Microsoft 365 Contracts in Hampshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 44 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 -18 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 26 60 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.52% 3.67% 7.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.94% 22.30% 30.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 43
10th Percentile £241 £177 £176
25th Percentile £269 £192 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £200 £350
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -42.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £592 £273 £594
90th Percentile £662 £478 £638
South East median daily rate £275 £275 £350
% change year-on-year - -21.43% +19.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 13
10th Percentile £16.23 - £15.90
25th Percentile £17.69 - £16.84
Median hourly rate £19.24 £17.69 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% -4.38% +23.33%
75th Percentile £33.73 - £21.50
90th Percentile £58.49 - £66.75
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £17.69 £19.00
% change year-on-year +39.40% -6.89% -5.00%

All Cloud Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 174 269 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.58% 16.43% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 162 200
10th Percentile £281 £290 £249
25th Percentile £457 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £547
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +1.56% +5.60%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £636
90th Percentile £671 £670 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 24
10th Percentile £17.20 - £15.21
25th Percentile £19.24 - £16.69
Median hourly rate £55.00 £17.69 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +210.91% -10.43% -1.25%
75th Percentile £72.50 £26.35 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.25 £35.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £28.50 £23.22 £24.00
% change year-on-year +22.77% -3.27% +14.29%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Hampshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Hampshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Hampshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Hampshire

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Hampshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Southampton -9 7 £640 +220.00% 7
Portsmouth +13 5 £225 -57.14% 2
Fareham -1 3 - - 5
Andover - 2 £300 -
Hook +5 1 £520 +197.14%
Farnborough - 1 - - 11
Lyndhurst - 1 - -
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) IIS
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.69%) OpenShift
3 2 (7.69%) SaaS
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Firewall
1 7 (26.92%) Internet
2 6 (23.08%) VPN
3 5 (19.23%) Network Security
4 2 (7.69%) HTTP
4 2 (7.69%) HTTPS
4 2 (7.69%) Skype
4 2 (7.69%) SSL
5 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Power BI
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.54%) Military
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Aviation
5 1 (3.85%) Finance
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) IT Manager
1 7 (26.92%) IT Services Manager
1 7 (26.92%) Senior
1 7 (26.92%) Service Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Senior IT Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Service Manager
3 4 (15.38%) IT Support
3 4 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Field Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Field Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Service Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Support Officer
6 1 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.69%) CentOS
3 2 (7.69%) Linux
3 2 (7.69%) Ubuntu
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Case Management
1 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (26.92%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (23.08%) Analytics
2 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (23.08%) Contract Management
2 6 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (23.08%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (19.23%) Server Management
4 4 (15.38%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (15.38%) Data Security
4 4 (15.38%) Migration
4 4 (15.38%) Storage Management
5 3 (11.54%) Agile
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.69%) Change Control
6 2 (7.69%) Design for Test
6 2 (7.69%) DevSecOps
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 14 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) Degree
5 1 (3.85%) MCSE
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.85%) PMP
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (15.38%) SCCM
3 2 (7.69%) Ansible
3 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (7.69%) Nessus
3 2 (7.69%) Terraform
3 2 (7.69%) vCenter Server
3 2 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
2 2 (7.69%) VMware