Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucester requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 11 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 17 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 12.98% 11.76% 11.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.28% 25.00% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 10
10th Percentile £171 £445 £126
25th Percentile £204 £468 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £488 £453
Median % change year-on-year -48.72% +7.73% +4.62%
75th Percentile £434 £498 £475
90th Percentile £450 £507 £588
Gloucestershire median daily rate £295 £494 £453
% change year-on-year -40.25% +9.12% +13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate - - £19.50
% change year-on-year - - -79.47%

All Cloud Skills
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 93 40 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 70.99% 47.06% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 30 49
10th Percentile £220 £460 £413
25th Percentile £402 £491 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £675
90th Percentile £719 £734 £710
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £48.25
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £84.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £34.34 £33.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +4.06% -57.69% -18.96%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Gloucester over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Gloucester

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
1 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
2 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) MSI
General
1 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Administrator
2 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Support
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.88%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Onboarding
2 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (11.76%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (5.88%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 14 (82.35%) Windows
2 12 (70.59%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Android
3 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.88%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 8
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Application Security
2 6 (35.29%) Cloud Security
2 6 (35.29%) Migration
2 6 (35.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 6 (35.29%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
3 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) DevOps
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) ITSM
5 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
5 2 (11.76%) Time Management
6 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.88%) Task Automation
6 1 (5.88%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 12 (70.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) MCITP
3 1 (5.88%) MCP
3 1 (5.88%) MCSA
3 1 (5.88%) MCSE
3 1 (5.88%) MCTS
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) SLA
2 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Norton AntiVirus
1 6 (35.29%) SCCM
2 3 (17.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (11.76%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (5.88%) CA Single Sign-On
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) McAfee
2 6 (35.29%) Symantec
3 4 (23.53%) Remedy
3 4 (23.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (11.76%) Dell
4 2 (11.76%) HP
5 1 (5.88%) IFS