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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 37 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 89 113 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 4.90% 5.28% 5.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.53% 12.75% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 82 140
10th Percentile £213 £195 £140
25th Percentile £263 £313 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £300
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +49.88% -33.28%
75th Percentile £570 £573 £500
90th Percentile £739 £770 £600
Central London median daily rate £450 £450 £313
% change year-on-year - +43.88% -24.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £24.11 - -
25th Percentile - £12.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% - +4.65%
75th Percentile £30.25 £27.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £124.60 - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 £23.75
% change year-on-year +9.60% -5.26% +2.15%

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 772 886 1,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 42.49% 41.42% 40.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 618 928
10th Percentile £363 £363 £286
25th Percentile £463 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £589
Median % change year-on-year - -6.58% +2.39%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £700
90th Percentile £751 £764 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 10
10th Percentile £24.02 £12.75 £20.35
25th Percentile £25.18 £14.88 £38.13
Median hourly rate £38.58 £24.75 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.86% -63.33% +35.00%
75th Percentile £63.37 £27.00 £88.30
90th Percentile £96.63 £38.63 -
Central London median hourly rate £34.65 £24.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% -52.86% +26.51%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

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 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

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 5 July 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 - 3 - -
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 23 (25.84%) SharePoint
2 15 (16.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.25%) CMS
3 2 (2.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (3.37%) Workday HCM
2 2 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (58.43%) Azure
2 24 (26.97%) Entra ID
3 14 (15.73%) Power Platform
4 10 (11.24%) IaaS
4 10 (11.24%) PaaS
5 8 (8.99%) AWS
6 7 (7.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (7.87%) Power Automate
6 7 (7.87%) PowerApps
6 7 (7.87%) SaaS
7 6 (6.74%) OneDrive
8 5 (5.62%) Azure AKS
8 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (4.49%) Asana
9 4 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.25%) GCP
10 2 (2.25%) Mimecast
10 2 (2.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.24%) Firewall
2 9 (10.11%) DNS
3 5 (5.62%) DHCP
3 5 (5.62%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.37%) LAN
4 3 (3.37%) MPLS
4 3 (3.37%) WAN
4 3 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.25%) Intranet
5 2 (2.25%) SAN
6 1 (1.12%) Internet
6 1 (1.12%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.12%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.87%) Power BI
2 6 (6.74%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.62%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (5.62%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (5.62%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (5.62%) Tableau
4 3 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.49%) JIRA
General
1 41 (46.07%) Finance
2 30 (33.71%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.36%) Banking
4 8 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.62%) Law
7 4 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Legal
8 2 (2.25%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.12%) International Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Local Government
9 1 (1.12%) Marketing
9 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.12%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (19.10%) Support Engineer
2 13 (14.61%) Analyst
2 13 (14.61%) Architect
3 11 (12.36%) IT Support
4 9 (10.11%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (8.99%) Developer
6 6 (6.74%) Azure Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Coordinator
6 6 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Desktop Support
7 5 (5.62%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 5 (5.62%) Power BI Developer
7 5 (5.62%) Senior
7 5 (5.62%) Service Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (4.49%) Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.49%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) .NET
2 3 (3.37%) ARM Templates
2 3 (3.37%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (3.37%) RESTful
2 3 (3.37%) Web Services
3 2 (2.25%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (1.12%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.12%) ADO
4 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.12%) REST
4 1 (1.12%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
1 4 (4.49%) Private Cloud
2 3 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (3.37%) Reinsurance
3 2 (2.25%) CMDB
3 2 (2.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.25%) iPad
3 2 (2.25%) iPhone
3 2 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.25%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.12%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.12%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.12%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.12%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (47.19%) Windows
2 15 (16.85%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.24%) Windows 10
4 6 (6.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (5.62%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.49%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.37%) Linux
8 2 (2.25%) Android
9 1 (1.12%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.12%) VMS
9 1 (1.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (24.72%) ITIL
2 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (13.48%) Migration
4 10 (11.24%) DevOps
4 10 (11.24%) ITSM
5 9 (10.11%) Project Delivery
5 9 (10.11%) Service Management
6 8 (8.99%) Customer Service
6 8 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (7.87%) Agile
7 7 (7.87%) Cloud Security
7 7 (7.87%) Roadmaps
7 7 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (6.74%) Asset Management
8 6 (6.74%) Data Protection
8 6 (6.74%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (6.74%) User Experience
9 5 (5.62%) High Availability
9 5 (5.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.61%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.87%) SQL
3 4 (4.49%) Python
4 3 (3.37%) Bicep
5 2 (2.25%) C#
6 1 (1.12%) Bash
6 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (11.24%) Degree
2 7 (7.87%) Azure Certification
3 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) CCNA
5 2 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.25%) MCSE
6 1 (1.12%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.12%) MCSA
6 1 (1.12%) MOS
6 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.12%) PMP
6 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.74%) GDPR
2 3 (3.37%) COBIT
3 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.25%) NIST
3 2 (2.25%) SLA
3 2 (2.25%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 36 (40.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.12%) XenApp
5 1 (1.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.24%) SCCM
3 5 (5.62%) Terraform
4 2 (2.25%) AirWatch
4 2 (2.25%) HP ALM
4 2 (2.25%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (1.12%) Grafana
5 1 (1.12%) Istio
5 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.12%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.12%) QRadar
5 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (64.04%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.48%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.87%) Citrix
4 5 (5.62%) Cisco
5 4 (4.49%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.49%) VMware
6 3 (3.37%) Bloomberg
6 3 (3.37%) Databricks
6 3 (3.37%) Workday
7 2 (2.25%) Adobe
7 2 (2.25%) Apple
7 2 (2.25%) HP
7 2 (2.25%) iManage
7 2 (2.25%) Intapp
7 2 (2.25%) Meraki
7 2 (2.25%) Oracle
7 2 (2.25%) Symantec
7 2 (2.25%) Wyse
8 1 (1.12%) Polycom
8 1 (1.12%) Splunk