1 37 (40.66%) Finance
2 27 (29.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.09%) Banking
4 7 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Law
6 5 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.20%) Legal
9 1 (1.10%) Billing
9 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.10%) International Banking
9 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.10%) Marketing
9 1 (1.10%) Military
9 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (12.09%) Analyst
1 11 (12.09%) Architect
2 10 (10.99%) IT Support
2 10 (10.99%) Support Engineer
3 8 (8.79%) Developer
3 8 (8.79%) Lead
4 7 (7.69%) Consultant
4 7 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (5.49%) Coordinator
5 5 (5.49%) Desktop Support
5 5 (5.49%) Power BI Developer
6 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) IT Assistant
6 4 (4.40%) IT Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) IT Support Assistant
6 4 (4.40%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Support Analyst
6 4 (4.40%) Support Assistant
6 4 (4.40%) Technical Architect
6 4 (4.40%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (4.40%) .NET
3 3 (3.30%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (3.30%) RESTful
3 3 (3.30%) Web Services
4 1 (1.10%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.10%) ADO
4 1 (1.10%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.10%) LangChain
4 1 (1.10%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.10%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.49%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.40%) iPad
3 3 (3.30%) Low-Code
3 3 (3.30%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.20%) iPhone
4 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.20%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.10%) CCTV
5 1 (1.10%) CMDB
5 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.10%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.10%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.10%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (40.66%) Windows
2 13 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.40%) Apple iOS
4 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.30%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.20%) Android
6 2 (2.20%) Linux
7 1 (1.10%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.57%) ITIL
2 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (14.29%) Migration
3 13 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 12 (13.19%) Agile
4 12 (13.19%) ITSM
5 11 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (12.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 11 (12.09%) Service Management
6 10 (10.99%) User Experience
7 9 (9.89%) DevOps
7 9 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (8.79%) Customer Service
8 8 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.69%) Project Delivery
10 6 (6.59%) Asset Management
10 6 (6.59%) Business Analysis
10 6 (6.59%) CRM
10 6 (6.59%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.40%) Python
2 4 (4.40%) SQL
3 3 (3.30%) C#
4 2 (2.20%) Bicep
5 1 (1.10%) Bash
5 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.10%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Degree
2 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.09%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.20%) CCNA
5 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.20%) MCITP
5 2 (2.20%) MCSA
5 2 (2.20%) MCSE
6 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.10%) CSPO
6 1 (1.10%) MOS
6 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.10%) PMP
6 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) GDPR
2 4 (4.40%) SLA
3 3 (3.30%) COBIT
3 3 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.20%) NIST
5 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.10%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.10%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 36 (39.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (21.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (10.99%) SCCM
3 3 (3.30%) Terraform
4 2 (2.20%) HP ALM
4 2 (2.20%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.20%) SCOM
5 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.10%) Grafana
5 1 (1.10%) Istio
5 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.10%) QRadar
5 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.10%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (1.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (67.03%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.19%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.49%) Citrix
3 5 (5.49%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.40%) HP
5 3 (3.30%) Cisco
5 3 (3.30%) Databricks
5 3 (3.30%) Oracle
5 3 (3.30%) Polycom
5 3 (3.30%) Workday
6 2 (2.20%) Adobe
6 2 (2.20%) Apple
6 2 (2.20%) Meraki
6 2 (2.20%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.20%) VMware
6 2 (2.20%) Wyse
7 1 (1.10%) Avaya
7 1 (1.10%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.10%) Reuters
7 1 (1.10%) Symantec