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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 31 32
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 368 216 213
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 5.10% 5.53% 4.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.08% 16.45% 15.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 134 141
10th Percentile £143 £143 £146
25th Percentile £185 £188 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £300 £260
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -17.46%
75th Percentile £510 £473 £450
90th Percentile £625 £554 £600
England median daily rate £408 £325 £383
% change year-on-year +25.38% -15.14% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 21
10th Percentile £17.08 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £17.56 £12.74 £13.00
Median hourly rate £25.38 £13.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +95.23% -26.64% +1.26%
75th Percentile £26.22 £30.63 £20.00
90th Percentile £178.75 - £22.00
England median hourly rate £19.00 £19.27 £17.72
% change year-on-year -1.40% +8.75% -6.74%

All Cloud Computing 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 2,440 1,313 1,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.80% 33.62% 31.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,567 933 906
10th Percentile £306 £295 £268
25th Percentile £400 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -1.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 30 56
10th Percentile £18.28 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £28.50 £12.82 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +126.09% +79.02% -28.72%
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.16 £23.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £63.88
England median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% +14.32% -33.33%

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 July 2026.

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 July 2026.

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 July 2026. 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 -1 210 £245 -32.88% 109
Yorkshire -8 147 £425 +60.38% 78
North East -49 14 £270 +38.46% 41
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
1 131 (35.60%) SharePoint
2 82 (22.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.90%) Confluence
3 7 (1.90%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (0.82%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 28 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.82%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 149 (40.49%) Azure
2 96 (26.09%) Entra ID
3 60 (16.30%) OneDrive
4 58 (15.76%) Microsoft Copilot
5 54 (14.67%) Power Platform
6 36 (9.78%) PowerApps
7 33 (8.97%) Power Automate
8 22 (5.98%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (4.62%) AWS
9 17 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (4.08%) SaaS
11 12 (3.26%) GCP
12 10 (2.72%) GitHub
12 10 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.72%) Google Workspace
13 9 (2.45%) Azure AI
14 7 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.90%) Google Drive
14 7 (1.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.70%) VPN
2 18 (4.89%) DNS
2 18 (4.89%) LAN
3 16 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (3.53%) Firewall
4 13 (3.53%) WAN
5 12 (3.26%) DHCP
6 11 (2.99%) VLAN
7 10 (2.72%) TCP/IP
8 9 (2.45%) VoIP
9 8 (2.17%) Wireless
10 7 (1.90%) SAN
10 7 (1.90%) Skype
10 7 (1.90%) WLAN
11 5 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.09%) BGP
12 4 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (1.09%) NAS
12 4 (1.09%) OSPF
12 4 (1.09%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.35%) Power BI
2 6 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.36%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.82%) Metadata
5 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.27%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (5.43%) JIRA
2 3 (0.82%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (0.82%) Fiddler
2 3 (0.82%) MSI
3 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.54%) Terragrunt
3 2 (0.54%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.27%) Postman
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 136 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.22%) Public Sector
3 40 (10.87%) Legal
4 34 (9.24%) Finance
5 33 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.72%) Banking
7 10 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.45%) Law
8 9 (2.45%) Local Government
9 8 (2.17%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.09%) Games
12 4 (1.09%) Police
13 2 (0.54%) Advertising
13 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Military
13 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 79 (21.47%) IT Support
2 56 (15.22%) Support Engineer
3 49 (13.32%) IT Engineer
4 48 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
5 43 (11.68%) Analyst
6 31 (8.42%) Architect
7 28 (7.61%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 27 (7.34%) 2nd Line Support
9 26 (7.07%) 1st Line Support
10 20 (5.43%) Senior
11 19 (5.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 19 (5.16%) Service Analyst
11 19 (5.16%) Service Desk Analyst
12 18 (4.89%) IT Analyst
13 17 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (4.35%) Support Analyst
15 15 (4.08%) Designer
16 14 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 13 (3.53%) Administrator
17 13 (3.53%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.71%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.17%) OAuth
3 5 (1.36%) OpenID
3 5 (1.36%) REST
3 5 (1.36%) SAML
3 5 (1.36%) YAML
4 4 (1.09%) .NET
5 3 (0.82%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.82%) FIDO
5 3 (0.82%) JSON
5 3 (0.82%) OAuth2
5 3 (0.82%) SOAP
5 3 (0.82%) Web Services
6 2 (0.54%) React
6 2 (0.54%) SPFx
6 2 (0.54%) XSLT
7 1 (0.27%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.27%) LDAP
7 1 (0.27%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.61%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.45%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.45%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (1.90%) Blackberry
4 7 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.36%) NHS
6 5 (1.36%) PKI
7 4 (1.09%) Animation
7 4 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.09%) Handset
7 4 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.82%) CMDB
8 3 (0.82%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (0.82%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.82%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 199 (54.08%) Windows
2 84 (22.83%) Windows 10
3 33 (8.97%) Windows Server
4 20 (5.43%) Android
5 17 (4.62%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.09%) Linux
8 3 (0.82%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.54%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (20.65%) Customer Service
2 70 (19.02%) ITIL
2 70 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (10.05%) Service Management
4 33 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (8.70%) Migration
6 30 (8.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 28 (7.61%) DevOps
7 28 (7.61%) ITSM
8 27 (7.34%) Agile
9 26 (7.07%) Data Loss Prevention
10 24 (6.52%) AI
11 22 (5.98%) Incident Management
12 21 (5.71%) Computer Science
12 21 (5.71%) User Experience
13 19 (5.16%) Change Management
13 19 (5.16%) Data Protection
14 18 (4.89%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 18 (4.89%) Identity Access Management
15 17 (4.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 46 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.45%) Python
3 7 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (1.63%) SQL
5 4 (1.09%) C#
6 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.54%) Bicep
7 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 54 (14.67%) Degree
2 48 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 37 (10.05%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.45%) A+ Certification
6 9 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.45%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (1.90%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.09%) CCNP
10 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.54%) MCSE
12 2 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.26%) GDPR
2 10 (2.72%) SLA
3 5 (1.36%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.36%) QA
3 5 (1.36%) WCAG
4 4 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.82%) NIST
6 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.54%) FINRA
6 2 (0.54%) MiFID
7 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 169 (45.92%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.36%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.82%) Docker
6 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 77 (20.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.62%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (2.99%) SCCM
3 11 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.45%) Terraform
5 6 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.54%) WSUS
8 1 (0.27%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 270 (73.37%) Microsoft
2 53 (14.40%) ServiceNow
3 21 (5.71%) Cisco
4 20 (5.43%) iManage
5 18 (4.89%) Bomgar
6 16 (4.35%) Google
7 13 (3.53%) Apple
8 12 (3.26%) Citrix
8 12 (3.26%) Remedy
9 9 (2.45%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.45%) VMware
10 6 (1.63%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (1.36%) Adobe
11 5 (1.36%) Sophos
12 4 (1.09%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.09%) Perforce
13 3 (0.82%) DocuSign
13 3 (0.82%) IBM
13 3 (0.82%) Ribbon
13 3 (0.82%) SAP