Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 28 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 273 230 303
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 5.91% 5.91% 6.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.72% 17.49% 18.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 142 220
10th Percentile £134 £156 £163
25th Percentile £163 £188 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £388 £300
Median % change year-on-year -45.16% +29.17% -
75th Percentile £406 £500 £450
90th Percentile £538 £638 £553
England median daily rate £355 £400 £325
% change year-on-year -11.25% +23.08% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 23
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.33 £15.73
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +24.66% -11.40%
75th Percentile £31.08 £24.18 £19.75
90th Percentile £70.05 £31.80 £21.20
England median hourly rate £22.00 £21.46 £18.56
% change year-on-year +2.52% +15.63% +6.06%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,737 1,315 1,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 37.62% 33.77% 34.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,270 843 1,236
10th Percentile £230 £288 £256
25th Percentile £363 £395 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £541 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £656 £650
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 27 58
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £16.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.86 £31.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% -5.34% +45.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £52.09 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.75 £91.16 £62.30
England median hourly rate £25.47 £32.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year -22.23% +23.58% +17.78%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -12 139 £228 -46.47% 107
Yorkshire -4 104 £200 -33.33% 79
North East -1 30 £193 -59.04% 16
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 73 (26.74%) SharePoint
2 50 (18.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (2.56%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.73%) Confluence
4 2 (0.73%) IIS
4 2 (0.73%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 44 (16.12%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.37%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 118 (43.22%) Azure
2 58 (21.25%) Entra ID
3 35 (12.82%) OneDrive
4 23 (8.42%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.49%) AWS
5 15 (5.49%) SaaS
6 10 (3.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.30%) GCP
8 8 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.20%) Azure AKS
10 6 (2.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 6 (2.20%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.20%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.83%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.33%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (6.59%) DNS
3 14 (5.13%) Firewall
3 14 (5.13%) VPN
4 13 (4.76%) Wireless
5 12 (4.40%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.66%) DHCP
7 9 (3.30%) LAN
8 8 (2.93%) Skype
8 8 (2.93%) WAN
9 7 (2.56%) Internet
10 6 (2.20%) Unified Communications
11 5 (1.83%) Network Security
12 4 (1.47%) VoIP
13 3 (1.10%) VLAN
14 2 (0.73%) WebEx
15 1 (0.37%) Kerberos
15 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (0.37%) SAN
15 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.30%) Power BI
2 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Appium
2 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.37%) MSI
2 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 113 (41.39%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.65%) Finance
3 31 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.49%) Banking
6 12 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.40%) Legal
6 12 (4.40%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.40%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.03%) Electronics
7 11 (4.03%) Marketing
8 6 (2.20%) Retail
9 5 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.47%) Military
11 3 (1.10%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.73%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.73%) Law
12 2 (0.73%) Local Government
12 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 81 (29.67%) IT Support
2 61 (22.34%) Analyst
3 41 (15.02%) Support Engineer
4 39 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 26 (9.52%) Desktop Support
5 26 (9.52%) IT Engineer
6 22 (8.06%) Support Analyst
7 21 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
7 21 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (6.23%) IT Technician
8 17 (6.23%) Senior
8 17 (6.23%) Service Analyst
8 17 (6.23%) Service Desk Analyst
9 16 (5.86%) Business Analyst
9 16 (5.86%) Support Technician
10 14 (5.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 14 (5.13%) IT Support Technician
11 13 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (4.40%) Administrator
13 11 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.30%) JSON
1 9 (3.30%) OAuth
2 8 (2.93%) OAuth2
2 8 (2.93%) OpenID
2 8 (2.93%) SAML
3 3 (1.10%) Web Services
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.73%) Middleware
4 2 (0.73%) XMPP
5 1 (0.37%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.72%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.40%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.30%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.93%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.56%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.20%) CMDB
7 6 (2.20%) HTC Vive
7 6 (2.20%) iPhone
7 6 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (2.20%) Virtual Reality
8 5 (1.83%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.10%) Clustering
9 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.10%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.73%) CCTV
10 2 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.73%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.73%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 147 (53.85%) Windows
2 54 (19.78%) Windows 10
3 22 (8.06%) Mac OS
3 22 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.33%) Android
5 10 (3.66%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.20%) Linux
7 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.37%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 49 (17.95%) ITIL
4 42 (15.38%) Migration
5 32 (11.72%) Service Management
6 31 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (10.62%) ITSM
8 28 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (9.89%) Mobile Device Management
10 24 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (6.96%) User Experience
12 16 (5.86%) Problem Management
12 16 (5.86%) Security Operations
13 15 (5.49%) Agile
13 15 (5.49%) Computer Science
13 15 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (5.13%) DevOps
14 14 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 14 (5.13%) Service Delivery
15 13 (4.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.26%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.93%) Kusto Query Language
2 8 (2.93%) Python
3 5 (1.83%) Bash
4 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.37%) Java
5 1 (0.37%) Perl
5 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (15.38%) Degree
1 42 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 35 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.20%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.10%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.10%) ACSP
8 3 (1.10%) ACTC
8 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.10%) PMP
9 2 (0.73%) CISMP
9 2 (0.73%) GCIA
9 2 (0.73%) GCIH
9 2 (0.73%) GSEC
10 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.37%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.03%) SLA
2 7 (2.56%) GDPR
3 5 (1.83%) NIST
4 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.37%) COBIT
6 1 (0.37%) NCSC
6 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 133 (48.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.73%) vSphere
5 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 72 (26.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (12.82%) SCCM
3 11 (4.03%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (4.03%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (4.03%) Terraform
4 7 (2.56%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.83%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.37%) Ansible
8 1 (0.37%) QRadar
8 1 (0.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 183 (67.03%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.09%) ServiceNow
3 31 (11.36%) Apple
4 19 (6.96%) Cisco
5 15 (5.49%) HP
6 14 (5.13%) SAP
7 12 (4.40%) Dell
8 6 (2.20%) Alibaba
8 6 (2.20%) Citrix
9 5 (1.83%) McAfee
9 5 (1.83%) Meraki
9 5 (1.83%) MobileIron
9 5 (1.83%) Symantec
9 5 (1.83%) VMware
10 4 (1.47%) Axway
10 4 (1.47%) Google
10 4 (1.47%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.10%) Darktrace
11 3 (1.10%) Snow
11 3 (1.10%) Workday