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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 357 216 239
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 4.97% 5.64% 5.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.64% 16.90% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 135 163
10th Percentile £135 £144 £153
25th Percentile £185 £188 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £300 £280
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +7.14% -11.11%
75th Percentile £523 £470 £444
90th Percentile £625 £538 £588
England median daily rate £408 £337 £375
% change year-on-year +20.83% -10.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 27
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £12.66 £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 £18.38
90th Percentile £178.75 - £21.70
England median hourly rate £19.17 £19.27 £17.69
% change year-on-year -0.54% +8.93% -6.89%

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 2,438 1,278 1,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.93% 33.39% 30.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,572 925 1,003
10th Percentile £313 £288 £268
25th Percentile £400 £385 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -1.47% -6.86%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £645
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.27% -2.19% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 29 73
10th Percentile £18.50 £12.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £29.96 £12.82 £15.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +134.78% +79.02% -28.69%
75th Percentile £75.50 £52.50 £26.50
90th Percentile £89.00 £78.75 £46.18
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -3 181 £225 -35.71% 104
Yorkshire -9 166 £450 +69.81% 77
North East -37 13 £270 +38.46% 36
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
1 130 (36.41%) SharePoint
2 86 (24.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.68%) Confluence
4 3 (0.84%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 29 (8.12%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (2.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 135 (37.82%) Azure
2 97 (27.17%) Entra ID
3 64 (17.93%) OneDrive
4 53 (14.85%) Microsoft Copilot
5 46 (12.89%) Power Platform
6 35 (9.80%) Microsoft Purview
7 32 (8.96%) PowerApps
8 29 (8.12%) Power Automate
9 18 (5.04%) SaaS
10 17 (4.76%) AWS
11 16 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (3.08%) GCP
14 10 (2.80%) GitHub
14 10 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (2.52%) Google Workspace
16 7 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (1.96%) Google Drive
16 7 (1.96%) PaaS
16 7 (1.96%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.28%) VPN
2 19 (5.32%) LAN
2 19 (5.32%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (5.04%) DNS
4 16 (4.48%) WAN
5 11 (3.08%) DHCP
6 10 (2.80%) Firewall
6 10 (2.80%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.24%) VLAN
8 6 (1.68%) SAN
8 6 (1.68%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.68%) VoIP
9 5 (1.40%) Skype
9 5 (1.40%) WLAN
10 4 (1.12%) Wireless
11 3 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.84%) DKIM
11 3 (0.84%) DMARC
11 3 (0.84%) NAS
11 3 (0.84%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.20%) Power BI
2 6 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.12%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.28%) Metadata
6 1 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 19 (5.32%) JIRA
2 3 (0.84%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (0.84%) Fiddler
2 3 (0.84%) MSI
3 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 134 (37.54%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.97%) Public Sector
3 46 (12.89%) Legal
4 39 (10.92%) Finance
5 29 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.80%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.52%) Banking
9 9 (2.52%) Local Government
10 8 (2.24%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.68%) Law
12 4 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.84%) Police
14 2 (0.56%) Advertising
14 2 (0.56%) Games
14 2 (0.56%) Military
14 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Retail
15 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 71 (19.89%) IT Support
2 47 (13.17%) Support Engineer
3 43 (12.04%) Architect
3 43 (12.04%) IT Engineer
4 42 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 41 (11.48%) Analyst
6 26 (7.28%) 1st Line Support
6 26 (7.28%) 2nd Line Support
7 25 (7.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 24 (6.72%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 20 (5.60%) IT Analyst
10 18 (5.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 18 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (5.04%) Support Analyst
11 17 (4.76%) Administrator
12 16 (4.48%) Service Analyst
12 16 (4.48%) Service Desk Analyst
13 15 (4.20%) Designer
13 15 (4.20%) Senior
14 13 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.40%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.24%) OAuth
3 6 (1.68%) .NET
4 5 (1.40%) OpenID
4 5 (1.40%) REST
4 5 (1.40%) SAML
4 5 (1.40%) YAML
5 4 (1.12%) JSON
6 3 (0.84%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.84%) FIDO
6 3 (0.84%) OAuth2
6 3 (0.84%) SOAP
6 3 (0.84%) Web Services
7 2 (0.56%) React
7 2 (0.56%) SPFx
7 2 (0.56%) XSLT
8 1 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.28%) LDAP
8 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.40%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 7 (1.96%) NHS
4 6 (1.68%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.68%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.40%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.84%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (0.84%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.84%) IoT
7 3 (0.84%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.84%) PKI
8 2 (0.56%) CMDB
8 2 (0.56%) iPad
8 2 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 191 (53.50%) Windows
2 85 (23.81%) Windows 10
3 28 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.48%) Apple iOS
5 15 (4.20%) Android
6 6 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.40%) Linux
8 3 (0.84%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (19.89%) Customer Service
2 66 (18.49%) ITIL
3 58 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (9.80%) Data Loss Prevention
4 35 (9.80%) Service Management
5 31 (8.68%) Migration
6 28 (7.84%) DevOps
7 26 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (7.00%) Agile
8 25 (7.00%) ITSM
9 23 (6.44%) AI
10 22 (6.16%) E-Discovery
10 22 (6.16%) User Experience
11 21 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
12 20 (5.60%) Computer Science
13 19 (5.32%) Data Protection
13 19 (5.32%) Records Management
14 18 (5.04%) Incident Management
15 17 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 58 (16.25%) PowerShell
2 11 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
3 10 (2.80%) Python
4 6 (1.68%) SQL
5 4 (1.12%) C#
6 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.28%) Bash
8 1 (0.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 48 (13.45%) Degree
2 45 (12.61%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 31 (8.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.08%) A+ Certification
6 11 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.56%) CCNP
10 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.56%) MCSE
10 2 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.28%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.72%) GDPR
2 8 (2.24%) FINRA
2 8 (2.24%) MiFID
3 7 (1.96%) SLA
4 6 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.40%) WCAG
6 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.84%) NIST
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.56%) QA
9 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.28%) PMO
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 166 (46.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.12%) Docker
6 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.56%) vSphere
8 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 73 (20.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
3 15 (4.20%) SCCM
4 12 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.24%) Terraform
6 7 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.56%) WSUS
10 1 (0.28%) CA Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.28%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 263 (73.67%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.61%) ServiceNow
3 18 (5.04%) Bomgar
4 17 (4.76%) Cisco
5 14 (3.92%) Google
5 14 (3.92%) iManage
6 12 (3.36%) Apple
6 12 (3.36%) Citrix
6 12 (3.36%) Remedy
7 9 (2.52%) VMware
8 8 (2.24%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.40%) BeyondTrust
10 4 (1.12%) Sophos
11 3 (0.84%) Adobe
11 3 (0.84%) Ribbon
11 3 (0.84%) SAP
11 3 (0.84%) Splunk
11 3 (0.84%) Veeam
12 2 (0.56%) Dell
12 2 (0.56%) HP