Microsoft 365 Contracts in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 32 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 203 231 292
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 6.07% 4.91% 5.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.34% 16.45% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 157 208
10th Percentile £150 £145 £155
25th Percentile £197 £185 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £250 £300
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £478 £425 £469
90th Percentile £538 £588 £554
England median daily rate £325 £350 £388
% change year-on-year -7.14% -9.68% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 27 20
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £12.58 £13.13 £16.14
Median hourly rate £13.00 £16.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -12.33% +1.39%
75th Percentile £30.63 £17.72 £20.60
90th Percentile - £19.25 £29.25
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.30 £18.50
% change year-on-year +15.77% -11.89% +5.71%

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 1,107 1,404 1,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.10% 29.83% 36.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 823 989 1,480
10th Percentile £263 £263 £300
25th Percentile £388 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -6.34% +2.50%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 75 45
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.00 £16.07
25th Percentile £12.82 £15.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -41.60% +31.64%
75th Percentile £43.39 £22.38 £56.40
90th Percentile £83.75 £45.21 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.01 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.03% -38.94% +62.79%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

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 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +1 116 £350 +24.33% 202
Yorkshire +9 70 £275 +20.88% 130
North East +8 17 £300 +57.89% 62
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (33.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (32.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.99%) OpenEdge
4 2 (0.99%) SAS
5 1 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 51 (25.12%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.46%) assyst
2 3 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.99%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (44.33%) Azure
2 76 (37.44%) Entra ID
3 18 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 16 (7.88%) IaaS
5 15 (7.39%) OneDrive
6 13 (6.40%) SaaS
7 11 (5.42%) PowerApps
8 10 (4.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (3.94%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.97%) PaaS
11 3 (1.48%) AWS
11 3 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.49%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (0.49%) Azure Storage
13 1 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.49%) GitHub
13 1 (0.49%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.81%) Firewall
2 17 (8.37%) VPN
3 15 (7.39%) Network Security
4 14 (6.90%) DHCP
4 14 (6.90%) DNS
5 11 (5.42%) Intrusion Detection
6 8 (3.94%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (3.45%) SAN
7 7 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.97%) Internet
8 4 (1.97%) LAN
8 4 (1.97%) WAN
8 4 (1.97%) Wireless
9 3 (1.48%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.48%) Skype
9 3 (1.48%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.99%) VoIP
11 1 (0.49%) BGP
11 1 (0.49%) Intranet
11 1 (0.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.94%) Power BI
3 3 (1.48%) Dremio
3 3 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.99%) MySQL
4 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.97%) JIRA
2 3 (1.48%) Hudson
2 3 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (1.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 84 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (9.36%) Public Sector
3 19 (9.36%) Retail
4 14 (6.90%) Finance
5 12 (5.91%) Banking
6 11 (5.42%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.46%) Legal
9 5 (2.46%) Military
10 4 (1.97%) Local Government
10 4 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.48%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.49%) Automotive
13 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (16.75%) Support Engineer
2 31 (15.27%) IT Support
3 27 (13.30%) 1st Line Support
4 23 (11.33%) Analyst
4 23 (11.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 18 (8.87%) Support Manager
6 15 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (7.39%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.90%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.40%) Desktop Support
9 12 (5.91%) 1st Line Support Manager
9 12 (5.91%) Desktop Engineer
9 12 (5.91%) IT Support Manager
10 11 (5.42%) 2nd Line Support
10 11 (5.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 10 (4.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.93%) Architect
11 10 (4.93%) Service Analyst
11 10 (4.93%) Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.48%) .NET
2 2 (0.99%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.49%) JSON
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.36%) Smartphone
2 18 (8.87%) iPhone
3 8 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.46%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.46%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.97%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.48%) IVR
6 3 (1.48%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.48%) NHS
7 2 (0.99%) CCTV
7 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.49%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.49%) iPad
8 1 (0.49%) SCADA
8 1 (0.49%) Social Media
8 1 (0.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 88 (43.35%) Windows
2 35 (17.24%) Windows 10
3 31 (15.27%) Windows Server
4 21 (10.34%) Mac OS
5 9 (4.43%) VMS
5 9 (4.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (3.94%) Linux
7 7 (3.45%) Android
7 7 (3.45%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.97%) Unix
9 4 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (33.50%) ITIL
2 62 (30.54%) Customer Service
3 50 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (22.66%) ITSM
5 30 (14.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (13.30%) Service Management
7 25 (12.32%) Incident Management
8 19 (9.36%) Mobile Device Management
9 18 (8.87%) Information Security
9 18 (8.87%) Migration
10 17 (8.37%) Agile
11 15 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (6.90%) Project Delivery
13 13 (6.40%) High Availability
13 13 (6.40%) Service Delivery
14 12 (5.91%) Change Management
14 12 (5.91%) Data Loss Prevention
14 12 (5.91%) Mentoring
15 11 (5.42%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.73%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.97%) SQL
3 3 (1.48%) T-SQL
3 3 (1.48%) VBA
4 1 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.49%) Python
4 1 (0.49%) VB
4 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.85%) Degree
4 17 (8.37%) SC Cleared
5 15 (7.39%) Azure Certification
6 9 (4.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.46%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.46%) MCSE
8 4 (1.97%) CCNA
8 4 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.99%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.99%) OSCE
10 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.49%) MCP
10 1 (0.49%) MCSA
10 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.93%) SLA
2 6 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.48%) QA
3 3 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.48%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 122 (60.10%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.90%) vSphere
4 8 (3.94%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.97%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.49%) XenApp
8 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (26.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (9.36%) Jamf Pro
3 15 (7.39%) SCCM
4 14 (6.90%) WSUS
5 12 (5.91%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (3.94%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.49%) Ansible
8 1 (0.49%) SCOM
8 1 (0.49%) vRealize
Vendors
1 167 (82.27%) Microsoft
2 43 (21.18%) ServiceNow
3 33 (16.26%) VMware
4 25 (12.32%) Apple
5 20 (9.85%) Citrix
6 13 (6.40%) Cisco
7 6 (2.96%) Meraki
8 5 (2.46%) Veeam
9 4 (1.97%) Bomgar
9 4 (1.97%) Dell
9 4 (1.97%) HP
9 4 (1.97%) iManage
10 3 (1.48%) Databricks
10 3 (1.48%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.48%) Remedy
11 2 (0.99%) Darktrace
11 2 (0.99%) Varonis
11 2 (0.99%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.49%) AppDynamics
12 1 (0.49%) McAfee