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 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 52 48
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 479 732 1,146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.91% 4.14% 4.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.09% 10.59% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 557 858
10th Percentile £200 £175 £166
25th Percentile £250 £239 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £435
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.30% -1.14%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £600
90th Percentile £674 £700 £743
England median daily rate £325 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 23
10th Percentile £22.50 £15.50 £15.43
25th Percentile £23.88 £20.00 £19.97
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% -6.25% -28.89%
75th Percentile £26.63 £24.15 £34.06
90th Percentile £31.00 £25.28 £62.90
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.63 £19.00
% change year-on-year +13.47% -12.47% +8.57%

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 5,267 6,910 9,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.99% 39.09% 39.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,564 5,088 7,258
10th Percentile £351 £350 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £780 £788
England median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 65 77
10th Percentile £22.60 £16.85 £19.57
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.00 £23.50
Median hourly rate £31.35 £26.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.56% -50.48% +26.51%
75th Percentile £48.13 £38.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £56.50 £88.98
England median hourly rate £25.01 £21.46 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.54% -38.69% +62.79%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -1 99 £400 -11.11% 88
South London +9 21 £335 +67.63% 7
West London +13 16 £250 -10.71% 19
East London 0 5 £585 +17.00% 13
North London -1 2 £481 +48.08% 6
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
1 137 (28.60%) SharePoint
2 85 (17.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.04%) CMS
4 4 (0.84%) Confluence
4 4 (0.84%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (0.63%) IIS
6 2 (0.42%) Drupal
6 2 (0.42%) nginx
6 2 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.21%) JBoss
7 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 59 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.84%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.42%) Alphatax
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.21%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 238 (49.69%) Azure
2 127 (26.51%) Entra ID
3 70 (14.61%) Power Platform
4 64 (13.36%) OneDrive
5 38 (7.93%) PowerApps
6 36 (7.52%) AWS
6 36 (7.52%) SaaS
7 33 (6.89%) IaaS
7 33 (6.89%) Power Automate
8 24 (5.01%) Microsoft Copilot
9 22 (4.59%) PaaS
10 18 (3.76%) Google Workspace
10 18 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 16 (3.34%) Mimecast
12 14 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.71%) Asana
13 13 (2.71%) Slack
14 11 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (2.30%) Serverless
15 10 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 48 (10.02%) Firewall
2 45 (9.39%) DNS
3 42 (8.77%) VPN
4 36 (7.52%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (5.85%) TCP/IP
6 24 (5.01%) DHCP
6 24 (5.01%) WAN
7 20 (4.18%) LAN
8 11 (2.30%) MPLS
9 9 (1.88%) Wireless
10 8 (1.67%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.25%) SAN
11 6 (1.25%) VLAN
11 6 (1.25%) VoIP
12 4 (0.84%) DMARC
12 4 (0.84%) Internet
12 4 (0.84%) IP Telephony
12 4 (0.84%) Network Security
12 4 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.84%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.05%) Power BI
2 21 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.67%) Tableau
4 7 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.63%) MS Access
6 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.42%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.42%) Metadata
7 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.42%) Power Query
8 1 (0.21%) EDMS
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (4.59%) JIRA
2 4 (0.84%) Git
2 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.42%) MSI
4 1 (0.21%) GitLab
4 1 (0.21%) Mercurial
General
1 179 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 138 (28.81%) Finance
3 46 (9.60%) Banking
4 37 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (6.26%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (5.01%) Legal
9 14 (2.92%) Law
10 12 (2.51%) Local Government
11 10 (2.09%) Marketing
12 9 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.46%) Spanish Language
14 5 (1.04%) Games
14 5 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.04%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.84%) Electronics
16 3 (0.63%) Advertising
16 3 (0.63%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 91 (19.00%) Support Engineer
2 55 (11.48%) Analyst
3 54 (11.27%) Architect
3 54 (11.27%) IT Support
4 47 (9.81%) IT Engineer
5 38 (7.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 36 (7.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 33 (6.89%) Senior
8 30 (6.26%) Desktop Support
9 27 (5.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 26 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support
11 23 (4.80%) Developer
11 23 (4.80%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.59%) Desktop Engineer
12 22 (4.59%) Windows Engineer
13 21 (4.38%) Lead
14 20 (4.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 20 (4.18%) Consultant
