Microsoft 365 Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 44 52
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 514 790 1,188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.08% 4.44% 4.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.65% 11.70% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 609 883
10th Percentile £200 £163 £165
25th Percentile £250 £225 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £580
90th Percentile £640 £682 £711
England median daily rate £375 £350 £388
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 31
10th Percentile £24.04 £15.72 £15.25
25th Percentile - £18.93 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £21.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -10.64% -4.08%
75th Percentile £28.41 £23.80 £28.44
90th Percentile £33.00 £25.00 £40.00
England median hourly rate £18.50 £17.10 £18.50
% change year-on-year +8.17% -7.55% +5.71%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,326 6,754 10,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.32% 37.92% 39.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,696 4,985 7,680
10th Percentile £357 £350 £375
25th Percentile £440 £445 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £775 £785
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 72 89
10th Percentile £22.27 £17.78 £20.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £24.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -37.50% +1.27%
75th Percentile £53.75 £38.28 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £58.75 £88.30
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 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
Central London -3 117 £425 -5.56% 65
South London +11 16 £425 +112.63% 8
West London +8 9 £375 +44.23% 33
East London +3 7 £585 +17.00% 18
North London -3 2 £481 +48.08% 4
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
1 176 (34.24%) SharePoint
2 107 (20.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.95%) Confluence
4 6 (1.17%) CMS
5 4 (0.78%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (0.78%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.58%) IIS
7 2 (0.39%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.19%) JBoss
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 74 (14.40%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) InfoPath
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.39%) 1Password
5 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Alphatax
1 2 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.19%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 261 (50.78%) Azure
2 154 (29.96%) Entra ID
3 90 (17.51%) OneDrive
4 89 (17.32%) Power Platform
5 49 (9.53%) AWS
6 43 (8.37%) Power Automate
7 38 (7.39%) PowerApps
8 36 (7.00%) IaaS
9 34 (6.61%) SaaS
10 27 (5.25%) Microsoft Copilot
11 24 (4.67%) Google Workspace
12 22 (4.28%) PaaS
13 18 (3.50%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (3.31%) Mimecast
15 15 (2.92%) Asana
16 14 (2.72%) Slack
17 13 (2.53%) Serverless
18 12 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
19 11 (2.14%) Copilot Studio
20 10 (1.95%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (10.51%) Firewall
2 45 (8.75%) DNS
3 40 (7.78%) Wi-Fi
4 37 (7.20%) VPN
5 25 (4.86%) DHCP
6 21 (4.09%) WAN
7 19 (3.70%) TCP/IP
8 17 (3.31%) LAN
9 14 (2.72%) Network Security
10 13 (2.53%) MPLS
11 9 (1.75%) Wireless
12 8 (1.56%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.36%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.17%) VLAN
15 4 (0.78%) SAN
15 4 (0.78%) Skype
15 4 (0.78%) VoIP
15 4 (0.78%) WebEx
16 3 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.39%) Power BI
2 24 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.95%) Tableau
4 7 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.17%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (0.97%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.78%) MS Access
7 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.19%) EDMS
10 1 (0.19%) Metadata
10 1 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
10 1 (0.19%) Power Query
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (5.64%) JIRA
2 5 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.39%) GitLab
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.19%) MSI
General
1 184 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 150 (29.18%) Finance
3 50 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (9.73%) Banking
4 34 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (4.28%) Legal
7 14 (2.72%) Marketing
8 13 (2.53%) Law
9 10 (1.95%) Local Government
10 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.36%) Spanish Language
11 7 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.97%) Billing
12 5 (0.97%) Electronics
12 5 (0.97%) Military
13 4 (0.78%) Games
13 4 (0.78%) German Language
Job Titles
1 97 (18.87%) Support Engineer
2 60 (11.67%) Architect
3 59 (11.48%) Analyst
4 50 (9.73%) IT Support
4 50 (9.73%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 46 (8.95%) Senior
6 43 (8.37%) IT Engineer
7 38 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (6.81%) IT Support Engineer
9 30 (5.84%) Desktop Support
10 28 (5.45%) Developer
11 27 (5.25%) 2nd Line Support
12 24 (4.67%) Desktop Engineer
13 22 (4.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 21 (4.09%) Lead
15 20 (3.89%) Consultant
15 20 (3.89%) Support Analyst
