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

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 52 48
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 481 730 1,146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.94% 4.16% 4.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.11% 10.65% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 556 858
10th Percentile £200 £175 £166
25th Percentile £250 £232 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £422 £435
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -2.99% -1.14%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £600
90th Percentile £668 £700 £743
England median daily rate £325 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 21 23
10th Percentile £22.50 £15.50 £15.43
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.00 £19.97
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% -6.25% -31.43%
75th Percentile £27.31 £24.15 £34.06
90th Percentile £31.38 £25.28 £62.90
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.47 £19.00
% change year-on-year +14.61% -13.34% +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 5,280 6,855 9,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.22% 39.05% 39.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,565 5,042 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 £663 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £775 £788
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 66 77
10th Percentile £22.34 £17.01 £19.57
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.00 £23.50
Median hourly rate £30.21 £26.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% -50.48% +28.05%
75th Percentile £47.81 £38.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £71.88 £60.00 £88.98
England median hourly rate £24.83 £21.46 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.70% -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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -6 102 £400 -11.11% 86
South London +10 20 £335 +67.63% 8
West London +9 16 £250 -10.71% 19
East London +1 5 £585 +17.00% 18
North London -1 2 £481 +48.08% 5
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
1 136 (28.27%) SharePoint
2 88 (18.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.83%) Confluence
3 4 (0.83%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (0.62%) CMS
4 3 (0.62%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) Drupal
5 2 (0.42%) nginx
5 2 (0.42%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.21%) JBoss
6 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 60 (12.47%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.83%) 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 (0.62%) 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
1 242 (50.31%) Azure
2 128 (26.61%) Entra ID
3 74 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 66 (13.72%) OneDrive
5 38 (7.90%) PowerApps
6 37 (7.69%) AWS
7 35 (7.28%) Power Automate
7 35 (7.28%) SaaS
8 32 (6.65%) IaaS
9 24 (4.99%) Microsoft Copilot
10 21 (4.37%) PaaS
11 20 (4.16%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (3.74%) Google Workspace
13 16 (3.33%) Mimecast
14 14 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (2.70%) Asana
15 13 (2.70%) Slack
16 11 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (2.29%) Serverless
17 10 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.98%) Firewall
2 45 (9.36%) DNS
3 42 (8.73%) VPN
4 36 (7.48%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (5.61%) TCP/IP
6 24 (4.99%) DHCP
7 23 (4.78%) WAN
8 19 (3.95%) LAN
9 11 (2.29%) MPLS
10 9 (1.87%) Wireless
11 8 (1.66%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.25%) Network Security
12 6 (1.25%) SAN
12 6 (1.25%) VoIP
13 5 (1.04%) VLAN
14 4 (0.83%) DMARC
14 4 (0.83%) Internet
14 4 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (0.83%) WebEx
15 3 (0.62%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.44%) Power BI
2 21 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.66%) 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 (0.62%) MS Access
6 3 (0.62%) 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 (4.57%) JIRA
2 4 (0.83%) Git
2 4 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.42%) MSI
4 1 (0.21%) GitLab
4 1 (0.21%) Mercurial
General
1 181 (37.63%) Social Skills
2 139 (28.90%) Finance
3 46 (9.56%) Banking
4 38 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.65%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (4.99%) Legal
8 14 (2.91%) Law
9 13 (2.70%) Local Government
10 10 (2.08%) Marketing
11 9 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.46%) Spanish Language
13 5 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.83%) Electronics
14 4 (0.83%) Games
15 3 (0.62%) Advertising
15 3 (0.62%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 94 (19.54%) Support Engineer
2 55 (11.43%) IT Support
3 54 (11.23%) Analyst
4 53 (11.02%) Architect
5 47 (9.77%) IT Engineer
6 38 (7.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 36 (7.48%) IT Support Engineer