14 20 (4.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 17 (3.55%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.88%) REST
2 7 (1.46%) .NET
2 7 (1.46%) HTML
2 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.25%) CSS
4 4 (0.84%) ARM Templates
4 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.84%) React
4 4 (0.84%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.84%) SPFx
5 3 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (0.63%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.42%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.42%) ADO
6 2 (0.42%) CSS3
6 2 (0.42%) EDI
6 2 (0.42%) HTML5
6 2 (0.42%) PySpark
6 2 (0.42%) SAML
7 1 (0.21%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.43%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.18%) Video Conferencing
3 17 (3.55%) Data Centre
3 17 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.30%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.88%) Private Cloud
6 8 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.46%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.25%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.25%) iPhone
9 5 (1.04%) BYOD
9 5 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.04%) iPad
9 5 (1.04%) Smartphone
10 4 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.84%) Reinsurance
10 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 249 (51.98%) Windows
2 102 (21.29%) Windows 10
3 46 (9.60%) Windows Server
4 35 (7.31%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.05%) Apple iOS
6 28 (5.85%) Android
7 15 (3.13%) Linux
8 12 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.88%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.25%) VMS
11 4 (0.84%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.42%) Debian
13 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.42%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (19.00%) ITIL
2 79 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (14.20%) Migration
4 63 (13.15%) Customer Service
5 58 (12.11%) Agile
6 50 (10.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 49 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (8.56%) ITSM
9 40 (8.35%) Roadmaps
10 37 (7.72%) User Experience
11 35 (7.31%) DevOps
12 34 (7.10%) Asset Management
13 32 (6.68%) Cybersecurity
13 32 (6.68%) Project Delivery
13 32 (6.68%) Project Management
14 31 (6.47%) Service Management
15 30 (6.26%) Data Loss Prevention
16 29 (6.05%) Identity Management
17 28 (5.85%) Cloud Security
18 25 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 70 (14.61%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.22%) SQL
3 22 (4.59%) Python
4 11 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.88%) C#
6 5 (1.04%) Bash
6 5 (1.04%) Bicep
7 4 (0.84%) Java
8 3 (0.63%) VBA
9 2 (0.42%) BeanShell
9 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.42%) Perl
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
9 2 (0.42%) R
9 2 (0.42%) Ruby
9 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.42%) VB
10 1 (0.21%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 50 (10.44%) Security Cleared
2 46 (9.60%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.26%) Degree
4 28 (5.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.30%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.30%) PMP
7 8 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.04%) CISSP
10 4 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.84%) MCSA
11 3 (0.63%) CISA
11 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.63%) CISM
11 3 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.63%) MCSE
12 2 (0.42%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.42%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.97%) SLA
2 15 (3.13%) GDPR
3 14 (2.92%) NIST
4 11 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.09%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.88%) PMO
7 7 (1.46%) QA
8 4 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.42%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.21%) NCSC
10 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 213 (44.47%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (2.09%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.67%) vSphere
6 4 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.63%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.63%) XenApp
8 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.21%) Docker
9 1 (0.21%) Firmware
9 1 (0.21%) Xen
9 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 112 (23.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (8.56%) SCCM
3 18 (3.76%) Terraform
4 7 (1.46%) HP ALM
5 6 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.42%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.42%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.42%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.42%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.42%) QRadar
6 2 (0.42%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.21%) CASB
7 1 (0.21%) Grafana
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.21%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.21%) Plesk
7 1 (0.21%) vRealize
7 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 325 (67.85%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.23%) ServiceNow
3 37 (7.72%) Cisco
4 31 (6.47%) VMware
5 23 (4.80%) Apple
5 23 (4.80%) Citrix
6 19 (3.97%) Google
7 18 (3.76%) HP
8 13 (2.71%) Dell
8 13 (2.71%) Zscaler
9 11 (2.30%) Meraki
10 9 (1.88%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.67%) Proofpoint
12 7 (1.46%) Okta
12 7 (1.46%) Remedy
12 7 (1.46%) SAP
13 6 (1.25%) Adobe
13 6 (1.25%) Bloomberg
13 6 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (1.25%) CyberArk