Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Manchester

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -30 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 45 72 93
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 3.71% 6.74% 6.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.95% 18.37% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 52 68
10th Percentile £170 £186 £197
25th Percentile £191 £245 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £455 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% +21.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £456 £577 £441
90th Percentile £588 £712 £515
North West median daily rate £200 £350 £325
% change year-on-year -42.86% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £15.72
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £29.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.93% +75.76% -15.38%
75th Percentile - - £17.72
90th Percentile - - £19.75
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.58% +26.23% -9.09%

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 503 392 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 41.47% 36.70% 41.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 263 511
10th Percentile £313 £324 £270
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £681 £650
North West median daily rate £447 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 16
10th Percentile £19.13 £34.80 £15.74
25th Percentile £21.46 £43.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.33 £58.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -37.37% +227.31% -72.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.88 £36.25
90th Percentile £73.38 £67.40 £78.13
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £23.61
% change year-on-year +37.93% +22.83% -32.54%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Manchester

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

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 25 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
Bolton -9 3 - - 9
Stockport - 1 £155 - 11
Microsoft 365
North West

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 12 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.22%) CMS
3 1 (2.22%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (62.22%) Azure
2 17 (37.78%) Entra ID
3 6 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (11.11%) AWS
4 5 (11.11%) GCP
5 4 (8.89%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (8.89%) OneDrive
5 4 (8.89%) SaaS
6 3 (6.67%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (6.67%) Power Automate
6 3 (6.67%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.44%) Google Workspace
8 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) Wireless
2 4 (8.89%) VPN
3 3 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.44%) Firewall
5 1 (2.22%) DHCP
5 1 (2.22%) DNS
5 1 (2.22%) LAN
5 1 (2.22%) SSL
5 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.22%) VLAN
5 1 (2.22%) VoIP
5 1 (2.22%) WAN
5 1 (2.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) MSI
General
1 14 (31.11%) Public Sector
2 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
4 5 (11.11%) Electronics
4 5 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.11%) Marketing
4 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.44%) Military
6 2 (4.44%) Retail
7 1 (2.22%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Polish Language
7 1 (2.22%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 8 (17.78%) IT Support
2 8 (17.78%) Support Engineer
3 6 (13.33%) Architect
3 6 (13.33%) Desktop Support
4 5 (11.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 5 (11.11%) Senior
5 4 (8.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Administrator
6 3 (6.67%) Developer
6 3 (6.67%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Lead
7 2 (4.44%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
7 2 (4.44%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.22%) Middleware
1 1 (2.22%) OAuth
1 1 (2.22%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.22%) OpenID
1 1 (2.22%) SAML
1 1 (2.22%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.67%) Clustering
2 3 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.44%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.22%) IBM XIV
4 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (37.78%) Windows
2 10 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 8 (17.78%) Android
3 8 (17.78%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.67%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.44%) Linux
5 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (13.33%) Analytics
3 6 (13.33%) Data Protection
4 5 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (11.11%) Incident Response
4 5 (11.11%) Migration
4 5 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.11%) User Experience
4 5 (11.11%) Zero Trust
5 4 (8.89%) Application Packaging
5 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (8.89%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (8.89%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (8.89%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (8.89%) Task Automation
5 4 (8.89%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.67%) Bash
3 2 (4.44%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (4.44%) Python
4 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) Degree
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.44%) GCIA
5 2 (4.44%) GCIH
6 1 (2.22%) CISM
6 1 (2.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) GDPR
2 5 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (13.33%) SCCM
3 3 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.22%) AirWatch
5 1 (2.22%) Ansible
5 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.00%) Apple
2 9 (20.00%) Cisco
3 5 (11.11%) Citrix
3 5 (11.11%) Dell
3 5 (11.11%) Google
3 5 (11.11%) HP
3 5 (11.11%) SAP
3 5 (11.11%) VMware
4 3 (6.67%) Meraki
5 2 (4.44%) BMC
6 1 (2.22%) AlienVault
6 1 (2.22%) IBM
6 1 (2.22%) Ivanti
6 1 (2.22%) Qualys
6 1 (2.22%) Samsung
6 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.22%) Zscaler