16 19 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 19 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 18 (3.50%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (1.17%) HTML
2 6 (1.17%) SailPoint
2 6 (1.17%) SPFx
3 5 (0.97%) .NET
3 5 (0.97%) CSS
3 5 (0.97%) React
3 5 (0.97%) YAML
4 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.58%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.58%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.39%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.39%) EDI
6 2 (0.39%) REST
6 2 (0.39%) SAML
6 2 (0.39%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.39%) Web Services
7 1 (0.19%) jQuery
7 1 (0.19%) Middleware
7 1 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.00%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.25%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.89%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.92%) Private Cloud
6 14 (2.72%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.95%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.56%) BYOD
10 6 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.17%) iPhone
10 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.97%) IVR
11 5 (0.97%) Life Science
11 5 (0.97%) PKI
11 5 (0.97%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.97%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.97%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 247 (48.05%) Windows
2 97 (18.87%) Windows 10
3 59 (11.48%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.84%) Apple iOS
5 26 (5.06%) Mac OS
6 24 (4.67%) Android
7 16 (3.11%) Linux
8 10 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.17%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.97%) VMS
11 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.39%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (16.15%) Migration
3 79 (15.37%) ITIL
4 59 (11.48%) Customer Service
5 57 (11.09%) Agile
6 56 (10.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 43 (8.37%) ITSM
8 42 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (7.39%) Identity Management
10 37 (7.20%) Cloud Security
11 36 (7.00%) Roadmaps
12 35 (6.81%) Project Management
12 35 (6.81%) User Experience
13 32 (6.23%) Asset Management
13 32 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
14 31 (6.03%) Project Delivery
15 29 (5.64%) Service Management
16 28 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (5.45%) Data Protection
16 28 (5.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 90 (17.51%) PowerShell
2 26 (5.06%) SQL
3 20 (3.89%) Python
4 9 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.36%) Bicep
6 6 (1.17%) C#
7 4 (0.78%) Java
7 4 (0.78%) VBA
8 2 (0.39%) BeanShell
8 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.39%) PHP
8 2 (0.39%) R
8 2 (0.39%) Ruby
8 2 (0.39%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.39%) VB
9 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (11.67%) Security Cleared
2 44 (8.56%) Degree
3 42 (8.17%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.53%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.36%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.36%) PMP
8 6 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.97%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.58%) CISA
10 3 (0.58%) CISM
11 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.39%) CISSP
11 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.39%) MCSE
12 1 (0.19%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.19%) IBM Certification
12 1 (0.19%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.92%) SLA
2 13 (2.53%) GDPR
3 10 (1.95%) NIST
4 8 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.36%) PMO
5 7 (1.36%) QA
6 5 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.78%) GRC
8 3 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.58%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 219 (42.61%) Active Directory
2 36 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.97%) vSphere
7 4 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.58%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.39%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.39%) XenApp
10 1 (0.19%) Docker
10 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 127 (24.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (8.75%) SCCM
3 14 (2.72%) Terraform
4 8 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.78%) HP ALM
5 4 (0.78%) WSUS
6 3 (0.58%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 3 (0.58%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.58%) VxRail
7 2 (0.39%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.39%) AppManager
7 2 (0.39%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.39%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.39%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.39%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.19%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.19%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.19%) Plesk
Vendors
1 348 (67.70%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.95%) VMware
3 41 (7.98%) Cisco
3 41 (7.98%) ServiceNow
4 26 (5.06%) Google
5 21 (4.09%) Apple
6 16 (3.11%) Citrix
7 15 (2.92%) HP
8 14 (2.72%) Dell
9 13 (2.53%) Zscaler
10 11 (2.14%) Palo Alto
11 10 (1.95%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.75%) Meraki
12 9 (1.75%) SAP
13 8 (1.56%) Proofpoint
14 7 (1.36%) Oracle
15 6 (1.17%) Adobe
15 6 (1.17%) CyberArk
16 5 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
16 5 (0.97%) Okta