Microsoft 365 Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > England

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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 37 46
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,668 2,637 3,750
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.56% 5.37% 5.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.31% 14.69% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 1,936 2,718
10th Percentile £150 £163 £150
25th Percentile £195 £213 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £350
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +10.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £515 £550 £500
90th Percentile £638 £684 £613
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 127 195
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.30 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +5.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £21.37 £24.38 £22.25
90th Percentile £22.18 £56.50 £31.75
UK median hourly rate £16.47 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.00% +5.71% +11.11%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 11,656 17,954 27,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.86% 36.55% 38.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,128 19,984
10th Percentile £300 £325 £337
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 303 338
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.97 £32.30 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -35.08% +51.55% +0.95%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.88 £43.79
90th Percentile £62.00 £78.00 £65.45
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 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 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 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 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in England

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 7 May 2024. 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 +4 761 £400 -5.88% 370
North of England 0 233 £255 -17.07% 311
South East -7 229 £281 -19.64% 281
Midlands -3 164 £270 -28.00% 228
North West +5 147 £280 -30.00% 164
South West -13 141 £195 -44.29% 182
West Midlands -4 111 £350 -17.65% 138
East of England -12 99 £250 -16.67% 159
Yorkshire +1 76 £230 -16.36% 114
East Midlands -1 52 £195 -22.00% 90
North East +15 10 £190 -5.00% 39
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 386 (23.14%) SharePoint
2 363 (21.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.80%) Skype for Business
4 19 (1.14%) Confluence
5 15 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (0.78%) IIS
7 12 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (0.54%) CMS
10 7 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (0.36%) IBM Notes
11 6 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
12 4 (0.24%) WordPress
13 3 (0.18%) IBM Domino
13 3 (0.18%) nginx
13 3 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
14 1 (0.060%) Apache
14 1 (0.060%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 273 (16.37%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.18%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.18%) SPSS
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.060%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.18%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.12%) Eikon
4 2 (0.12%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.060%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.060%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.060%) Magento
5 1 (0.060%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.060%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.060%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.060%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.060%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 623 (37.35%) Azure
2 231 (13.85%) Entra ID
3 157 (9.41%) Power Platform
4 140 (8.39%) OneDrive
5 94 (5.64%) PowerApps
6 81 (4.86%) Power Automate
7 77 (4.62%) AWS
8 41 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.46%) IaaS
9 39 (2.34%) Mimecast
10 35 (2.10%) SaaS
11 32 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
12 26 (1.56%) WhatsApp
13 25 (1.50%) PaaS
14 22 (1.32%) Azure Storage
14 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (1.08%) Google Workspace
17 17 (1.02%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 147 (8.81%) Firewall
2 145 (8.69%) DNS
3 95 (5.70%) DHCP
4 94 (5.64%) Wi-Fi
5 85 (5.10%) VPN
6 68 (4.08%) LAN
7 62 (3.72%) WAN
8 57 (3.42%) Wireless
9 49 (2.94%) VoIP
10 44 (2.64%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.10%) Skype
12 29 (1.74%) Cisco IOS
13 28 (1.68%) SAN
14 25 (1.50%) Network Security
15 20 (1.20%) Intranet
16 16 (0.96%) VLAN
17 15 (0.90%) Internet
17 15 (0.90%) MPLS
18 13 (0.78%) Unified Communications
19 11 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 74 (4.44%) Power BI
3 11 (0.66%) NoSQL
3 11 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.30%) MySQL
5 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.24%) Metadata
6 4 (0.24%) Power Query
7 3 (0.18%) BusinessObjects XI
7 3 (0.18%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.12%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.12%) Tableau
9 1 (0.060%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.060%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (3.00%) JIRA
2 15 (0.90%) GitLab
3 12 (0.72%) Hudson
4 6 (0.36%) Git
4 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.12%) Subversion
8 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.060%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.060%) MSI
8 1 (0.060%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.060%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 550 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 236 (14.15%) Finance
3 175 (10.49%) Public Sector
4 132 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (4.20%) Legal
6 58 (3.48%) Retail
7 54 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.06%) Banking
9 49 (2.94%) Marketing
10 47 (2.82%) Manufacturing
11 40 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 34 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
14 29 (1.74%) Law
15 28 (1.68%) Electronics
16 23 (1.38%) Financial Institution
17 19 (1.14%) French Language
18 18 (1.08%) Local Government
19 17 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 13 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 260 (15.59%) Analyst
2 237 (14.21%) Support Engineer
3 172 (10.31%) IT Support
4 141 (8.45%) Architect
