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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 31 32
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 345 209 244
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 5.02% 5.93% 5.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.74% 17.56% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 131 163
10th Percentile £135 £150 £150
25th Percentile £185 £188 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £265
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +32.08% -11.67%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £438
90th Percentile £620 £556 £588
England median daily rate £425 £325 £373
% change year-on-year +30.77% -12.75% -0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 27
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.69 £12.58 £13.38
Median hourly rate £25.38 £13.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.23% -18.75% -8.57%
75th Percentile - £30.63 £17.89
90th Percentile £178.75 - £21.70
England median hourly rate £21.00 £19.27 £17.28
% change year-on-year +8.98% +11.53% -13.61%

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 2,341 1,190 1,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 34.06% 33.78% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,521 870 1,028
10th Percentile £313 £300 £267
25th Percentile £400 £393 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £467 £485
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -3.71% -5.37%
75th Percentile £588 £547 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
England median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.34% -2.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 28 75
10th Percentile £19.63 £12.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £29.99 £12.82 £15.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +126.09% +79.02% -28.72%
75th Percentile £75.25 £48.47 £26.50
90th Percentile £89.75 £80.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £42.69 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +69.72% +14.32% -31.89%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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
Yorkshire -10 172 £450 +63.64% 68
North West -3 165 £255 -31.08% 88
North East -37 11 £270 -10.00% 31
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
1 127 (36.81%) SharePoint
2 87 (25.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.74%) Confluence
4 3 (0.87%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 29 (8.41%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.58%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (36.23%) Azure
2 94 (27.25%) Entra ID
3 71 (20.58%) OneDrive
4 56 (16.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 42 (12.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 42 (12.17%) Power Platform
6 30 (8.70%) PowerApps
7 27 (7.83%) Power Automate
8 20 (5.80%) SaaS
9 16 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (4.35%) AWS
10 15 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (3.19%) Rubrik
12 10 (2.90%) GCP
12 10 (2.90%) GitHub
12 10 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.61%) Google Workspace
14 7 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.03%) Google Drive
14 7 (2.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (5.51%) LAN
2 19 (5.51%) VPN
3 18 (5.22%) WAN
4 14 (4.06%) DNS
5 8 (2.32%) Firewall
5 8 (2.32%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.03%) DHCP
6 7 (2.03%) VLAN
7 6 (1.74%) Skype
7 6 (1.74%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.45%) SAN
9 4 (1.16%) VoIP
10 3 (0.87%) DKIM
10 3 (0.87%) DMARC
10 3 (0.87%) PSTN
10 3 (0.87%) WLAN
11 2 (0.58%) NAS
11 2 (0.58%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.29%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.48%) Power BI
2 5 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.87%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) Metadata
5 1 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (4.64%) JIRA
2 3 (0.87%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (0.87%) Fiddler
2 3 (0.87%) MSI
3 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.58%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.29%) Postman
General
1 126 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.94%) Public Sector
3 46 (13.33%) Finance
4 44 (12.75%) Legal
5 29 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.90%) Banking
8 10 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.61%) Local Government
9 9 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.16%) Law
11 2 (0.58%) Military
11 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Retail
12 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.29%) Games
12 1 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 65 (18.84%) IT Support
2 50 (14.49%) Architect
3 38 (11.01%) Support Engineer
4 36 (10.43%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 35 (10.14%) Analyst
5 35 (10.14%) IT Engineer
6 34 (9.86%) IT Support Engineer
7 25 (7.25%) 1st Line Support
8 24 (6.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 22 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
10 20 (5.80%) IT Analyst
10 20 (5.80%) Support Analyst
11 17 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (4.64%) IT Support Analyst
13 15 (4.35%) Administrator
13 15 (4.35%) Designer
14 14 (4.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 13 (3.77%) Senior
16 11 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 11 (3.19%) Content Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.14%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.32%) OAuth
3 6 (1.74%) .NET
4 5 (1.45%) OpenID
4 5 (1.45%) REST
4 5 (1.45%) SAML
4 5 (1.45%) YAML
5 4 (1.16%) JSON
6 3 (0.87%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.87%) FIDO
6 3 (0.87%) OAuth2
6 3 (0.87%) SOAP
6 3 (0.87%) Web Services
7 2 (0.58%) React
7 2 (0.58%) SPFx
7 2 (0.58%) XSLT
8 1 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.29%) LDAP
8 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.41%) Onboarding
2 10 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.03%) NHS
4 6 (1.74%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.16%) CMDB
6 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.16%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.87%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (0.87%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.87%) IoT
7 3 (0.87%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.58%) iPad
8 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.58%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 171 (49.57%) Windows
2 71 (20.58%) Windows 10
3 21 (6.09%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.64%) Apple iOS
5 15 (4.35%) Android
6 5 (1.45%) Linux
7 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.87%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (19.13%) Customer Service
2 52 (15.07%) ITIL
2 52 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (10.72%) Data Loss Prevention
4 32 (9.28%) Service Management
5 31 (8.99%) Migration
6 29 (8.41%) E-Discovery
7 28 (8.12%) DevOps
8 26 (7.54%) Records Management
9 24 (6.96%) AI
9 24 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (6.67%) ITSM
10 23 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (6.38%) Agile
12 21 (6.09%) Identity Access Management
12 21 (6.09%) Information Governance
12 21 (6.09%) User Experience
13 20 (5.80%) Observability
14 19 (5.51%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (5.22%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 62 (17.97%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.77%) Kusto Query Language
3 10 (2.90%) Python
4 6 (1.74%) SQL
5 4 (1.16%) C#
6 3 (0.87%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.29%) Bash
8 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 44 (12.75%) Degree
2 38 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.28%) SC Cleared
4 30 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.48%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.19%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.16%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.83%) GDPR
2 10 (2.90%) FINRA
2 10 (2.90%) MiFID
3 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.45%) WCAG
5 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.16%) SLA
6 3 (0.87%) NIST
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.58%) QA
8 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.29%) GRC
8 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 147 (42.61%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.16%) Docker
5 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (18.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.06%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.90%) SCCM
5 8 (2.32%) Terraform
6 7 (2.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.16%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.87%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.58%) WSUS
10 1 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.29%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 264 (76.52%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.28%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.64%) Cisco
4 15 (4.35%) Bomgar
5 14 (4.06%) Google
6 12 (3.48%) iManage
7 10 (2.90%) Remedy
7 10 (2.90%) VMware
8 9 (2.61%) Apple
8 9 (2.61%) Citrix
9 5 (1.45%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.45%) Veeam
10 4 (1.16%) Adobe
10 4 (1.16%) Meraki
11 3 (0.87%) SAP
12 2 (0.58%) Dell
12 2 (0.58%) F5
12 2 (0.58%) HP
12 2 (0.58%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.58%) SYSPRO