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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 31 31
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 358 217 236
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 4.95% 5.66% 5.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.64% 17.07% 16.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 137 156
10th Percentile £135 £150 £151
25th Percentile £185 £188 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £325 £275
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £510 £475 £450
90th Percentile £625 £553 £594
England median daily rate £408 £345 £375
% change year-on-year +18.12% -8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 25
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.88 £12.66 £13.25
Median hourly rate £25.38 £13.00 £17.29
Median % change year-on-year +95.23% -24.79% -1.23%
75th Percentile - £30.63 £18.75
90th Percentile £178.75 - £21.80
England median hourly rate £19.00 £19.27 £17.69
% change year-on-year -1.40% +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 2,446 1,271 1,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.85% 33.15% 31.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,568 908 956
10th Percentile £307 £299 £268
25th Percentile £400 £384 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £466 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -1.89% -6.86%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £644
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 30 62
10th Percentile £18.50 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £28.87 £12.82 £15.64
Median hourly rate £67.50 £30.78 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +119.30% +91.66% -28.69%
75th Percentile £75.75 £51.16 £21.88
90th Percentile £89.25 £77.50 £67.39
England median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +55.07% +14.32% -37.14%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -3 192 £240 -36.00% 117
Yorkshire -8 156 £388 +40.91% 72
North East -42 13 £270 +38.46% 40
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
1 121 (33.80%) SharePoint
2 76 (21.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.51%) Confluence
4 3 (0.84%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 29 (8.10%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.84%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 141 (39.39%) Azure
2 95 (26.54%) Entra ID
3 53 (14.80%) OneDrive
4 51 (14.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 49 (13.69%) Power Platform
6 33 (9.22%) PowerApps
7 29 (8.10%) Power Automate
8 26 (7.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (5.03%) AWS
9 18 (5.03%) SaaS
10 17 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (3.35%) GCP
13 10 (2.79%) GitHub
13 10 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.79%) Google Workspace
14 7 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.96%) Google Drive
14 7 (1.96%) PaaS
15 6 (1.68%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.22%) VPN
2 22 (6.15%) LAN
3 21 (5.87%) DNS
4 20 (5.59%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (4.75%) WAN
6 14 (3.91%) DHCP
7 13 (3.63%) Firewall
8 12 (3.35%) TCP/IP
9 11 (3.07%) VLAN
10 9 (2.51%) VoIP
11 8 (2.23%) Wireless
12 7 (1.96%) SAN
12 7 (1.96%) WLAN
13 6 (1.68%) Skype
13 6 (1.68%) Unified Communications
14 5 (1.40%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (1.12%) BGP
15 4 (1.12%) IPsec
15 4 (1.12%) NAS
15 4 (1.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.47%) Power BI
2 6 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.40%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) Metadata
5 1 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 22 (6.15%) 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
3 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.28%) Postman
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 134 (37.43%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.92%) Public Sector
3 42 (11.73%) Legal
4 36 (10.06%) Finance
5 31 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.07%) Banking
8 10 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.79%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.51%) Local Government
10 8 (2.23%) Law
11 6 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.12%) Games
13 4 (1.12%) Police
14 2 (0.56%) Advertising
14 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Military
14 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 75 (20.95%) IT Support
2 50 (13.97%) Support Engineer
3 45 (12.57%) IT Engineer
4 44 (12.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 43 (12.01%) Analyst
6 34 (9.50%) Architect
7 28 (7.82%) 1st Line Support
7 28 (7.82%) 2nd Line Support
8 25 (6.98%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 20 (5.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 19 (5.31%) Senior
11 18 (5.03%) IT Analyst
11 18 (5.03%) Service Analyst
11 18 (5.03%) Service Desk Analyst
11 18 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (4.47%) Support Analyst
13 15 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 15 (4.19%) Administrator
13 15 (4.19%) Designer
13 15 (4.19%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.70%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.23%) OAuth
3 5 (1.40%) OpenID
3 5 (1.40%) REST
3 5 (1.40%) SAML
3 5 (1.40%) YAML
4 4 (1.12%) .NET
4 4 (1.12%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.84%) FIDO
5 3 (0.84%) OAuth2
5 3 (0.84%) SOAP
5 3 (0.84%) Web Services
6 2 (0.56%) React
6 2 (0.56%) SPFx
6 2 (0.56%) XSLT
7 1 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.28%) LDAP
7 1 (0.28%) ODBC
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.82%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.51%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.51%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.40%) NHS
6 5 (1.40%) PKI
7 4 (1.12%) Animation
7 4 (1.12%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.12%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.12%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.84%) CMDB
8 3 (0.84%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (0.84%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.84%) IoT
8 3 (0.84%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.84%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 197 (55.03%) Windows
2 85 (23.74%) Windows 10
3 32 (8.94%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.75%) Android
4 17 (4.75%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.12%) Linux
7 3 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.84%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.67%) Customer Service
2 68 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (18.72%) ITIL
4 35 (9.78%) Service Management
5 32 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (8.66%) Migration
7 30 (8.38%) Agile
8 29 (8.10%) DevOps
8 29 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (7.82%) ITSM
10 27 (7.54%) Data Loss Prevention
11 25 (6.98%) AI
12 21 (5.87%) Computer Science
12 21 (5.87%) Incident Management
13 20 (5.59%) Data Protection
13 20 (5.59%) Identity Access Management
13 20 (5.59%) User Experience
14 18 (5.03%) Change Management
14 18 (5.03%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 18 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.25%) PowerShell
2 11 (3.07%) Python
3 7 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (1.68%) SQL
5 4 (1.12%) C#
6 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.84%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.56%) Bicep
7 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 49 (13.69%) Degree
2 46 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.78%) SC Cleared
4 28 (7.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.51%) A+ Certification
6 9 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (1.68%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.12%) CCNP
9 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.56%) MCSE
11 2 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.28%) PMP
12 1 (0.28%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.63%) GDPR
2 8 (2.23%) SLA
3 5 (1.40%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.40%) QA
3 5 (1.40%) WCAG
4 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.84%) FINRA
5 3 (0.84%) MiFID
5 3 (0.84%) NIST
6 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 168 (46.93%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.12%) Docker
5 4 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.56%) vSphere
7 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 75 (20.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.03%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (3.35%) SCCM
3 12 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.51%) Terraform
5 7 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.56%) WSUS
9 1 (0.28%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 256 (71.51%) Microsoft
2 48 (13.41%) ServiceNow
3 21 (5.87%) Cisco
4 18 (5.03%) Bomgar
5 16 (4.47%) Google
5 16 (4.47%) iManage
6 13 (3.63%) Apple
6 13 (3.63%) Citrix
6 13 (3.63%) Remedy
7 10 (2.79%) VMware
8 9 (2.51%) CyberArk
9 6 (1.68%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (1.40%) Adobe
11 4 (1.12%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.12%) Perforce
11 4 (1.12%) Sophos
12 3 (0.84%) DocuSign
12 3 (0.84%) IBM
12 3 (0.84%) Intapp
12 3 (0.84%) SAP