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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 23 28
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 29 8 17
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 4.06% 4.68% 4.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.93% 14.55% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 16
10th Percentile - £420 £163
25th Percentile £463 £575 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £225
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +166.67% -38.78%
75th Percentile £555 £623 £383
90th Percentile £643 £666 £458
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £583 £225
% change year-on-year -18.45% +158.89% -38.36%
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 182 55 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.49% 32.16% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 43 84
10th Percentile £393 £309 £213
25th Percentile £455 £368 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £550
90th Percentile £638 £731 £641
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £508 £450
% change year-on-year -1.48% +12.78% -10.00%
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% -
75th Percentile - £15.75 £23.82
90th Percentile - - £24.13
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £15.50 £19.53
% change year-on-year +132.26% -20.65% -

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 2 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 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (20.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) Entra ID
3 5 (17.24%) AWS
4 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 3 (10.34%) PowerApps
5 2 (6.90%) IaaS
6 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.45%) GCP
6 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.45%) PaaS
6 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) VSAN
2 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) BGP
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (3.45%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (3.45%) IPsec
3 1 (3.45%) IPv6
3 1 (3.45%) MPLS
3 1 (3.45%) Multicast
3 1 (3.45%) OSPF
3 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.45%) SNMP
3 1 (3.45%) VoIP
3 1 (3.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.45%) VXLAN
3 1 (3.45%) WAN
3 1 (3.45%) Wireless
3 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Finance
2 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Architect
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Senior
2 4 (13.79%) Technical Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Technical Architect
3 3 (10.34%) SharePoint Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Lead
4 2 (6.90%) PMO Lead
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (13.79%) PKI
3 3 (10.34%) Public Cloud
4 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
2 2 (6.90%) Windows
3 1 (3.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Migration
2 6 (20.69%) DevSecOps
3 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (13.79%) CI/CD
4 4 (13.79%) Cost Management
4 4 (13.79%) Project Management
4 4 (13.79%) Requirements Management
4 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
4 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (10.34%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
5 3 (10.34%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (10.34%) Microservices
5 3 (10.34%) Resource Management
5 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
5 3 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (10.34%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (10.34%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Bicep
2 1 (3.45%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) DV Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.90%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.45%) CCDA
5 1 (3.45%) CCDP
5 1 (3.45%) CCIE
5 1 (3.45%) CCIP
5 1 (3.45%) CCNA
5 1 (3.45%) CCNP
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (17.24%) NCSC
1 5 (17.24%) NIST
2 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.90%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) GRC
3 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
1 6 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.79%) VMware NSX
3 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) Terraform
3 1 (3.45%) Ansible
3 1 (3.45%) CASB
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) VMware
3 5 (17.24%) Cisco
3 5 (17.24%) Palo Alto
4 3 (10.34%) Citrix
5 2 (6.90%) HP
6 1 (3.45%) Arista
6 1 (3.45%) Aruba
6 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.45%) Dell
6 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.45%) Juniper
6 1 (3.45%) Meraki
6 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.45%) Zscaler