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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 22 6
Rank change year-on-year -32 -16 +35
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 15 19 51
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.24% 8.09% 17.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.25% 23.46% 41.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 40
10th Percentile £212 £173 £302
25th Percentile £375 £183 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £425
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -41.18% +70.00%
75th Percentile £538 £451 £491
90th Percentile £570 £499 £518
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £440 £200 £425
% change year-on-year +120.00% -52.94% +32.81%
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 - - +3.66%

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 207 81 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 30.94% 34.47% 42.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 52 90
10th Percentile £400 £206 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £486
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -12.55% -7.43%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £547
90th Percentile £623 £624 £591
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £515 £425 £480
% change year-on-year +21.06% -11.46% -9.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile - - £19.19
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £21.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.66%
75th Percentile - - £23.19
90th Percentile - - £23.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year +29.63% -36.47% +3.66%

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 22 September 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 7 (46.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (26.67%) OneDrive
3 2 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) SMTP
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Metadata
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Incident Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Major Incident Manager
4 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Content Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Content Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Escalation Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Trainer
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) e-Learning
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Coaching
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Runbook
3 3 (20.00%) Service Management
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Content Management
4 2 (13.33%) Document Management
4 2 (13.33%) Information Governance
4 2 (13.33%) Information Management
4 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) GRC
2 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Sophos
3 1 (6.67%) VMware