Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 21 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 30 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 4.01% 4.40% 4.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.71% 15.56% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 5 16
10th Percentile - £391 £163
25th Percentile £463 £566 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £225
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +166.67% -38.36%
75th Percentile £555 - £426
90th Percentile £643 £618 £474
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £583 £225
% change year-on-year -18.45% +158.89% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 191 45 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.53% 28.30% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 36 81
10th Percentile £390 £303 £213
25th Percentile £456 £347 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +2.78% -11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £508
90th Percentile £638 £621 £613
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £505 £450
% change year-on-year -0.99% +12.22% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.25 £15.85
Median hourly rate £36.00 £15.50 £19.53
Median % change year-on-year +132.26% -20.65% +11.61%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £23.82
90th Percentile - - £24.13
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £14.50 £19.53
% change year-on-year +148.28% -25.76% +7.03%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Milton Keynes

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
3 5 (16.67%) AWS
4 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 3 (10.00%) PowerApps
6 2 (6.67%) IaaS
6 2 (6.67%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.33%) GCP
7 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.33%) PaaS
7 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) VSAN
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) Network Security
3 1 (3.33%) BGP
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (3.33%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (3.33%) IPsec
3 1 (3.33%) IPv6
3 1 (3.33%) MPLS
3 1 (3.33%) Multicast
3 1 (3.33%) OSPF
3 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.33%) SNMP
3 1 (3.33%) VoIP
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
3 1 (3.33%) VXLAN
3 1 (3.33%) WAN
3 1 (3.33%) Wireless
3 1 (3.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Architect
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Senior
2 4 (13.33%) Technical Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Senior Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Senior Technical Architect
3 3 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) PMO Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Digital Content Designer
5 1 (3.33%) Digital Designer
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (13.33%) PKI
3 3 (10.00%) Public Cloud
4 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (3.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Migration
2 6 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 4 (13.33%) Cost Management
4 4 (13.33%) Project Management
4 4 (13.33%) Requirements Management
4 4 (13.33%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (10.00%) IT Strategy
5 3 (10.00%) Microservices
5 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (10.00%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Bicep
2 1 (3.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 11 (36.67%) DV Cleared
3 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.33%) CCDA
5 1 (3.33%) CCDP
5 1 (3.33%) CCIE
5 1 (3.33%) CCIP
5 1 (3.33%) CCNA
5 1 (3.33%) CCNP
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (16.67%) NCSC
2 5 (16.67%) NIST
3 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (6.67%) PMO
5 1 (3.33%) GDPR
5 1 (3.33%) GRC
5 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (13.33%) VMware NSX
4 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.00%) Terraform
3 1 (3.33%) Ansible
3 1 (3.33%) CASB
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) VMware
3 5 (16.67%) Cisco
3 5 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 3 (10.00%) Citrix
5 2 (6.67%) HP
6 1 (3.33%) Arista
6 1 (3.33%) Aruba
6 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.33%) Dell
6 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.33%) Juniper
6 1 (3.33%) Meraki
6 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.33%) Zscaler