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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 52 63
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 772 1,166 1,522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.38% 4.45% 3.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.37% 11.40% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 866 1,155
10th Percentile £163 £165 £165
25th Percentile £219 £230 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £550
90th Percentile £688 £732 £650
England median daily rate £350 £388 £350
% change year-on-year -9.68% +10.71% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 32
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.78 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.93 £19.97 £19.77
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.88% +34.21%
75th Percentile £23.80 £32.56 £42.06
90th Percentile £25.00 £46.60 £51.00
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.89% +5.71% +9.38%

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 6,788 10,226 15,908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.47% 38.99% 41.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,992 7,490 11,971
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £445 £475 £478
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 £788 £769
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 83 85
10th Percentile £17.32 £20.00 £19.75
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.43% +29.63% +8.00%
75th Percentile £38.28 £75.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £59.88 £88.30 £79.20
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -35.19% +50.70% +1.84%

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 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +4 154 £450 +28.57% 44
East London -2 18 £500 +150.00% 12
West London +4 17 £260 -13.33% 25
South London +1 13 £200 -9.09% 11
North London -3 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
1 200 (25.91%) SharePoint
2 164 (21.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.98%) Skype for Business
4 15 (1.94%) Confluence
5 14 (1.81%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (1.17%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (1.17%) IIS
8 6 (0.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (0.78%) SharePoint 2013
9 4 (0.52%) IBM Notes
10 3 (0.39%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.26%) Apache
11 2 (0.26%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 139 (18.01%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.39%) Camtasia
6 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.39%) SPSS
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.39%) 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%) Magento
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
1 334 (43.26%) Azure
2 136 (17.62%) Entra ID
3 104 (13.47%) Power Platform
4 71 (9.20%) OneDrive
5 62 (8.03%) PowerApps
6 48 (6.22%) Power Automate
7 40 (5.18%) AWS
8 28 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.63%) IaaS
9 25 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (3.11%) Mimecast
11 23 (2.98%) WhatsApp
12 19 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (2.20%) GitHub
13 17 (2.20%) PaaS
14 15 (1.94%) Google Workspace
14 15 (1.94%) SaaS
14 15 (1.94%) Slack
15 13 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (8.94%) DNS
2 64 (8.29%) Firewall
3 41 (5.31%) DHCP
4 38 (4.92%) VPN
5 26 (3.37%) Skype
6 25 (3.24%) Wireless
7 23 (2.98%) LAN
8 21 (2.72%) WAN
9 19 (2.46%) VoIP
10 17 (2.20%) TCP/IP
11 16 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (1.94%) Cisco IOS
12 15 (1.94%) MPLS
13 11 (1.42%) Internet
14 10 (1.30%) Intranet
14 10 (1.30%) Network Security
15 9 (1.17%) SAN
16 6 (0.78%) SNMP
16 6 (0.78%) Unified Communications
17 5 (0.65%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (7.12%) Power BI
2 46 (5.96%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.30%) NoSQL
3 10 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.52%) Power Query
8 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects XI
8 3 (0.39%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.26%) Tableau
10 1 (0.13%) Big Data
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
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 (3.89%) JIRA
2 13 (1.68%) GitLab
3 6 (0.78%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.65%) Git
4 5 (0.65%) Hudson
4 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 236 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 179 (23.19%) Finance
3 84 (10.88%) Public Sector
4 82 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.35%) Banking
5 49 (6.35%) Legal
6 30 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (2.85%) Financial Institution
7 22 (2.85%) Marketing
8 19 (2.46%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.20%) Law
10 15 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (1.94%) French Language
10 15 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 15 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.81%) Electronics
12 13 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.55%) Local Government
14 11 (1.42%) Advertising
15 9 (1.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 102 (13.21%) Analyst
2 95 (12.31%) Architect
2 95 (12.31%) Support Engineer
3 59 (7.64%) IT Support
4 51 (6.61%) Desktop Support
4 51 (6.61%) Developer
5 49 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 49 (6.35%) Senior
6 45 (5.83%) IT Engineer
7 40 (5.18%) Consultant
8 36 (4.66%) 2nd Line Support
9 35 (4.53%) Service Analyst
10 34 (4.40%) Project Manager
11 33 (4.27%) Service Desk Analyst
12 31 (4.02%) Desktop Engineer
