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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 23 29
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 379 245 257
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 6.38% 7.65% 5.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.79% 22.01% 18.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 179 169
10th Percentile £134 £150 £143
25th Percentile £166 £200 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £255
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +37.25% -17.07%
75th Percentile £489 £500 £425
90th Percentile £572 £625 £525
England median daily rate £425 £400 £325
% change year-on-year +6.25% +23.08% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 33
10th Percentile £14.25 - £13.00
25th Percentile £18.69 £12.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate £25.38 £28.75 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.72% +79.69% -20.00%
75th Percentile £41.21 £30.63 £17.72
90th Percentile £147.40 - £19.15
England median hourly rate £18.87 £20.24 £17.50
% change year-on-year -6.77% +15.66% -5.41%

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 2,130 1,113 1,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.83% 34.77% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,496 838 1,016
10th Percentile £263 £257 £263
25th Percentile £399 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £558 £574 £575
90th Percentile £636 £650 £643
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 27 78
10th Percentile £21.46 £12.50 £13.18
25th Percentile £30.93 £26.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £29.00 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +115.52% +80.57% -54.11%
75th Percentile £74.00 £74.38 £21.32
90th Percentile £88.50 £97.41 £43.75
England median hourly rate £42.59 £26.48 £20.77
% change year-on-year +60.88% +27.47% -21.56%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -6 192 £220 -45.00% 127
Yorkshire +8 173 £425 +54.55% 48
North East -25 17 £225 -52.13% 21
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
1 138 (36.41%) SharePoint
2 97 (25.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.85%) Confluence
4 3 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.53%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 43 (11.35%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.32%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 137 (36.15%) Azure
2 87 (22.96%) Entra ID
3 71 (18.73%) OneDrive
4 48 (12.66%) Microsoft Purview
5 42 (11.08%) Power Platform
6 40 (10.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 25 (6.60%) PowerApps
8 19 (5.01%) Power Automate
9 16 (4.22%) SaaS
10 15 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (3.43%) AWS
12 11 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.90%) Rubrik
13 7 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.85%) PaaS
14 6 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.58%) GitHub
15 5 (1.32%) GCP
15 5 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.23%) Wi-Fi
2 26 (6.86%) LAN
3 25 (6.60%) WAN
4 22 (5.80%) VPN
5 18 (4.75%) DNS
6 15 (3.96%) TCP/IP
7 13 (3.43%) DHCP
8 10 (2.64%) Skype
9 9 (2.37%) Firewall
10 8 (2.11%) Wireless
11 6 (1.58%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.58%) VLAN
11 6 (1.58%) VoIP
12 4 (1.06%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.79%) PSTN
14 2 (0.53%) DKIM
14 2 (0.53%) DMARC
14 2 (0.53%) Kerberos
14 2 (0.53%) SMTP
15 1 (0.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.96%) Power BI
2 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (2.90%) JIRA
2 3 (0.79%) MSI
3 1 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.26%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.26%) Postman
3 1 (0.26%) Terragrunt
General
1 157 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.62%) Finance
3 57 (15.04%) Legal
4 43 (11.35%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.80%) Banking
7 21 (5.54%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.64%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.37%) Local Government
12 8 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.85%) Retail
14 5 (1.32%) Electronics
14 5 (1.32%) Marketing
15 4 (1.06%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.53%) Law
17 1 (0.26%) Military
17 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
17 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (22.96%) IT Support
2 55 (14.51%) Analyst
3 46 (12.14%) Support Engineer
4 45 (11.87%) Architect
5 43 (11.35%) IT Engineer
6 39 (10.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 35 (9.23%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 34 (8.97%) 1st Line Support
9 32 (8.44%) 2nd Line Support
10 27 (7.12%) Support Analyst
11 20 (5.28%) IT Analyst
12 19 (5.01%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 18 (4.75%) IT Support Analyst
14 17 (4.49%) Senior
15 16 (4.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 15 (3.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 14 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 14 (3.69%) Service Analyst
18 13 (3.43%) Business Analyst
18 13 (3.43%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.50%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (1.58%) .NET
2 6 (1.58%) OAuth
3 4 (1.06%) JSON
3 4 (1.06%) OpenID
3 4 (1.06%) SAML
4 3 (0.79%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.79%) LDAP
4 3 (0.79%) OAuth2
4 3 (0.79%) REST
4 3 (0.79%) SOAP
4 3 (0.79%) Web Services
5 1 (0.26%) FIDO
5 1 (0.26%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.26%) XML
5 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.97%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.37%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.11%) CMDB
4 8 (2.11%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.58%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.32%) NHS
6 5 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.79%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.79%) IoT
8 3 (0.79%) iPhone
8 3 (0.79%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.53%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.53%) PKI
9 2 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 196 (51.72%) Windows
2 99 (26.12%) Windows 10
3 22 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.75%) Android
5 12 (3.17%) Apple iOS
5 12 (3.17%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.79%) Linux
8 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (22.43%) Customer Service
2 59 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (12.40%) ITIL
4 43 (11.35%) Migration
5 35 (9.23%) Data Loss Prevention
5 35 (9.23%) ITSM
6 30 (7.92%) E-Discovery
7 29 (7.65%) Service Management
8 26 (6.86%) Agile
8 26 (6.86%) Records Management
9 25 (6.60%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (6.60%) Information Governance
9 25 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (6.07%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 23 (6.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (5.80%) Data Governance
11 22 (5.80%) Data Protection
11 22 (5.80%) Identity Access Management
11 22 (5.80%) Incident Response
11 22 (5.80%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 67 (17.68%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.22%) Kusto Query Language
3 8 (2.11%) Python
4 4 (1.06%) Bash
4 4 (1.06%) SQL
5 3 (0.79%) C#
6 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.26%) Perl
7 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (10.82%) Degree
2 34 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 33 (8.71%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.11%) A+ Certification
7 6 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.79%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.79%) PMP
10 2 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.26%) CISM
11 1 (0.26%) CISSP
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.29%) GDPR
2 12 (3.17%) FINRA
2 12 (3.17%) MiFID
3 11 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.58%) SLA
5 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.06%) NIST
6 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.26%) COBIT
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
7 1 (0.26%) QA
7 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 156 (41.16%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.32%) Docker
4 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (17.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.54%) SCCM
3 12 (3.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.32%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.79%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.26%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) SCOM
7 1 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 300 (79.16%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.03%) ServiceNow
3 28 (7.39%) Cisco
4 17 (4.49%) Bomgar
4 17 (4.49%) Citrix
4 17 (4.49%) iManage
5 15 (3.96%) VMware
6 13 (3.43%) Apple
7 12 (3.17%) Remedy
8 10 (2.64%) Meraki
9 9 (2.37%) HP
9 9 (2.37%) Veeam
10 6 (1.58%) Dell
11 5 (1.32%) Adobe
11 5 (1.32%) Google
11 5 (1.32%) SAP
12 4 (1.06%) F5
13 3 (0.79%) MobileIron
13 3 (0.79%) Snow
13 3 (0.79%) Workday