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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 6 41
Rank change year-on-year -16 +35 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 19 51 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 8.09% 17.53% 3.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.46% 40.80% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 40 19
10th Percentile £173 £302 £147
25th Percentile £183 £360 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £425 £250
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +70.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £451 £491 £500
90th Percentile £499 £518 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £200 £425 £320
% change year-on-year -52.94% +32.81% -1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £18.78 £16.85
25th Percentile - £19.19 £17.75
Median hourly rate - £21.25 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% +20.59%
75th Percentile - £23.19 £21.75
90th Percentile - £23.53 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £21.25 £20.50
% change year-on-year - +3.66% +20.59%

All Cloud 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 81 125 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 34.47% 42.96% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 91 128
10th Percentile £206 £350 £229
25th Percentile £325 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £525 £550 £625
90th Percentile £624 £625 £715
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £481 £538
% change year-on-year -11.64% -10.51% -0.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £18.78 £16.85
25th Percentile - £19.19 £17.75
Median hourly rate - £21.25 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% +20.59%
75th Percentile - £23.19 £21.75
90th Percentile - £23.53 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £13.50 £21.25 £20.50
% change year-on-year -36.47% +3.66% +20.59%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 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 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Entra ID
2 4 (21.05%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Mimecast
3 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) Firewall
2 8 (42.11%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (5.26%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Metadata
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (42.11%) Games
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Service Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Information Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Knowledge Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) Mac OS
3 8 (42.11%) Android
4 5 (26.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) E-Commerce
2 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
2 4 (21.05%) ITIL
3 2 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (10.53%) Migration
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.53%) Service Management
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.26%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (5.26%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (5.26%) Information Management
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) ITSM
4 1 (5.26%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.26%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (47.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) Cisco
3 8 (42.11%) Meraki
3 8 (42.11%) Splunk
4 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
5 2 (10.53%) Citrix
6 1 (5.26%) Apple
6 1 (5.26%) HP
6 1 (5.26%) Planview
6 1 (5.26%) VMware