Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 53 41
Rank change year-on-year -4 -12 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 616 573 911
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.30% 3.90% 4.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.74% 9.49% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 366 692
10th Percentile £188 £189 £160
25th Percentile £300 £247 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -10.18%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £538
90th Percentile £647 £626 £688
England median daily rate £375 £400 £310
% change year-on-year -6.25% +29.03% -15.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 5 16
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.14 £18.47
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £20.47
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +9.94% -9.11%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £25.00
90th Percentile £25.47 £26.72 £33.75
England median hourly rate £19.00 £21.46 £18.50
% change year-on-year -11.46% +16.00% +7.82%

All Cloud Computing 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 6,327 6,035 6,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.16% 41.04% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,320 4,083 5,158
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £452 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 43 65
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.45 £17.40
25th Percentile £23.75 £23.80 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £31.35 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -16.10% -12.03% +29.56%
75th Percentile £49.06 £54.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £65.00 £71.50
England median hourly rate £27.21 £28.75 £24.31
% change year-on-year -5.36% +18.29% +6.53%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 29 December 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 29 December 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 -7 103 £481 +3.77% 130
South London +9 22 £350 +79.49% 24
West London -12 15 £450 +85.57% 12
East London +5 8 £200 -52.66% 9
North London - 2 £340 - 4
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1 164 (26.62%) SharePoint
2 121 (19.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.11%) Confluence
4 10 (1.62%) HCL Notes
4 10 (1.62%) nginx
5 6 (0.97%) Mendix
6 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 67 (10.88%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.62%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.49%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.81%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) Actimize
5 1 (0.16%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.16%) Eikon
5 1 (0.16%) Eze OMS
5 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 301 (48.86%) Azure
2 161 (26.14%) Entra ID
3 106 (17.21%) Power Platform
4 77 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 70 (11.36%) PowerApps
6 61 (9.90%) OneDrive
7 53 (8.60%) AWS
8 50 (8.12%) Microsoft Copilot
9 43 (6.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 26 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
12 21 (3.41%) Copilot Studio
12 21 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (3.25%) PaaS
14 19 (3.08%) GitHub
15 17 (2.76%) SaaS
16 16 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (2.27%) IaaS
18 13 (2.11%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 73 (11.85%) Firewall
2 67 (10.88%) DNS
3 43 (6.98%) VPN
4 40 (6.49%) DHCP
5 37 (6.01%) Wireless
6 24 (3.90%) TCP/IP
7 19 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (2.76%) WAN
9 16 (2.60%) LAN
9 16 (2.60%) Network Security
10 13 (2.11%) SMTP
11 12 (1.95%) HTTP
12 10 (1.62%) FTP
12 10 (1.62%) IMAP
12 10 (1.62%) OpenLDAP
12 10 (1.62%) SSH
13 9 (1.46%) DKIM
13 9 (1.46%) DMARC
13 9 (1.46%) VLAN
14 8 (1.30%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.28%) Power BI
2 11 (1.79%) Metadata
2 11 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.79%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.62%) Amazon Aurora
3 10 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.30%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.97%) Power Query
6 2 (0.32%) DB2
6 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.16%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.16%) DTS
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.16%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.16%) QlikView
7 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (5.19%) JIRA
2 12 (1.95%) Git
2 12 (1.95%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.62%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.16%) GCC
4 1 (0.16%) GitLab
4 1 (0.16%) MLflow
4 1 (0.16%) MSI
4 1 (0.16%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.16%) TestRail
4 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 223 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 119 (19.32%) Finance
3 68 (11.04%) Public Sector
4 60 (9.74%) Banking
5 53 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (3.41%) Legal
7 19 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (2.44%) Marketing
8 15 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.79%) Electronics
10 11 (1.79%) Front Office
11 10 (1.62%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.46%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.14%) Italian Language
13 7 (1.14%) Law
13 7 (1.14%) Local Government
14 6 (0.97%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (12.01%) Support Engineer
2 62 (10.06%) Analyst
3 61 (9.90%) IT Support
4 55 (8.93%) Developer
5 52 (8.44%) IT Engineer
6 46 (7.47%) Senior
7 40 (6.49%) Architect
8 37 (6.01%) IT Support Engineer
9 36 (5.84%) Security Engineer
