Microsoft 365 Contracts in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 28 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 77 96 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 8.22% 5.01% 8.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.06% 33.45% 32.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 33 117
10th Percentile £172 £142 £156
25th Percentile £180 £185 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £250 £300
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -16.67% -2.83%
75th Percentile £324 £488 £475
90th Percentile £589 £632 £557
England median daily rate £375 £350 £388
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 52 27
10th Percentile - £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £14.75
Median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £17.43 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 - £18.50
England median hourly rate £18.50 £17.10 £18.50
% change year-on-year +8.17% -7.55% +5.71%

All Cloud Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 265 287 517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 28.28% 14.99% 25.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 167 340
10th Percentile £200 £214 £185
25th Percentile £350 £313 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £584
90th Percentile £675 £662 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 65 53
10th Percentile - £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £16.30 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.46% -14.21% +22.58%
75th Percentile £21.92 £21.37 £35.00
90th Percentile £37.46 £60.95 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cambridgeshire -4 32 £185 -55.15% 27
Suffolk +5 17 £200 +7.38% 17
Hertfordshire +25 9 £438 +65.09% 45
Essex +12 9 £238 -5.00% 33
Bedfordshire +1 9 £190 - 11
Norfolk +3 1 £200 +25.00% 15
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 10 (12.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.30%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.18%) Azure
2 12 (15.58%) Entra ID
3 9 (11.69%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.60%) IaaS
4 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.30%) AWS
5 1 (1.30%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.30%) GCP
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.30%) PaaS
5 1 (1.30%) SaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (38.96%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (12.99%) VLAN
3 5 (6.49%) DNS
4 4 (5.19%) LAN
4 4 (5.19%) VPN
4 4 (5.19%) WAN
5 3 (3.90%) DHCP
5 3 (3.90%) Firewall
5 3 (3.90%) VoIP
6 2 (2.60%) Wireless
7 1 (1.30%) Internet
7 1 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.30%) Kerberos
7 1 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.30%) Big Data
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) MSI
General
1 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.79%) Retail
3 5 (6.49%) Finance
3 5 (6.49%) Legal
3 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.30%) Automotive
6 1 (1.30%) Banking
6 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (41.56%) Analyst
2 28 (36.36%) Service Analyst
2 28 (36.36%) Service Desk Analyst
3 18 (23.38%) Technical Analyst
3 18 (23.38%) Technical Services Analyst
4 14 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 10 (12.99%) IT Support
6 8 (10.39%) Desktop Engineer
6 8 (10.39%) Desktop Support
6 8 (10.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) IT Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (6.49%) Call Centre Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Support Officer
10 4 (5.19%) Senior
11 3 (3.90%) SharePoint Engineer
11 3 (3.90%) SharePoint Support
11 3 (3.90%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.30%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.30%) IoT
3 1 (1.30%) Life Science
3 1 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.30%) PKI
3 1 (1.30%) PMI
3 1 (1.30%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (37.66%) Windows
2 9 (11.69%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.30%) Android
4 1 (1.30%) Linux
4 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (44.16%) Customer Service
3 32 (41.56%) ITIL
4 28 (36.36%) Incident Management
5 25 (32.47%) Service Delivery
6 22 (28.57%) Mathematics
7 6 (7.79%) IT Strategy
8 5 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (6.49%) Migration
9 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (3.90%) Cost Reduction
10 3 (3.90%) ITSM
11 2 (2.60%) Asset Management
11 2 (2.60%) Change Management
11 2 (2.60%) Cloud Security
11 2 (2.60%) Contract Negotiation
11 2 (2.60%) Data Management
11 2 (2.60%) Deployment Automation
11 2 (2.60%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 2 (2.60%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.60%) SQL
3 1 (1.30%) Bicep
3 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (38.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (35.06%) A+ Certification
2 27 (35.06%) MCSA
3 23 (29.87%) SC Cleared
3 23 (29.87%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.79%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.90%) Degree
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.90%) GDPR
2 3 (3.90%) SLA
3 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.30%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.30%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.39%) SCCM
2 3 (3.90%) AppManager
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 30 (38.96%) ServiceNow
3 27 (35.06%) Citrix
4 5 (6.49%) VMware
5 3 (3.90%) Ivanti
6 2 (2.60%) Apple
6 2 (2.60%) HP
6 2 (2.60%) ZyXEL
7 1 (1.30%) Altiris
7 1 (1.30%) Ariba
7 1 (1.30%) Dell
7 1 (1.30%) Google
7 1 (1.30%) Okta
7 1 (1.30%) SAP
7 1 (1.30%) Zscaler