5 134 (8.03%) Service Analyst
6 133 (7.97%) Service Desk Analyst
7 110 (6.59%) IT Engineer
8 107 (6.41%) Desktop Support
9 100 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 100 (6.00%) Senior
10 98 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 76 (4.56%) IT Support Engineer
12 74 (4.44%) Desktop Engineer
13 72 (4.32%) Developer
14 71 (4.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 68 (4.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 67 (4.02%) Consultant
17 65 (3.90%) Support Analyst
18 59 (3.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 55 (3.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.38%) .NET
2 21 (1.26%) REST
3 16 (0.96%) ARM Templates
3 16 (0.96%) CSS
4 15 (0.90%) JSON
4 15 (0.90%) XML
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
6 11 (0.66%) HTML5 Canvas
6 11 (0.66%) SPFx
7 10 (0.60%) HTML
8 7 (0.42%) jQuery
9 6 (0.36%) LDAP
9 6 (0.36%) OAuth
9 6 (0.36%) React
10 5 (0.30%) SAML
11 4 (0.24%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.24%) RESTful
11 4 (0.24%) SOAP
11 4 (0.24%) Web Services
12 3 (0.18%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 52 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 48 (2.88%) PKI
3 48 (2.88%) Video Conferencing
4 43 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 29 (1.74%) Driving Licence
7 26 (1.56%) NHS
8 24 (1.44%) iPhone
9 20 (1.20%) iPad
9 20 (1.20%) Video Editing
10 19 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.08%) Digital Signage
12 17 (1.02%) EPoS
12 17 (1.02%) Smartphone
13 16 (0.96%) Virtual Team
14 15 (0.90%) CMDB
14 15 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.90%) Low-Code
15 12 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 880 (52.76%) Windows
2 423 (25.36%) Windows 10
3 273 (16.37%) Windows Server
4 108 (6.47%) Apple iOS
5 92 (5.52%) Android
6 74 (4.44%) Mac OS
7 73 (4.38%) Linux
7 73 (4.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 65 (3.90%) Windows 7
9 63 (3.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 61 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
11 30 (1.80%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (1.08%) Mac OS X
13 15 (0.90%) VMS
14 12 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
15 10 (0.60%) Ubuntu
16 9 (0.54%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.30%) Unix
18 3 (0.18%) Debian
18 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (18.76%) Customer Service
2 283 (16.97%) ITIL
3 247 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (12.05%) Migration
5 153 (9.17%) Agile
6 134 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 102 (6.12%) Change Management
8 97 (5.82%) Business Intelligence
9 92 (5.52%) Project Management
10 91 (5.46%) DevOps
11 87 (5.22%) Service Delivery
12 79 (4.74%) Service Management
13 76 (4.56%) Mobile Device Management
14 73 (4.38%) ITSM
15 71 (4.26%) Incident Management
16 67 (4.02%) Cybersecurity
17 65 (3.90%) Information Security
18 61 (3.66%) Stakeholder Management
19 60 (3.60%) Data Loss Prevention
20 58 (3.48%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 241 (14.45%) PowerShell
2 62 (3.72%) SQL
3 49 (2.94%) C#
4 27 (1.62%) JavaScript
5 21 (1.26%) Python
6 18 (1.08%) VBScript
7 17 (1.02%) Bicep
7 17 (1.02%) VB
8 10 (0.60%) C
9 8 (0.48%) Swift
9 8 (0.48%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.24%) Bash
10 4 (0.24%) Java
10 4 (0.24%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.12%) VBA
12 1 (0.060%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.060%) PHP
12 1 (0.060%) R
12 1 (0.060%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 215 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 192 (11.51%) Degree
3 174 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 122 (7.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 50 (3.00%) MCSA
6 49 (2.94%) A+ Certification
7 44 (2.64%) DV Cleared
8 43 (2.58%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
10 31 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.38%) CCNA
12 23 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 22 (1.32%) DBS Check
14 19 (1.14%) CISSP
15 18 (1.08%) MCP
15 18 (1.08%) MCSE
16 10 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.60%) CISM
17 8 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (7.07%) SLA
2 22 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (1.14%) NIST
4 17 (1.02%) QA
5 15 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.72%) GDPR
8 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.48%) GRC
10 5 (0.30%) NCSC
11 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.24%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.24%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.18%) PMO
13 2 (0.12%) COBIT
System Software
1 818 (49.04%) Active Directory
2 93 (5.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (3.48%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 40 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (1.20%) vSphere
7 14 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.66%) XenApp
9 10 (0.60%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.48%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.48%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.18%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.18%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 2 (0.12%) Docker
14 1 (0.060%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 298 (17.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 238 (14.27%) SCCM
3 42 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
4 41 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 35 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (1.74%) SCOM
7 27 (1.62%) WSUS
8 22 (1.32%) Kubernetes
9 14 (0.84%) Terraform
10 11 (0.66%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.60%) Ansible
11 10 (0.60%) Autotask
12 9 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
12 9 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 8 (0.48%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.48%) PingFederate
14 5 (0.30%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.24%) Packer
15 4 (0.24%) PaperCut
16 3 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1,052 (63.07%) Microsoft
2 183 (10.97%) VMware
3 163 (9.77%) Citrix
4 152 (9.11%) ServiceNow
5 128 (7.67%) Apple
6 81 (4.86%) Cisco
7 45 (2.70%) Veeam
8 41 (2.46%) SAP
9 34 (2.04%) HP
10 30 (1.80%) Google
11 29 (1.74%) Adobe
12 25 (1.50%) NetApp
13 24 (1.44%) Dell
14 23 (1.38%) Oracle
15 19 (1.14%) Sophos
16 18 (1.08%) MobileIron
17 17 (1.02%) Aruba
17 17 (1.02%) Bloomberg
18 15 (0.90%) CA
18 15 (0.90%) iManage