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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 23 13
Rank change year-on-year -26 -10 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 22 16 32
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.85% 7.08% 9.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.46% 21.05% 25.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 25
10th Percentile £333 £417 £225
25th Percentile £463 £434 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £395
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +20.25% +22.48%
75th Percentile £640 £544 £480
90th Percentile £643 £578 £503
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £513 £406
% change year-on-year -7.32% +26.15% +26.95%
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 192 76 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 24.87% 33.63% 36.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 45 91
10th Percentile £397 £303 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.58% -10.59%
75th Percentile £610 £538 £538
90th Percentile £639 £620 £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 3
10th Percentile - - £16.38
25th Percentile - £15.25 £17.18
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -22.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £22.63
90th Percentile - - £23.30
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +29.63% -32.50% +5.26%

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 July 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 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Entra ID
3 5 (22.73%) AWS
4 2 (9.09%) IaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
5 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.55%) PaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
5 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) VSAN
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) BGP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (4.55%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (4.55%) IPsec
3 1 (4.55%) IPv6
3 1 (4.55%) MPLS
3 1 (4.55%) Multicast
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) OSPF
3 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.55%) SNMP
3 1 (4.55%) VoIP
3 1 (4.55%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) VXLAN
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
3 1 (4.55%) Wireless
3 1 (4.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Metadata
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Military
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) Technical Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Technical Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 2 (9.09%) IT Support
4 2 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Migration Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (18.18%) PKI
3 3 (13.64%) Public Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) e-Learning
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) VMS
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Migration
2 6 (27.27%) DevSecOps
3 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 4 (18.18%) Requirements Management
4 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
5 3 (13.64%) IT Strategy
5 3 (13.64%) ITIL
5 3 (13.64%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (13.64%) Microservices
5 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (13.64%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (13.64%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Bicep
2 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) DV Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 2 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) CCDA
5 1 (4.55%) CCDP
5 1 (4.55%) CCIE
5 1 (4.55%) CCIP
5 1 (4.55%) CCNA
5 1 (4.55%) CCNP
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (22.73%) NCSC
2 4 (18.18%) NIST
3 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.55%) GRC
4 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (4.55%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
1 7 (31.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (18.18%) VMware NSX
3 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
4 2 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.64%) Terraform
3 1 (4.55%) Ansible
3 1 (4.55%) CASB
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) VMware
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco
3 5 (22.73%) Palo Alto
4 2 (9.09%) Citrix
4 2 (9.09%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) Arista
5 1 (4.55%) Aruba
5 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.55%) Dell
5 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.55%) Juniper
5 1 (4.55%) Meraki
5 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.55%) Sophos
5 1 (4.55%) Zscaler