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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 34 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 -9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 205 194 297
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.19% 4.74% 5.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.66% 15.02% 17.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 127 197
10th Percentile £133 £159 £157
25th Percentile £180 £191 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £300 £300
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £450 £494 £451
90th Percentile £541 £608 £580
England median daily rate £331 £400 £363
% change year-on-year -17.25% +10.34% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 27
10th Percentile - £12.00 £15.03
25th Percentile £12.82 £15.35 £15.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +14.29% -18.60%
75th Percentile £18.87 £21.75 £19.63
90th Percentile - £22.00 £20.00
England median hourly rate £19.46 £21.19 £19.00
% change year-on-year -8.14% +11.50% +8.57%

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 1,398 1,292 1,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.41% 31.54% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,000 852 1,267
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £622 £650 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 23 66
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £15.00 £17.44 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% -31.78% +43.33%
75th Percentile £67.25 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.75 £67.40 £66.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £32.75 £33.00
% change year-on-year -19.69% -0.76% +53.49%

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
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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -13 95 £365 +24.26% 145
Yorkshire +2 91 £225 -41.94% 115
North East +2 19 £195 +2.63% 51
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 38 (18.54%) SharePoint
2 35 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.41%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (3.41%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.46%) Confluence
5 2 (0.98%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.98%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (23.90%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (9.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (6.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.44%) assyst
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (40.98%) Azure
2 55 (26.83%) Entra ID
3 23 (11.22%) OneDrive
4 15 (7.32%) AWS
5 14 (6.83%) Power Platform
6 12 (5.85%) SaaS
7 10 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (4.39%) GCP
9 6 (2.93%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.93%) Azure AKS
9 6 (2.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (2.44%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.95%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.46%) IaaS
12 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.78%) VPN
2 17 (8.29%) Firewall
3 9 (4.39%) DNS
4 8 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (3.41%) Skype
6 6 (2.93%) Network Security
6 6 (2.93%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.44%) DHCP
8 4 (1.95%) LAN
8 4 (1.95%) VLAN
9 3 (1.46%) SAN
9 3 (1.46%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.46%) WAN
10 2 (0.98%) Internet
10 2 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.98%) Wireless
11 1 (0.49%) BGP
11 1 (0.49%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.93%) Power BI
2 5 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.46%) Dremio
3 3 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.98%) MySQL
4 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.44%) JIRA
2 3 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.49%) Appium
4 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 101 (49.27%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.24%) Retail
3 20 (9.76%) Finance
3 20 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (9.27%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (6.34%) Banking
7 7 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.44%) Legal
9 4 (1.95%) Military
9 4 (1.95%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.46%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.98%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Electronics
12 1 (0.49%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.49%) Law
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (23.90%) IT Support
2 44 (21.46%) Analyst
3 28 (13.66%) 1st Line Support
3 28 (13.66%) Support Engineer
4 22 (10.73%) Desktop Support
5 19 (9.27%) Support Manager
6 17 (8.29%) Desktop Engineer
6 17 (8.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 17 (8.29%) Support Analyst
7 15 (7.32%) IT Manager
8 14 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (5.85%) 1st Line Support Manager
9 12 (5.85%) IT Support Manager
10 10 (4.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 10 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
10 10 (4.88%) IT Technician
10 10 (4.88%) Support Technician
11 9 (4.39%) Business Analyst
11 9 (4.39%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.39%) JSON
2 6 (2.93%) OAuth
2 6 (2.93%) OAuth2
2 6 (2.93%) OpenID
2 6 (2.93%) SAML
3 3 (1.46%) .NET
3 3 (1.46%) Web Services
4 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.98%) Middleware
5 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.49%) XML
5 1 (0.49%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.24%) iPhone
1 21 (10.24%) Onboarding
1 21 (10.24%) Smartphone
2 9 (4.39%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.39%) Mobile App
3 8 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.93%) HTC Vive
4 6 (2.93%) Virtual Reality
5 3 (1.46%) Clustering
5 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.46%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.98%) CCTV
6 2 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.98%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (42.44%) Windows
2 30 (14.63%) Mac OS
2 30 (14.63%) Windows 10
3 14 (6.83%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.37%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.41%) Android
6 4 (1.95%) Linux
7 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.49%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.24%) ITIL
2 47 (22.93%) Customer Service
3 38 (18.54%) ITSM
4 37 (18.05%) Mobile Device Management
5 36 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (17.56%) Service Management
6 27 (13.17%) Incident Management
7 22 (10.73%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (10.24%) Migration
8 21 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (6.83%) Security Operations
10 13 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (5.85%) Analytics
11 12 (5.85%) DevOps
11 12 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (5.85%) Project Management
12 11 (5.37%) Problem Management
13 10 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (4.88%) Service Delivery
13 10 (4.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.29%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.41%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (3.41%) Python
3 4 (1.95%) Bash
4 3 (1.46%) SQL
4 3 (1.46%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.49%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (15.61%) Degree
2 21 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (6.34%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.37%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.93%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.95%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.46%) ACSP
10 3 (1.46%) ACTC
11 2 (0.98%) CISMP
11 2 (0.98%) GCIA
11 2 (0.98%) GCIH
11 2 (0.98%) GSEC
12 1 (0.49%) CCNA
12 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.49%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.93%) SLA
2 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.46%) GDPR
2 3 (1.46%) NIST
2 3 (1.46%) QA
3 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 104 (50.73%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.46%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.46%) vSphere
4 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.49%) XenApp
4 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (26.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (13.17%) Jamf Pro
3 25 (12.20%) SCCM
4 11 (5.37%) Terraform
5 7 (3.41%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.93%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.98%) Ansible
8 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.98%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.49%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.49%) QRadar
9 1 (0.49%) SCOM
9 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 161 (78.54%) Microsoft
2 41 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 37 (18.05%) Apple
4 11 (5.37%) Citrix
5 6 (2.93%) Alibaba
5 6 (2.93%) Cisco
6 5 (2.44%) Darktrace
6 5 (2.44%) VMware
6 5 (2.44%) Zscaler
7 4 (1.95%) Axway
7 4 (1.95%) SAP
8 3 (1.46%) BMC
8 3 (1.46%) Databricks
8 3 (1.46%) Dell
8 3 (1.46%) Google
8 3 (1.46%) Varonis
9 2 (0.98%) IBM
9 2 (0.98%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.98%) McAfee
9 2 (0.98%) Symantec