Microsoft 365 Contracts in London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 52 64
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 782 1,206 1,567
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.42% 4.45% 4.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.71% 11.42% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 901 1,166
10th Percentile £163 £165 £164
25th Percentile £223 £230 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £540 £575 £550
90th Percentile £685 £700 £650
England median daily rate £350 £375 £355
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.63% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 33 35
10th Percentile £15.72 £15.35 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.00 £16.08
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% -4.08% +28.95%
75th Percentile £23.76 £25.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £25.00 £39.40 £51.00
England median hourly rate £17.27 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -6.65% +5.71% +2.94%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,676 10,565 16,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.70% 39.02% 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,924 7,715 12,114
10th Percentile £341 £375 £400
25th Percentile £444 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £780 £763
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 91 86
10th Percentile £17.78 £20.00 £16.08
25th Percentile £21.06 £24.00 £21.10
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +5.50%
75th Percentile £38.28 £70.00 £61.44
90th Percentile £62.13 £88.30 £79.13
England median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
% change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 27 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
Central London +4 157 £450 +20.00% 53
East London -3 19 £500 +150.00% 19
West London +2 17 £260 -13.33% 22
South London +2 12 £200 -4.76% 21
North London -4 1 £325 +132.14% 1
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 196 (25.06%) SharePoint
2 174 (22.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (3.07%) Skype for Business
4 15 (1.92%) Confluence
5 14 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (1.28%) IIS
8 9 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (0.77%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 5 (0.64%) IBM Notes
10 5 (0.64%) SharePoint 2013
11 4 (0.51%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.13%) Apache
12 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 152 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.38%) Camtasia
6 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.38%) SPSS
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.26%) Eikon
3 2 (0.26%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.13%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
4 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 333 (42.58%) Azure
2 141 (18.03%) Entra ID
3 100 (12.79%) Power Platform
4 75 (9.59%) OneDrive
5 60 (7.67%) PowerApps
6 49 (6.27%) Power Automate
7 37 (4.73%) AWS
8 30 (3.84%) IaaS
9 26 (3.32%) Mimecast
10 23 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.94%) WhatsApp
11 20 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.30%) PaaS
13 17 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (2.17%) SaaS
14 16 (2.05%) Slack
15 15 (1.92%) GitHub
15 15 (1.92%) Google Workspace
16 14 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (9.59%) DNS
2 65 (8.31%) Firewall
3 42 (5.37%) DHCP
4 41 (5.24%) VPN
5 34 (4.35%) Wireless
6 26 (3.32%) Skype
7 23 (2.94%) LAN
8 21 (2.69%) WAN
9 19 (2.43%) VoIP
10 18 (2.30%) TCP/IP
11 16 (2.05%) Cisco IOS
12 15 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (1.66%) MPLS
14 11 (1.41%) Internet
15 10 (1.28%) Network Security
16 8 (1.02%) Intranet
17 7 (0.90%) SAN
18 6 (0.77%) SNMP
18 6 (0.77%) Unified Communications
19 5 (0.64%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.91%) Power BI
2 46 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.28%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.51%) Power Query
8 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects XI
8 3 (0.38%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.26%) Tableau
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.13%) Metadata
10 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.13%) MySQL
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.13%) QlikView
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.84%) JIRA
2 13 (1.66%) GitLab
3 5 (0.64%) Git
3 5 (0.64%) Hudson
3 5 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.13%) Subversion
5 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 238 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 190 (24.30%) Finance
3 87 (11.13%) Public Sector
4 74 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.39%) Legal
6 45 (5.75%) Banking
7 33 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (3.07%) Marketing
9 23 (2.94%) Financial Institution
10 22 (2.81%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.30%) French Language
11 18 (2.30%) Law
11 18 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.17%) Electronics
13 15 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.53%) German Language
14 12 (1.53%) Local Government
15 11 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (13.43%) Analyst
2 104 (13.30%) Support Engineer
3 88 (11.25%) Architect
4 63 (8.06%) IT Support
5 56 (7.16%) Desktop Support
6 54 (6.91%) Senior
7 50 (6.39%) Developer
7 50 (6.39%) IT Engineer
8 47 (6.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 43 (5.50%) Consultant
10 40 (5.12%) 2nd Line Support
11 35 (4.48%) Support Analyst
12 34 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
13 33 (4.22%) IT Support Engineer
14 32 (4.09%) Service Analyst
