Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 27 47
Rank change year-on-year -14 +20 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 13 28 23
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.67% 5.04% 3.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.08% 35.00% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 16
10th Percentile £147 £247 £168
25th Percentile £168 £306 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £350 £284
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +23.35% +26.11%
75th Percentile £350 £531 £438
90th Percentile £418 £728 £675
East of England median daily rate £225 £350 £213
% change year-on-year -35.71% +64.71% -17.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.73
Median hourly rate - - £25.45
75th Percentile - - £26.18
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.65
% change year-on-year - +4.15% +0.97%

All Cloud Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 129 80 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 26.49% 14.39% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 50 106
10th Percentile £305 £223 £275
25th Percentile £450 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -11.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £675
90th Percentile £675 £775 £738
East of England median daily rate £503 £420 £470
% change year-on-year +19.64% -10.64% -8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £19.62 - £36.84
25th Percentile £22.56 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 - £67.56
Median % change year-on-year - - +93.03%
75th Percentile £67.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £25.00 £16.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year +53.37% -18.50% +29.03%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Hertfordshire

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Stevenage +7 3 £193 -27.36% 1
Welwyn Garden City +3 3 £275 - 1
Watford -8 2 £285 -18.57% 1
Hoddesdon 0 1 £200 - 2
Letchworth -1 1 £175 - 2
St Albans -2 1 £145 - 3
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £350 - 5
Microsoft 365
East of England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) 1Password
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Big Data
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) MSI
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Publishing
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) IT Support
2 2 (15.38%) 1st Line Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) IT Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Support
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Packager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior PMO
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Support Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
1 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Android
2 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.69%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) ITSM
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Problem Management
2 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 2 (15.38%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) User Experience
4 1 (7.69%) Content Management
4 1 (7.69%) Document Management
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) Password Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) CASB
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Netskope
3 1 (7.69%) Planview
3 1 (7.69%) Rapid7