Microsoft 365 Contracts in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 29 17
Rank change year-on-year -19 -12 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 110 138 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.38% 5.22% 8.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.42% 20.15% 23.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 105 203
10th Percentile £131 £150 £160
25th Percentile £200 £190 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +47.73%
75th Percentile £456 £475 £448
90th Percentile £538 £575 £630
England median daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 11
10th Percentile £19.10 £14.76 £13.16
25th Percentile - £16.16 £14.76
Median hourly rate £21.39 £19.57 £16.48
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% +18.72% -5.83%
75th Percentile £34.16 £31.39 £19.50
90th Percentile £42.67 £42.92 £20.00
England median hourly rate £19.37 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -3.18% +5.26% +8.57%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 763 685 1,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.41% 25.93% 35.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 490 804
10th Percentile £300 £202 £213
25th Percentile £388 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 26
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.15 £13.08
25th Percentile £18.56 £16.00 £14.64
Median hourly rate £21.39 £22.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +13.92% +6.76%
75th Percentile £32.91 £31.31 £29.69
90th Percentile £42.68 £48.31 £88.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £33.00
% change year-on-year +5.67% -27.88% +53.49%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 August 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
West Midlands -10 88 £325 +8.33% 78
East Midlands -20 22 £250 +19.05% 48
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 21 (19.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (5.45%) Confluence
3 6 (5.45%) nginx
4 4 (3.64%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (3.64%) SAS
5 3 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.73%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.91%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 36 (32.73%) Azure
2 23 (20.91%) Entra ID
3 16 (14.55%) AWS
3 16 (14.55%) Power Platform
4 14 (12.73%) PowerApps
5 13 (11.82%) Power Automate
6 10 (9.09%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (5.45%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (5.45%) Amazon ECS
7 6 (5.45%) Amazon ELB
7 6 (5.45%) Amazon S3
7 6 (5.45%) AWS KMS
7 6 (5.45%) Route 53
7 6 (5.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (4.55%) GCP
8 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.64%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (2.73%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.64%) Firewall
2 9 (8.18%) DNS
3 8 (7.27%) VPN
4 6 (5.45%) HTTP
4 6 (5.45%) IMAP
4 6 (5.45%) OpenLDAP
4 6 (5.45%) SMTP
5 4 (3.64%) DHCP
5 4 (3.64%) FTP
5 4 (3.64%) SSH
6 3 (2.73%) SSL
6 3 (2.73%) VLAN
6 3 (2.73%) Wireless
7 2 (1.82%) EIGRP
7 2 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.82%) IPsec
7 2 (1.82%) Network Security
7 2 (1.82%) OSPF
7 2 (1.82%) TACACS
7 2 (1.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.45%) Amazon Aurora
1 6 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.55%) Tableau
3 4 (3.64%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 4 (3.64%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 4 (3.64%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 3 (2.73%) Metadata
4 3 (2.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (7.27%) JIRA
2 6 (5.45%) Git
2 6 (5.45%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.45%) Vagrant
3 4 (3.64%) GitLab
General
1 58 (52.73%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 10 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.27%) Finance
6 5 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.64%) Legal
7 4 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.73%) Automotive
9 2 (1.82%) Law
10 1 (0.91%) Advertising
10 1 (0.91%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (13.64%) Analyst
2 13 (11.82%) Support Engineer
3 12 (10.91%) IT Support
4 10 (9.09%) Support Officer
5 8 (7.27%) 1st Line Support
5 8 (7.27%) Architect
6 6 (5.45%) AWS DevOps
6 6 (5.45%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) AWS Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) AWS Platform Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) DevOps Platform Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) Administrator
7 5 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) Desktop Support
7 5 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.55%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.45%) LDAP
2 4 (3.64%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.82%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.91%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.36%) Replication
2 4 (3.64%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.64%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.64%) Smartphone
3 3 (2.73%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.91%) CMDB
5 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.91%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.91%) PKI
5 1 (0.91%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (37.27%) Windows
2 14 (12.73%) Windows 10
3 13 (11.82%) Android
4 7 (6.36%) Linux
5 6 (5.45%) Amazon Linux
5 6 (5.45%) VMS
6 4 (3.64%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.73%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.82%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (22.73%) ITIL
2 25 (22.73%) Migration
3 19 (17.27%) Customer Service
4 15 (13.64%) Change Management
4 15 (13.64%) CI/CD
4 15 (13.64%) DevOps
5 11 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 10 (9.09%) Agile
6 10 (9.09%) Configuration Management
7 9 (8.18%) ITSM
8 8 (7.27%) Coaching
8 8 (7.27%) Patch Management
9 7 (6.36%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (6.36%) Process Improvement
9 7 (6.36%) Workflow
10 6 (5.45%) Analytics
10 6 (5.45%) Computer Science
10 6 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (5.45%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.45%) PowerShell
2 9 (8.18%) Python
3 6 (5.45%) Groovy
3 6 (5.45%) SQL
4 1 (0.91%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.73%) Degree
2 14 (12.73%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.36%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.64%) AWS Certification
4 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.82%) CEH
5 2 (1.82%) CISM
5 2 (1.82%) CISSP
5 2 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.91%) CCNA
6 1 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.91%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.91%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.91%) MCP
6 1 (0.91%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.82%) SLA
3 1 (0.91%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.91%) GDPR
3 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (33.64%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.82%) Docker
3 6 (5.45%) Dovecot
3 6 (5.45%) Postfix
3 6 (5.45%) Squid
4 5 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (3.64%) BitLocker
5 4 (3.64%) DFS Replication
6 3 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.82%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.91%) Firmware
8 1 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.18%) SCCM
3 8 (7.27%) Terraform
4 7 (6.36%) Kubernetes
5 6 (5.45%) Grafana
5 6 (5.45%) Nessus
5 6 (5.45%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.64%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.82%) Nagios
9 1 (0.91%) CASB
9 1 (0.91%) Podman
9 1 (0.91%) VxRail
Vendors
1 74 (67.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.73%) ServiceNow
3 9 (8.18%) Cisco
4 6 (5.45%) Jaspersoft
5 5 (4.55%) Apple
5 5 (4.55%) Dell
5 5 (4.55%) VMware
6 4 (3.64%) Citrix
6 4 (3.64%) HP
6 4 (3.64%) Oracle
6 4 (3.64%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.64%) SAP
7 3 (2.73%) Google
7 3 (2.73%) Veeam
8 2 (1.82%) Arista
8 2 (1.82%) Juniper
8 2 (1.82%) Meraki
8 2 (1.82%) Nexthink
8 2 (1.82%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.82%) SolarWinds