15 30 (3.84%) Project Manager
15 30 (3.84%) Service Desk Analyst
16 27 (3.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 25 (3.20%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 23 (2.94%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.92%) REST
2 14 (1.79%) XML
3 13 (1.66%) JSON
4 12 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
4 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (1.28%) .NET
5 10 (1.28%) CSS
6 7 (0.90%) HTML
6 7 (0.90%) OAuth
7 6 (0.77%) SAML
8 5 (0.64%) LDAP
8 5 (0.64%) OpenID
8 5 (0.64%) SOAP
8 5 (0.64%) SPFx
9 4 (0.51%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.51%) RESTful
10 3 (0.38%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.38%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.38%) Node.js
10 3 (0.38%) React
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.60%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.84%) Video Conferencing
3 28 (3.58%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.43%) PKI
7 18 (2.30%) iPad
8 17 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.92%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.92%) iPhone
10 13 (1.66%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.41%) Smartphone
12 9 (1.15%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.15%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.02%) Blackberry
14 7 (0.90%) Cyberattack
14 7 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (0.90%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 384 (49.10%) Windows
2 178 (22.76%) Windows 10
3 107 (13.68%) Windows Server
4 53 (6.78%) Android
5 37 (4.73%) Windows 7
6 33 (4.22%) Mac OS
7 27 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 26 (3.32%) Apple iOS
9 17 (2.17%) Mac OS X
10 15 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
13 11 (1.41%) Linux
14 10 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (1.02%) Windows 8
16 7 (0.90%) VMS
17 5 (0.64%) Unix
18 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
18 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (15.60%) Migration
3 112 (14.32%) Customer Service
3 112 (14.32%) ITIL
4 85 (10.87%) Agile
5 72 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
6 65 (8.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 55 (7.03%) Change Management
8 53 (6.78%) Project Management
9 50 (6.39%) Data Loss Prevention
9 50 (6.39%) DevOps
10 45 (5.75%) Cybersecurity
11 41 (5.24%) Project Delivery
12 38 (4.86%) Roadmaps
12 38 (4.86%) Service Delivery
13 37 (4.73%) Mobile Device Management
14 36 (4.60%) Asset Management
15 35 (4.48%) ITSM
16 31 (3.96%) Data Migration
16 31 (3.96%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (16.37%) PowerShell
2 29 (3.71%) SQL
3 24 (3.07%) C#
4 16 (2.05%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.79%) Python
6 8 (1.02%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.77%) Java
8 4 (0.51%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.38%) PHP
9 3 (0.38%) Ruby
10 2 (0.26%) Bash
10 2 (0.26%) VBA
10 2 (0.26%) VBScript
11 1 (0.13%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.13%) R
11 1 (0.13%) VB
11 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 100 (12.79%) Degree
2 82 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 75 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 40 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
6 19 (2.43%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.17%) CISSP
9 12 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.28%) CISM
11 7 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.77%) CCNA
12 6 (0.77%) CCSK
12 6 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.77%) MCSA
13 5 (0.64%) MCSE
13 5 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.51%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.38%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.65%) SLA
2 18 (2.30%) NIST
3 15 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.79%) QA
5 9 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.02%) GRC
7 7 (0.90%) GDPR
7 7 (0.90%) NCSC
8 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.51%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.13%) IASME
12 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 357 (45.65%) Active Directory
2 38 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.56%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.15%) vSphere
6 7 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.38%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.38%) XenApp
9 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.13%) Docker
10 1 (0.13%) Firmware
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.13%) vCloud
10 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 123 (15.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (13.30%) SCCM
3 32 (4.09%) Jamf Pro
4 20 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.41%) Terraform
7 10 (1.28%) SCOM
8 9 (1.15%) Ansible
9 8 (1.02%) PingFederate
10 6 (0.77%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.77%) WSUS
11 4 (0.51%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.51%) Packer
12 3 (0.38%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (0.38%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.38%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.26%) Kibana
13 2 (0.26%) logstash
13 2 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 540 (69.05%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.46%) Citrix
3 68 (8.70%) VMware
4 62 (7.93%) ServiceNow
5 50 (6.39%) Apple
6 30 (3.84%) Cisco
7 21 (2.69%) SAP
8 20 (2.56%) Google
9 18 (2.30%) Bloomberg
10 17 (2.17%) Adobe
11 16 (2.05%) Dell
12 15 (1.92%) NetApp
12 15 (1.92%) Oracle
13 13 (1.66%) CA
14 11 (1.41%) Veeam
15 10 (1.28%) iManage
16 9 (1.15%) HP
16 9 (1.15%) Mitel
16 9 (1.15%) Proofpoint
16 9 (1.15%) Reuters