8 35 (7.28%) Senior
9 31 (6.44%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 30 (6.24%) Desktop Support
11 27 (5.61%) 2nd Line Support
12 23 (4.78%) Developer
13 22 (4.57%) Desktop Engineer
13 22 (4.57%) Support Analyst
13 22 (4.57%) Windows Engineer
14 21 (4.37%) Consultant
14 21 (4.37%) Lead
15 20 (4.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 20 (4.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 17 (3.53%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.87%) REST
2 7 (1.46%) .NET
2 7 (1.46%) HTML
2 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.25%) CSS
4 4 (0.83%) ARM Templates
4 4 (0.83%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.83%) React
4 4 (0.83%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.83%) SPFx
5 3 (0.62%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (0.62%) 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 27 (5.61%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.16%) Video Conferencing
3 17 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.12%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.29%) Low-Code
6 9 (1.87%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.25%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.04%) BYOD
10 5 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.04%) iPhone
10 5 (1.04%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.04%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.83%) CMDB
11 4 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.83%) iPad
11 4 (0.83%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 249 (51.77%) Windows
2 102 (21.21%) Windows 10
3 46 (9.56%) Windows Server
4 34 (7.07%) Mac OS
5 30 (6.24%) Apple iOS
6 27 (5.61%) Android
7 15 (3.12%) Linux
8 12 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.66%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.25%) VMS
11 4 (0.83%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.62%) 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 92 (19.13%) ITIL
2 81 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (13.72%) Migration
4 62 (12.89%) Customer Service
5 58 (12.06%) Agile
6 50 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 47 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 42 (8.73%) ITSM
9 39 (8.11%) Roadmaps
10 36 (7.48%) User Experience
11 35 (7.28%) Asset Management
12 34 (7.07%) DevOps
13 32 (6.65%) Cloud Security
13 32 (6.65%) Project Delivery
13 32 (6.65%) Service Management
14 31 (6.44%) Cybersecurity
14 31 (6.44%) Identity Management
14 31 (6.44%) Project Management
15 30 (6.24%) Data Loss Prevention
16 27 (5.61%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 72 (14.97%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.20%) SQL
3 22 (4.57%) Python
4 11 (2.29%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.87%) C#
6 5 (1.04%) Bash
6 5 (1.04%) Bicep
7 4 (0.83%) Java
8 3 (0.62%) 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 (10.40%) Security Cleared
2 44 (9.15%) SC Cleared
3 34 (7.07%) Degree
4 29 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.12%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.29%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.29%) PMP
7 7 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.04%) CISSP
10 4 (0.83%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.83%) MCSA
11 3 (0.62%) CISA
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.62%) CISM
11 3 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.62%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.62%) MCSE
12 2 (0.42%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.95%) SLA
2 14 (2.91%) GDPR
2 14 (2.91%) NIST
3 10 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.87%) PMO
5 7 (1.46%) QA
6 4 (0.83%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.42%) GRC
8 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) NCSC
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 214 (44.49%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.66%) vSphere
7 4 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.62%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.62%) XenApp
9 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.21%) Docker
10 1 (0.21%) Firmware
10 1 (0.21%) Xen
10 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 116 (24.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (8.52%) SCCM
3 18 (3.74%) 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
6 2 (0.42%) WSUS
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
Vendors
1 326 (67.78%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.19%) ServiceNow
3 37 (7.69%) Cisco
4 31 (6.44%) VMware
5 23 (4.78%) Apple
5 23 (4.78%) Citrix
6 19 (3.95%) Google
7 18 (3.74%) HP
8 14 (2.91%) Dell
9 13 (2.70%) Zscaler
10 11 (2.29%) Meraki
11 9 (1.87%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.66%) Proofpoint
12 8 (1.66%) SAP
13 7 (1.46%) Okta
13 7 (1.46%) Remedy
14 6 (1.25%) Adobe
14 6 (1.25%) Bloomberg
14 6 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (1.25%) CyberArk