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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 22 13
Rank change year-on-year -35 -9 +20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 17 13 33
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.19% 5.83% 10.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.17% 17.57% 31.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 25
10th Percentile £253 £411 £258
25th Percentile £435 £419 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £443 £415
Median % change year-on-year +26.55% +6.63% +33.87%
75th Percentile £643 £469 £480
90th Percentile £644 £480 £503
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £443 £415
% change year-on-year +1.69% +6.63% +44.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile - - £19.19
Median hourly rate - - £21.25
75th Percentile - - £23.19
90th Percentile - - £23.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £21.25
% change year-on-year - - +11.84%

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 208 74 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 26.80% 33.18% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 45 72
10th Percentile £400 £286 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £480
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.50% -8.57%
75th Percentile £590 £488 £541
90th Percentile £629 £625 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile - £15.25 £19.19
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -27.06% +21.43%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £23.19
90th Percentile - - £23.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year +29.63% -36.47% +11.84%

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 11 August 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 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) Entra ID
3 4 (23.53%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) IaaS
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) VSAN
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Health Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Military
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (23.53%) PKI
2 3 (17.65%) Public Cloud
3 2 (11.76%) e-Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) DevSecOps
3 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (23.53%) Requirements Management
3 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
3 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (17.65%) Microservices
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Virtual Environments
5 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Bicep
1 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (23.53%) NCSC
2 4 (23.53%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (5.88%) GRC
4 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
4 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (5.88%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
1 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (23.53%) VMware NSX
3 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco
3 4 (23.53%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.88%) Citrix
4 1 (5.88%) Dell
4 1 (5.88%) HP
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) Sophos