Microsoft 365 Contracts in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 24 39
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 -22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 21 36 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 7.69% 8.45% 5.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.27% 22.93% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 24
10th Percentile £230 £160 £226
25th Percentile £275 £200 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +77.78%
75th Percentile £506 £450 £600
90th Percentile £575 £518 -
South West median daily rate £394 £200 £325
% change year-on-year +96.88% -38.46% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.00
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year - +75.00% +1.87%
75th Percentile - - £13.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £13.49 £18.00
% change year-on-year +37.24% -25.07% -10.00%

All Cloud Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 109 157 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 39.93% 36.85% 39.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 113 148
10th Percentile £230 £300 £400
25th Percentile £409 £463 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.32%
75th Percentile £636 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £706 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 15
10th Percentile - £17.42 -
25th Percentile £31.50 £19.72 £35.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £21.00 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -71.23% +398.63%
75th Percentile £68.75 £33.25 £78.00
90th Percentile - £55.30 -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £14.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +27.66% -71.00% +100.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Gloucestershire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester -7 11 £425 - 7
Cheltenham +5 2 £388 -20.10% 10
Filton - 2 £300 -
Microsoft 365
South West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.52%) Confluence
4 1 (4.76%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) Entra ID
3 3 (14.29%) SaaS
4 2 (9.52%) AWS
5 1 (4.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) LAN
1 2 (9.52%) SAN
1 2 (9.52%) VLAN
1 2 (9.52%) VPN
1 2 (9.52%) WAN
2 1 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Administrator
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Wintel Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Reinsurance
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Android
3 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Task Automation
3 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 6 (28.57%) Migration
4 5 (23.81%) Project Management
4 5 (23.81%) Threat Analysis
5 4 (19.05%) Application Security
5 4 (19.05%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (19.05%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (19.05%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.52%) Agile
7 2 (9.52%) Analytics
7 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.52%) ITIL
7 2 (9.52%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (9.52%) Server Management
7 2 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) VB
3 1 (4.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Security Cleared
2 15 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
4 3 (14.29%) MCSE
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
5 2 (9.52%) MCP
6 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
6 1 (4.76%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) NCSC
1 1 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (47.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.76%) BitLocker
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) McAfee ePO
1 4 (19.05%) SCCM
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (14.29%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) McAfee
3 4 (19.05%) Symantec
4 3 (14.29%) VMware
5 2 (9.52%) Veeam
6 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow