The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 18 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Microsoft 365 (M365) formerly Microsoft Office 365 (O365)
Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills
23,858
8,538
22,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
35.55%
32.13%
29.50%
Number of daily rates quoted
17,278
6,072
16,111
10th Percentile
£325
£313
£298
25th Percentile
£425
£400
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+5.00%
-
+5.26%
75th Percentile
£625
£600
£588
90th Percentile
£700
£687
£663
UK median daily rate
£525
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
+5.00%
-
+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted
412
110
318
10th Percentile
£12.25
£13.25
£13.25
25th Percentile
£14.13
£16.81
£16.25
Median hourly rate
£20.00
£21.50
£21.00
Median % change year-on-year
-6.98%
+2.38%
+20.00%
75th Percentile
£42.30
£39.38
£41.94
90th Percentile
£65.25
£55.00
£71.25
UK median hourly rate
£21.00
£21.50
£20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.33%
+4.88%
+17.14%
Microsoft 365 Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Microsoft 365 Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in England.
Microsoft 365 Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in England over the 6 months to 18 October 2021.
Microsoft 365 Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in England.
Microsoft 365 Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in England over the 6 months to 18 October 2021.
Microsoft 365 Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 18 October 2021. 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
Microsoft 365 Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 18 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft 365 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
