Microsoft 365 Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 12 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 19 16 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 19.39% 9.70% 12.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.72% 53.33% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 21
10th Percentile £211 - £159
25th Percentile £223 £175 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £185 £160
Median % change year-on-year +130.35% +14.98% -62.24%
75th Percentile £675 £194 £200
90th Percentile £735 - £388
South West median daily rate £375 £201 £325
% change year-on-year +86.34% -38.08% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £15.45 - £17.16
25th Percentile £15.90 - £17.22
Median hourly rate £16.78 £14.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.86% -20.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £17.65 - £19.06
90th Percentile £18.08 - £21.43
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £13.49 £18.00
% change year-on-year +37.24% -25.07% -10.00%

All Cloud Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 39 30 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 39.80% 18.18% 34.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 58
10th Percentile £223 £175 £160
25th Percentile £413 £175 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £185 £494
Median % change year-on-year +157.02% -62.57% -1.15%
75th Percentile £550 £425 £625
90th Percentile £683 £769 £679
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 12
10th Percentile £14.70 - £13.64
25th Percentile £14.99 - £17.22
Median hourly rate £16.78 £14.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.86% -26.32% -69.30%
75th Percentile £20.03 - £57.72
90th Percentile £23.01 - £60.61
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £14.50 £53.35
% change year-on-year +27.66% -72.82% +113.40%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Dorset

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Dorset

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Dorset

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Dorset

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bournemouth +4 15 £500 +170.55% 21
Poole - 1 £413 - 2
Microsoft 365
South West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (47.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (68.42%) Azure
1 13 (68.42%) Entra ID
2 9 (47.37%) OneDrive
3 6 (31.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 6 (31.58%) Google Workspace
3 6 (31.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Skype
2 4 (21.05%) VLAN
2 4 (21.05%) VoIP
2 4 (21.05%) VPN
3 3 (15.79%) DHCP
3 3 (15.79%) DNS
3 3 (15.79%) LAN
3 3 (15.79%) WAN
3 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.26%) Firewall
4 1 (5.26%) NAS
4 1 (5.26%) Network Security
4 1 (5.26%) SAN
4 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (63.16%) Legal
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Site Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support
5 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Service Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Build Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) IT Support
6 1 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (15.79%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
1 5 (26.32%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Agile
2 6 (31.58%) B2B
2 6 (31.58%) Change Management
2 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (31.58%) Data Loss Prevention
2 6 (31.58%) E-Discovery
2 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) Validation
3 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (10.53%) Ticket Management
6 1 (5.26%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) PowerShell
2 6 (31.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 19 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.79%) AppManager
2 3 (15.79%) PingFederate
2 3 (15.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Google
3 4 (21.05%) VMware
4 3 (15.79%) Ivanti