13 29 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
14 28 (3.63%) Support Analyst
15 25 (3.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 24 (3.11%) IT Analyst
16 24 (3.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.68%) JSON
1 13 (1.68%) XML
2 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
2 12 (1.55%) REST
3 11 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (1.30%) .NET
5 7 (0.91%) CSS
6 5 (0.65%) HTML
6 5 (0.65%) LDAP
6 5 (0.65%) OAuth
6 5 (0.65%) SPFx
7 4 (0.52%) React
7 4 (0.52%) RESTful
7 4 (0.52%) SAML
7 4 (0.52%) SOAP
8 3 (0.39%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.39%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.39%) jQuery
8 3 (0.39%) OpenID
8 3 (0.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.40%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.76%) Data Centre
3 27 (3.50%) Video Conferencing
4 21 (2.72%) PKI
5 20 (2.59%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.07%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.81%) iPhone
9 13 (1.68%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.55%) iPad
11 11 (1.42%) Smartphone
12 9 (1.17%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.04%) Blackberry
13 8 (1.04%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.04%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.91%) Cyberattack
14 7 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (0.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 363 (47.02%) Windows
2 165 (21.37%) Windows 10
3 103 (13.34%) Windows Server
4 43 (5.57%) Android
5 34 (4.40%) Windows 7
6 30 (3.89%) Mac OS
7 28 (3.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 22 (2.85%) Apple iOS
9 16 (2.07%) Mac OS X
10 15 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (1.55%) Linux
13 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (0.91%) VMS
14 7 (0.91%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.65%) Unix
16 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (16.71%) Migration
2 124 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (14.64%) ITIL
4 107 (13.86%) Customer Service
5 89 (11.53%) Agile
6 70 (9.07%) Business Intelligence
7 66 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 58 (7.51%) Change Management
9 55 (7.12%) Project Management
10 54 (6.99%) DevOps
11 49 (6.35%) Data Loss Prevention
12 45 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
13 41 (5.31%) Project Delivery
14 38 (4.92%) Roadmaps
14 38 (4.92%) Service Delivery
15 35 (4.53%) Asset Management
16 34 (4.40%) Information Security
16 34 (4.40%) ITSM
17 33 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
18 32 (4.15%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (16.45%) PowerShell
2 30 (3.89%) SQL
3 22 (2.85%) C#
4 16 (2.07%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.68%) Python
6 8 (1.04%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.52%) Java
8 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.26%) Bash
9 2 (0.26%) VBA
9 2 (0.26%) VBScript
10 1 (0.13%) Bicep
10 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.13%) PHP
10 1 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.13%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (12.82%) Degree
2 88 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 75 (9.72%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (2.72%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
7 19 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.20%) CISSP
9 15 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.17%) CISM
11 8 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (0.91%) CCNA
12 7 (0.91%) CCSK
13 6 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.65%) MCSA
14 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
15 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.52%) MCSE
16 3 (0.39%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.61%) SLA
2 19 (2.46%) NIST
3 17 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.94%) QA
5 9 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.04%) GDPR
7 7 (0.91%) GRC
8 6 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.65%) NCSC
10 4 (0.52%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.13%) IASME
13 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 348 (45.08%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.59%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.42%) vSphere
6 4 (0.52%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.26%) XenApp
9 1 (0.13%) Docker
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.13%) vCloud
9 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 118 (15.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 101 (13.08%) SCCM
3 28 (3.63%) Jamf Pro
4 19 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.42%) SCOM
6 11 (1.42%) Terraform
7 9 (1.17%) Ansible
8 8 (1.04%) PingFederate
9 6 (0.78%) WSUS
10 5 (0.65%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.52%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.52%) Packer
12 3 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.39%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (0.39%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.39%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.26%) logstash
13 2 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 542 (70.21%) Microsoft
2 68 (8.81%) Citrix
2 68 (8.81%) VMware
3 58 (7.51%) ServiceNow
4 49 (6.35%) Apple
5 28 (3.63%) Cisco
6 21 (2.72%) Google
7 18 (2.33%) SAP
8 17 (2.20%) Adobe
9 16 (2.07%) NetApp
10 15 (1.94%) Oracle
11 14 (1.81%) Bloomberg
11 14 (1.81%) Dell
12 12 (1.55%) CA
13 11 (1.42%) Veeam
14 10 (1.30%) iManage
15 9 (1.17%) HP
15 9 (1.17%) Proofpoint
16 8 (1.04%) Cadence
16 8 (1.04%) Reuters