Microsoft 365 Contracts in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 18 19
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 25 57 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.07% 7.01% 7.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.51% 26.39% 26.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 39 54
10th Percentile £147 £145 £157
25th Percentile £178 £160 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £200 £250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £256 £347 £425
90th Percentile £385 £460 £568
England median daily rate £325 £350 £380
% change year-on-year -7.14% -7.89% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile £16.81 £19.49 £12.78
25th Percentile - £23.78 £14.52
Median hourly rate £21.39 £32.60 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +110.29% -16.22%
75th Percentile - £43.09 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.38 £26.48
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.30 £18.97
% change year-on-year +15.77% -14.05% +8.37%

All Cloud Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 185 216 291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.13% 26.57% 28.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 145 220
10th Percentile £250 £163 £205
25th Percentile £363 £306 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £448
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.03% -0.56%
75th Percentile £500 £515 £541
90th Percentile £549 £645 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 11
10th Percentile £14.69 - £13.16
25th Percentile £17.65 £14.00 £14.76
Median hourly rate £21.39 £15.32 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.67% -23.43% +3.90%
75th Percentile - £26.75 £26.48
90th Percentile £21.87 £27.50 £30.00
England median hourly rate £24.83 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.19% -38.94% +62.79%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Leicestershire +9 8 £250 -25.93% 13
Derbyshire -2 7 £155 -3.13% 28
Northamptonshire -4 7 £500 +11.11% 15
Nottinghamshire -12 2 £201 -4.17% 20
Lincolnshire -3 1 £180 -44.62% 23
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
1 3 (12.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.00%) GCP
2 1 (4.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) PBX
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Analyst
1 6 (24.00%) IT Support
2 4 (16.00%) Support Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Support Officer
3 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (12.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support
3 3 (12.00%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (8.00%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (8.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (8.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (8.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Smartphone
2 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (12.00%) iPhone
4 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Android
3 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Customer Service
1 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
2 5 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 4 (16.00%) Agile
3 4 (16.00%) Coaching
3 4 (16.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (16.00%) Operations Management
3 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 3 (12.00%) ITIL
5 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.00%) Task Automation
6 1 (4.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (4.00%) Containerisation
6 1 (4.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 1 (4.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) BitLocker
3 1 (4.00%) Docker
3 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Podman
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Apple
3 1 (4.00%) Avaya
3 1 (4.00%) Citrix
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) Logitech
3 1 (4.00%) MobileIron
3 1 (4.00%) VMware