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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 32 33
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 349 206 240
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 5.08% 5.94% 4.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.99% 17.56% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 132 160
10th Percentile £135 £150 £150
25th Percentile £185 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £263
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +33.33% -11.02%
75th Percentile £525 £489 £438
90th Percentile £613 £556 £589
England median daily rate £425 £325 £370
% change year-on-year +30.77% -12.16% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 27
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.69 £12.58 £13.13
Median hourly rate £25.38 £13.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.23% -18.75% -8.57%
75th Percentile - £30.63 £17.75
90th Percentile £178.75 - £20.60
England median hourly rate £20.25 £18.87 £17.27
% change year-on-year +7.31% +9.26% -13.65%

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 2,328 1,173 1,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.86% 33.83% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,522 864 1,031
10th Percentile £313 £300 £268
25th Percentile £400 £392 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £467 £488
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -4.21% -4.88%
75th Percentile £587 £546 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
England median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 28 76
10th Percentile £19.18 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £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 £75.00 £48.47 £23.69
90th Percentile £90.00 £80.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £42.69 £25.33 £21.50
% change year-on-year +68.55% +17.79% -33.85%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -10 175 £450 +63.64% 65
North West -8 167 £245 -34.67% 89
North East -42 10 £273 -9.17% 26
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 (36.39%) SharePoint
2 88 (25.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.72%) Confluence
4 3 (0.86%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 29 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.15%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (35.53%) Azure
2 91 (26.07%) Entra ID
3 74 (21.20%) OneDrive
4 56 (16.05%) Microsoft Copilot
5 45 (12.89%) Microsoft Purview
6 40 (11.46%) Power Platform
7 30 (8.60%) PowerApps
8 27 (7.74%) Power Automate
9 22 (6.30%) SaaS
10 16 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (4.01%) AWS
13 12 (3.44%) Rubrik
14 10 (2.87%) GCP
14 10 (2.87%) GitHub
14 10 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (2.58%) Google Workspace
16 7 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (2.01%) Google Drive
16 7 (2.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.88%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (6.30%) LAN
3 21 (6.02%) WAN
4 19 (5.44%) VPN
5 13 (3.72%) DNS
6 9 (2.58%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.29%) Firewall
7 8 (2.29%) VLAN
8 6 (1.72%) DHCP
8 6 (1.72%) Skype
8 6 (1.72%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.15%) SAN
9 4 (1.15%) VoIP
10 3 (0.86%) DKIM
10 3 (0.86%) DMARC
10 3 (0.86%) PSTN
10 3 (0.86%) WLAN
11 2 (0.57%) NetScaler
11 2 (0.57%) Wireless
12 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.87%) Power BI
2 5 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.86%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) Metadata
5 1 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (4.30%) JIRA
2 3 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (0.86%) Fiddler
2 3 (0.86%) MSI
3 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.57%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.29%) Postman
General
1 128 (36.68%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.76%) Public Sector
3 49 (14.04%) Finance
4 46 (13.18%) Legal
5 28 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.87%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.58%) Banking
9 9 (2.58%) Local Government
9 9 (2.58%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.15%) Law
11 2 (0.57%) Military
11 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.57%) Retail
12 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.29%) Games
12 1 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 67 (19.20%) IT Support
2 51 (14.61%) Architect
3 39 (11.17%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 37 (10.60%) Analyst
4 37 (10.60%) Support Engineer
5 34 (9.74%) IT Engineer
6 33 (9.46%) IT Support Engineer
7 26 (7.45%) 1st Line Support
8 24 (6.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 24 (6.88%) Support Analyst
9 23 (6.59%) IT Analyst
10 20 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support
11 19 (5.44%) IT Support Analyst
12 16 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (4.30%) Administrator
13 15 (4.30%) Designer
14 13 (3.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 13 (3.72%) Senior
15 11 (3.15%) Content Designer
15 11 (3.15%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.60%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (2.29%) OAuth
3 6 (1.72%) .NET
4 5 (1.43%) OpenID
4 5 (1.43%) REST
4 5 (1.43%) SAML
4 5 (1.43%) YAML
5 4 (1.15%) JSON
6 3 (0.86%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.86%) FIDO
6 3 (0.86%) OAuth2
6 3 (0.86%) SOAP
6 3 (0.86%) Web Services
7 2 (0.57%) React
7 2 (0.57%) SPFx
7 2 (0.57%) XSLT
8 1 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.29%) LDAP
8 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.88%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.01%) NHS
4 6 (1.72%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.43%) CMDB
5 5 (1.43%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.15%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.86%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.86%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (0.86%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.86%) IoT
7 3 (0.86%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.57%) CCTV
8 2 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 173 (49.57%) Windows
2 70 (20.06%) Windows 10
3 19 (5.44%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.58%) Apple iOS
5 15 (4.30%) Android
6 5 (1.43%) Linux
7 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.86%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (19.77%) Customer Service
2 54 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (14.90%) ITIL
4 39 (11.17%) Data Loss Prevention
5 31 (8.88%) E-Discovery
5 31 (8.88%) Migration
5 31 (8.88%) Service Management
6 28 (8.02%) DevOps
6 28 (8.02%) Records Management
7 27 (7.74%) ITSM
8 23 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (6.59%) Information Governance
9 22 (6.30%) AI
10 21 (6.02%) Identity Access Management
10 21 (6.02%) Observability
10 21 (6.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (5.73%) Root Cause Analysis
11 20 (5.73%) User Experience
12 19 (5.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 63 (18.05%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.30%) Kusto Query Language
3 10 (2.87%) Python
4 6 (1.72%) SQL
5 4 (1.15%) C#
6 3 (0.86%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.29%) Bash
8 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 44 (12.61%) Degree
2 36 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 30 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.44%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.15%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.15%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.60%) GDPR
2 12 (3.44%) FINRA
2 12 (3.44%) MiFID
3 6 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.43%) WCAG
5 4 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.15%) SLA
6 3 (0.86%) NIST
7 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) QA
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 143 (40.97%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.15%) Docker
5 4 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (17.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.44%) Jamf Pro
2 12 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.29%) SCCM
3 8 (2.29%) Terraform
4 7 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.57%) WSUS
8 1 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.29%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 270 (77.36%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.02%) ServiceNow
3 17 (4.87%) Cisco
4 15 (4.30%) Bomgar
5 14 (4.01%) Google
6 12 (3.44%) iManage
7 10 (2.87%) Remedy
7 10 (2.87%) VMware
8 8 (2.29%) Citrix
9 7 (2.01%) Apple
10 6 (1.72%) Adobe
10 6 (1.72%) Meraki
10 6 (1.72%) Veeam
11 3 (0.86%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.86%) SAP
12 2 (0.57%) F5
12 2 (0.57%) Okta
12 2 (0.57%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.57%) SYSPRO
12 2 (0.57%) Tanium