Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 61 35
Rank change year-on-year +11 -26 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 26 34 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.69% 2.46% 5.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.54% 14.91% 25.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 28
10th Percentile £190 £181 £139
25th Percentile £213 £200 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £300 £288
Median % change year-on-year +49.00% +4.35% -17.86%
75th Percentile £539 £513 £425
90th Percentile £635 £550 £563
South East median daily rate £225 £406 £250
% change year-on-year -44.53% +62.25% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - - £18.05
25th Percentile - - £19.62
Median hourly rate £75.00 £17.69 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +323.97% -34.48% +59.67%
75th Percentile - - £47.88
90th Percentile - - £71.25
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £23.23
% change year-on-year -34.12% +82.99% +26.77%

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 192 228 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.88% 16.52% 23.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 163 174
10th Percentile £355 £360 £313
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -2.22% +9.22%
75th Percentile £609 £634 £650
90th Percentile £654 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £494 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -3.66% -2.38% +4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 24
10th Percentile £32.40 - £15.30
25th Percentile £52.50 - £19.63
Median hourly rate £67.50 £17.69 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +281.57% -27.80% +33.73%
75th Percentile £73.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile £74.50 - £75.00
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £38.50 £28.16
% change year-on-year -51.12% +36.72% +35.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Hampshire over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Hampshire

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

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 13 September 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
Portsmouth +5 7 £225 +12.50% 1
Fleet - 5 £492 -
Southampton -1 3 - - 12
Havant -4 3 £550 +193.33%
Farnborough +6 1 - - 1
Basingstoke +4 1 £190 -65.45% 10
Fareham -1 1 £275 - 8
Eastleigh -4 1 £188 - 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 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (57.69%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 5 (19.23%) SaaS
4 4 (15.38%) AWS
4 4 (15.38%) GCP
5 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (11.54%) Miro
5 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
6 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (7.69%) Google Workspace
6 2 (7.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) HTTP
2 1 (3.85%) HTTPS
2 1 (3.85%) Internet
2 1 (3.85%) SSL
2 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Power BI
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.85%) Aviation
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) IT Support
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) IT Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) ERP Implementation Manager
6 1 (3.85%) ERP Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
1 3 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 11 (42.31%) Windows 10
3 5 (19.23%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Decision-Making
1 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (23.08%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) User Experience
3 5 (19.23%) Business Strategy
3 5 (19.23%) IT Strategy
3 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
3 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
3 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) Analytics
4 4 (15.38%) Application Packaging
4 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (15.38%) Process Improvement
4 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (15.38%) Thought Leadership
4 4 (15.38%) Time Management
4 4 (15.38%) Zero Trust
5 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
2 4 (15.38%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) CISMP
3 2 (7.69%) GSEC
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) GDPR
2 5 (19.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (26.92%) SCCM
3 2 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Citrix
2 5 (19.23%) VMware
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 2 (7.69%) Apple
4 2 (7.69%) CyberArk
4 2 (7.69%) Dell
4 2 (7.69%) Google
4 2 (7.69%) Okta