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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 28 25
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 280 223 299
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 6.07% 5.89% 6.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.93% 17.44% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 138 215
10th Percentile £129 £152 £163
25th Percentile £158 £188 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £375 £300
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +25.00% -1.64%
75th Percentile £406 £500 £450
90th Percentile £526 £629 £550
England median daily rate £353 £400 £325
% change year-on-year -11.88% +23.08% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 27
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.33 £15.63
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +24.66% -14.60%
75th Percentile £30.31 £24.18 £19.63
90th Percentile £69.85 £31.80 £20.60
England median hourly rate £22.00 £21.46 £18.50
% change year-on-year +2.52% +16.00% +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 1,758 1,279 1,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 38.13% 33.76% 34.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 825 1,229
10th Percentile £220 £275 £262
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £656 £650
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 60
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.68 £31.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +11.49% +23.58%
75th Percentile £58.06 £52.09 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.06 £91.16 £53.00
England median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%

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 December 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 13 December 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 13 December 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 -1 146 £215 -42.67% 140
Yorkshire -6 104 £215 -34.85% 89
North East +4 33 £200 -57.45% 31
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 80 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 54 (19.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (2.50%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.71%) Confluence
4 2 (0.71%) IIS
4 2 (0.71%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) CMS
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 45 (16.07%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (7.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.50%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 118 (42.14%) Azure
2 56 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 36 (12.86%) OneDrive
4 24 (8.57%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.71%) SaaS
6 14 (5.00%) AWS
7 10 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (3.21%) GCP
8 9 (3.21%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (3.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.50%) PowerApps
11 6 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.14%) Azure AKS
11 6 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 6 (2.14%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.79%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (6.43%) DNS
3 15 (5.36%) VPN
4 13 (4.64%) Wireless
5 12 (4.29%) Firewall
6 11 (3.93%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.57%) DHCP
7 10 (3.57%) Skype
8 9 (3.21%) LAN
9 8 (2.86%) WAN
10 7 (2.50%) Internet
11 6 (2.14%) Unified Communications
12 5 (1.79%) Network Security
13 4 (1.43%) VoIP
14 3 (1.07%) VLAN
15 2 (0.71%) WebEx
16 1 (0.36%) Broadband
16 1 (0.36%) Kerberos
16 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
16 1 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.21%) Power BI
2 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Appium
2 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) MSI
2 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 121 (43.21%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.29%) Finance
3 31 (11.07%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.71%) Banking
6 15 (5.36%) Legal
7 12 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.29%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.93%) Electronics
8 11 (3.93%) Marketing
9 6 (2.14%) Retail
10 5 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.43%) Military
12 3 (1.07%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.71%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.71%) Local Government
14 1 (0.36%) Polish Language
14 1 (0.36%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 82 (29.29%) IT Support
2 62 (22.14%) Analyst
3 43 (15.36%) Support Engineer
4 38 (13.57%) 2nd Line Support
5 29 (10.36%) IT Engineer
6 26 (9.29%) Desktop Support
7 25 (8.93%) 1st Line Support
8 23 (8.21%) IT Support Engineer
9 22 (7.86%) Support Analyst
10 18 (6.43%) Service Analyst
11 17 (6.07%) Senior
11 17 (6.07%) Service Desk Analyst
12 16 (5.71%) Business Analyst
12 16 (5.71%) IT Technician
13 14 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 14 (5.00%) Support Technician
14 13 (4.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 12 (4.29%) IT Support Technician
16 11 (3.93%) Administrator
16 11 (3.93%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.21%) JSON
1 9 (3.21%) OAuth
2 8 (2.86%) OAuth2
2 8 (2.86%) OpenID
2 8 (2.86%) SAML
3 3 (1.07%) Web Services
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.71%) Middleware
4 2 (0.71%) XMPP
5 1 (0.36%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.79%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.29%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.93%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.14%) CMDB
6 6 (2.14%) iPhone
6 6 (2.14%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.79%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.43%) HTC Vive
8 4 (1.43%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (1.07%) Clustering
9 3 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.07%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.07%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.71%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.71%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 151 (53.93%) Windows
2 57 (20.36%) Windows 10
3 23 (8.21%) Mac OS
4 22 (7.86%) Windows Server
5 19 (6.79%) Android
6 10 (3.57%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.79%) Linux
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.36%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 59 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (18.21%) ITIL
4 42 (15.00%) Migration
5 31 (11.07%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (10.71%) Service Management
7 29 (10.36%) ITSM
8 27 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (8.57%) Mobile Device Management
11 19 (6.79%) User Experience
12 16 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (5.71%) Problem Management
12 16 (5.71%) Security Operations
13 15 (5.36%) Agile
13 15 (5.36%) Computer Science
13 15 (5.36%) Incident Management
13 15 (5.36%) Project Management
13 15 (5.36%) Service Delivery
13 15 (5.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 8 (2.86%) Python
3 5 (1.79%) Bash
4 2 (0.71%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.36%) Java
5 1 (0.36%) Perl
5 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (15.71%) Degree
2 43 (15.36%) Security Cleared
3 36 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.50%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.79%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.07%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.07%) ACSP
9 3 (1.07%) ACTC
9 3 (1.07%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.07%) PMP
10 2 (0.71%) CISMP
10 2 (0.71%) GCIA
10 2 (0.71%) GCIH
10 2 (0.71%) GSEC
11 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.36%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.93%) SLA
2 7 (2.50%) GDPR
3 5 (1.79%) NIST
4 3 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.07%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) COBIT
6 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 137 (48.93%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) vSphere
5 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 69 (24.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (12.86%) SCCM
3 11 (3.93%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (3.93%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (3.93%) Terraform
4 7 (2.50%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.79%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (1.07%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.36%) Ansible
8 1 (0.36%) QRadar
8 1 (0.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 190 (67.86%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.21%) ServiceNow
3 32 (11.43%) Apple
4 20 (7.14%) Cisco
5 15 (5.36%) HP
6 14 (5.00%) SAP
7 10 (3.57%) Dell
8 8 (2.86%) Citrix
9 6 (2.14%) Alibaba
10 5 (1.79%) McAfee
10 5 (1.79%) Meraki
10 5 (1.79%) MobileIron
10 5 (1.79%) Remedy
10 5 (1.79%) Symantec
10 5 (1.79%) VMware
11 4 (1.43%) Axway
11 4 (1.43%) Google
12 3 (1.07%) BMC
12 3 (1.07%) LogRhythm
12 3 (1.07%) Workday