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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 37
Rank change year-on-year -8 +29 -21
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 39 36 16
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 9.01% 17.22% 3.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.47% 38.30% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 29 14
10th Percentile £269 £212 £140
25th Percentile £463 £261 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £193
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +94.81% -48.67%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £238
90th Percentile £577 £600 £289
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £350 £193
% change year-on-year +35.71% +81.82% -48.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -41.46% -14.58%
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +200.00% -41.46% -14.58%

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 137 94 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 31.64% 44.98% 26.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 74 99
10th Percentile £375 £247 £200
25th Percentile £413 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £563
90th Percentile £639 £669 £644
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £480 £501 £450
% change year-on-year -4.20% +11.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.85
Median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -41.46% -14.58%
75th Percentile - - £23.82
90th Percentile - - £24.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +200.00% -41.46% -14.58%

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 21 February 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 15 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.21%) Power Platform
2 9 (23.08%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 6 (15.38%) PowerApps
4 3 (7.69%) AWS
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (7.69%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.56%) PaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) VPN
1 2 (5.13%) VSAN
2 1 (2.56%) BGP
2 1 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (2.56%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (2.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) IPsec
2 1 (2.56%) IPv6
2 1 (2.56%) MPLS
2 1 (2.56%) Multicast
2 1 (2.56%) Network Security
2 1 (2.56%) OSPF
2 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.56%) SNMP
2 1 (2.56%) VoIP
2 1 (2.56%) VXLAN
2 1 (2.56%) WAN
2 1 (2.56%) Wireless
2 1 (2.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Power BI
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Finance
3 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 9 (23.08%) Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) Data Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Senior
5 3 (7.69%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Lead
6 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) PMO Lead
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.56%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (2.56%) Desktop Support
7 1 (2.56%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.13%) PKI
2 2 (5.13%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
2 3 (7.69%) Linux
2 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (15.38%) Migration
2 6 (15.38%) Project Management
3 5 (12.82%) CRM
3 5 (12.82%) Data Analysis
3 5 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (12.82%) ITIL
4 4 (10.26%) Change Management
4 4 (10.26%) Cost Management
4 4 (10.26%) DevSecOps
4 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (7.69%) Agile
5 3 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (7.69%) Resource Management
5 3 (7.69%) Risk Management
5 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.13%) Bicep
3 1 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 16 (41.03%) DV Cleared
3 12 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.69%) Degree
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.56%) CCDA
6 1 (2.56%) CCDP
6 1 (2.56%) CCIE
6 1 (2.56%) CCIP
6 1 (2.56%) CCNA
6 1 (2.56%) CCNP
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (7.69%) NCSC
1 3 (7.69%) NIST
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) PMO
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) GRC
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.13%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) CASB
2 1 (2.56%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Oracle
2 5 (12.82%) Salesforce
2 5 (12.82%) ServiceNow
2 5 (12.82%) VMware
3 4 (10.26%) Cisco
4 3 (7.69%) Citrix
4 3 (7.69%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.13%) HP
6 1 (2.56%) Apple
6 1 (2.56%) Arista
6 1 (2.56%) Aruba
6 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.56%) Juniper
6 1 (2.56%) McAfee
6 1 (2.56%) Meraki
6 1 (2.56%) Planview
6 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.56%) Zscaler
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