10 33 (5.36%) Desktop Support
11 32 (5.19%) Consultant
12 28 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
13 27 (4.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 27 (4.38%) Support Analyst
14 25 (4.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (3.41%) Lead
16 20 (3.25%) IT Analyst
16 20 (3.25%) Microsoft Engineer
17 19 (3.08%) Administrator
17 19 (3.08%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.49%) Microsoft Graph
2 27 (4.38%) .NET
3 16 (2.60%) OAuth
4 14 (2.27%) REST
5 11 (1.79%) LDAP
6 10 (1.62%) OpenID
6 10 (1.62%) React
6 10 (1.62%) SAML
7 9 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
8 7 (1.14%) JSON
8 7 (1.14%) Web Services
9 6 (0.97%) HTML
10 5 (0.81%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.81%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.81%) CSS
10 5 (0.81%) SOAP
11 4 (0.65%) LangChain
12 3 (0.49%) Semantic Kernel
12 3 (0.49%) SPFx
13 2 (0.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.31%) Onboarding
2 43 (6.98%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.25%) Security Posture
4 19 (3.08%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.08%) Low-Code
4 19 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.60%) Replication
6 15 (2.44%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.27%) PKI
8 11 (1.79%) BYOD
8 11 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.62%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.46%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (1.14%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.97%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 233 (37.82%) Windows
2 94 (15.26%) Windows 10
3 50 (8.12%) Windows Server
4 48 (7.79%) Mac OS
5 46 (7.47%) Android
6 26 (4.22%) Linux
7 16 (2.60%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.11%) Ubuntu
8 13 (2.11%) VMS
9 10 (1.62%) Amazon Linux
10 6 (0.97%) Unix
11 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.65%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.49%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (12.66%) Migration
3 73 (11.85%) ITIL
4 70 (11.36%) Agile
5 63 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
6 61 (9.90%) Customer Service
7 57 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
8 56 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 55 (8.93%) Change Management
9 55 (8.93%) Data Loss Prevention
10 53 (8.60%) ITSM
11 49 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (7.79%) DevOps
13 42 (6.82%) AI
13 42 (6.82%) Roadmaps
14 41 (6.66%) Cloud Security
15 40 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 40 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
16 38 (6.17%) Analytics
16 38 (6.17%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 134 (21.75%) PowerShell
2 44 (7.14%) Python
3 40 (6.49%) SQL
4 30 (4.87%) C#
5 22 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (1.62%) Groovy
8 9 (1.46%) Formula Language
8 9 (1.46%) LotusScript
8 9 (1.46%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.65%) Bash
9 4 (0.65%) Bicep
10 3 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) C
11 1 (0.16%) R
11 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 127 (20.62%) Security Cleared
2 105 (17.05%) SC Cleared
3 90 (14.61%) Degree
4 54 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 36 (5.84%) Azure Certification
6 31 (5.03%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.27%) CISSP
8 12 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.79%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.62%) MCSE
11 8 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (1.14%) CCNP
12 7 (1.14%) CISM
13 6 (0.97%) A+ Certification
13 6 (0.97%) MCSA
14 5 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.81%) Citrix Certification
14 5 (0.81%) MCP
15 4 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (4.22%) GDPR
3 23 (3.73%) SLA
4 14 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.95%) NIST
6 10 (1.62%) PMO
7 5 (0.81%) NCSC
7 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.65%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.49%) QA
9 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.32%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.32%) MiFID
11 1 (0.16%) COBIT
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 250 (40.58%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 19 (3.08%) Docker
4 16 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.62%) DFS Replication
5 10 (1.62%) Dovecot
5 10 (1.62%) Postfix
5 10 (1.62%) Squid
5 10 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.97%) vSphere
7 4 (0.65%) XenApp
8 3 (0.49%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 127 (20.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (10.71%) SCCM
3 25 (4.06%) Terraform
4 12 (1.95%) SCOM
5 10 (1.62%) Grafana
5 10 (1.62%) Nessus
5 10 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.62%) Proxmox
6 8 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.30%) WSUS
7 7 (1.14%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.81%) QRadar
9 4 (0.65%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.49%) Ansible
11 2 (0.32%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.32%) SCVMM
12 1 (0.16%) Autotask
12 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 449 (72.89%) Microsoft
2 84 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 50 (8.12%) Apple
4 41 (6.66%) Cisco
5 40 (6.49%) Dell
6 39 (6.33%) HP
7 24 (3.90%) Citrix
7 24 (3.90%) VMware
8 21 (3.41%) SAP
9 18 (2.92%) OpenAI
9 18 (2.92%) Remedy
10 16 (2.60%) Oracle
11 14 (2.27%) Google
11 14 (2.27%) Salesforce
12 11 (1.79%) Bloomberg
12 11 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (1.62%) Jaspersoft
13 10 (1.62%) Lotus
13 10 (1.62%) Zscaler
14 9 (1.46%) Sophos