Microsoft 365 Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 33 36
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 73 67 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 7.88% 4.42% 4.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.21% 12.01% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 46 65
10th Percentile £180 £208 £167
25th Percentile £210 £255 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +73.08%
75th Percentile £513 £450 £525
90th Percentile £631 £576 £550
North West median daily rate £350 £283 £425
% change year-on-year +23.67% -33.41% +70.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £15.60
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £29.00 £17.72 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.66% -11.40% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £18.86 -
90th Percentile - £19.54 £25.25
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £16.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +79.69% -20.00% +14.29%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 380 558 739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 41.04% 36.78% 39.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 440 554
10th Percentile £313 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £567 £570 £588
90th Percentile £654 £650 £650
North West median daily rate £473 £487 £500
% change year-on-year -3.03% -2.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 18
10th Percentile £36.70 £18.18 £20.00
25th Percentile £48.25 £22.25 £28.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £26.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +169.23% -60.00% +271.43%
75th Percentile £80.63 £71.87 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £72.50 -
North West median hourly rate £28.88 £16.06 £37.30
% change year-on-year +79.79% -56.94% +100.62%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bolton -1 10 £195 -44.29% 30
Wigan -1 3 £163 -59.38% 1
Oldham +4 1 - - 4
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 30 (41.10%) SharePoint
2 29 (39.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.74%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.74%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 38 (52.05%) Azure
2 25 (34.25%) Power Platform
3 22 (30.14%) Entra ID
3 22 (30.14%) PowerApps
4 15 (20.55%) IaaS
5 11 (15.07%) Power Automate
6 10 (13.70%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (8.22%) SaaS
8 4 (5.48%) OneDrive
9 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (4.11%) PaaS
10 2 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.55%) Firewall
2 11 (15.07%) Intrusion Detection
2 11 (15.07%) Network Security
3 5 (6.85%) DHCP
4 4 (5.48%) DNS
5 3 (4.11%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.74%) VoIP
7 1 (1.37%) Intranet
7 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.37%) VPN
7 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.81%) SQL Server
2 11 (15.07%) Power BI
3 2 (2.74%) Dremio
3 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Hudson
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (2.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.03%) Public Sector
3 11 (15.07%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.85%) Marketing
5 4 (5.48%) Military
6 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.37%) Automotive
8 1 (1.37%) Finance
8 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (15.07%) Analyst
1 11 (15.07%) Developer
2 10 (13.70%) Microsoft 365 Developer
2 10 (13.70%) Support Engineer
3 9 (12.33%) Software Developer
4 8 (10.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 5 (6.85%) Desktop Support
6 5 (6.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (5.48%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Service Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.11%) 1st Line Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Applications Support Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) CRM Specialist
8 3 (4.11%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
8 3 (4.11%) Power Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.70%) CSS
1 10 (13.70%) HTML
2 6 (8.22%) React
2 6 (8.22%) SPFx
3 1 (1.37%) LDAP
3 1 (1.37%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) NHS
2 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.37%) Blog
4 1 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (1.37%) IoT
4 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.37%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (53.42%) Windows
2 16 (21.92%) Windows Server
3 10 (13.70%) Windows 10
4 3 (4.11%) VMS
4 3 (4.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (15.07%) Business Continuity
2 11 (15.07%) Change Management
2 11 (15.07%) Project Delivery
2 11 (15.07%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 10 (13.70%) Customer Service
3 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (13.70%) Web Development
4 9 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (10.96%) Agile
5 8 (10.96%) BCP
5 8 (10.96%) Business Continuity Planning
5 8 (10.96%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (10.96%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (10.96%) Information Security
5 8 (10.96%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (10.96%) Task Automation
6 7 (9.59%) Customer Insight
6 7 (9.59%) Data Loss Prevention
6 7 (9.59%) Web Operations
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.14%) PowerShell
2 10 (13.70%) JavaScript
3 6 (8.22%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.74%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (15.07%) Azure Certification
3 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.74%) CREST Certified
4 2 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.74%) OSCE
5 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.37%) Degree
5 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.74%) SLA
3 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
System Software
1 36 (49.32%) Active Directory
2 11 (15.07%) vSphere
3 10 (13.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (31.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.85%) SCCM
3 4 (5.48%) WSUS
4 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 59 (80.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.18%) VMware
3 4 (5.48%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.74%) Databricks
5 1 (1.37%) Adobe
5 1 (1.37%) Dell
5 1 (1.37%) HP
5 1 (1.37%) Zscaler