Microsoft 365 Contracts in Kent

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 27 24 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 13.24% 10.96% 14.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 55.10% 37.50% 49.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 22 40
10th Percentile £156 £136 £140
25th Percentile £203 £189 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £330 £255
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +29.41% +45.71%
75th Percentile £526 £727 £538
90th Percentile £540 £784 £588
South East median daily rate £275 £350 £291
% change year-on-year -21.43% +20.17% -17.80%
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 - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £19.38 £20.00
% change year-on-year -8.70% -3.13% -4.99%

All Cloud Skills
Kent

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 49 64 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 24.02% 29.22% 29.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 49 77
10th Percentile £179 £184 £180
25th Percentile £285 £250 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +2.56% +17.12%
75th Percentile £540 £660 £588
90th Percentile £656 £788 £653
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
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 - - -
South East median hourly rate £23.22 £24.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -5.24% +16.39% -4.32%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Kent over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
West Malling +1 7 £520 +108.00%
Folkestone - 3 - - 1
Maidstone +2 1 £450 +9.09% 7
Sevenoaks 0 1 £275 -57.03% 4
Sittingbourne - 1 £140 - 4
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (3.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) OneDrive
3 3 (11.11%) SaaS
4 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.41%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) Firewall
2 7 (25.93%) Network Security
3 3 (11.11%) DHCP
3 3 (11.11%) DNS
3 3 (11.11%) LAN
3 3 (11.11%) VLAN
3 3 (11.11%) VPN
3 3 (11.11%) WAN
3 3 (11.11%) WebEx
3 3 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.70%) Skype
4 1 (3.70%) Telepresence
General
1 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Banking
2 1 (3.70%) Finance
2 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (22.22%) Desktop Support
2 5 (18.52%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (18.52%) Deskside Support
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) IT Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Security Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Information Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Information Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Information Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) XMPP
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Smartphone
2 3 (11.11%) CMDB
3 1 (3.70%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.70%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows 10
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.41%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.70%) Android
5 1 (3.70%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.70%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Change Management
1 8 (29.63%) Cloud Security
1 8 (29.63%) Information Security
1 8 (29.63%) Risk Assessment
1 8 (29.63%) Security Architecture
2 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.81%) Information Security Management
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (14.81%) Security Management
3 4 (14.81%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (11.11%) Budget Responsibility
4 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (7.41%) ITIL
5 2 (7.41%) Migration
5 2 (7.41%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.70%) Agile
6 1 (3.70%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) CISM
2 2 (7.41%) CISSP
2 2 (7.41%) CRISC
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 9 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.11%) AppManager
2 3 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco
2 4 (14.81%) Ivanti
3 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.11%) VMware
4 2 (7.41%) Apple
4 2 (7.41%) Google
5 1 (3.70%) Adobe
5 1 (3.70%) Polycom