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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 379 236 275
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 7.05% 7.17% 5.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.03% 20.68% 17.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 157 185
10th Percentile £133 £150 £145
25th Percentile £165 £205 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £375 £270
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +38.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £475 £501 £400
90th Percentile £562 £625 £500
England median daily rate £400 £383 £300
% change year-on-year +4.43% +27.67% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 35
10th Percentile - £12.99 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.25 £20.14 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +46.55% -17.50%
75th Percentile £29.53 £30.63 £17.72
90th Percentile £69.35 - £19.05
England median hourly rate £20.00 £21.46 £17.70
% change year-on-year -6.80% +21.24% +1.14%

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 1,992 1,141 1,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 37.07% 34.67% 32.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 802 1,121
10th Percentile £225 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £381 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -1.04% -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £630 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 21 90
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £14.85
25th Percentile £26.13 £24.18 £16.06
Median hourly rate £57.00 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +98.26% +62.25% -63.84%
75th Percentile £74.00 £41.50 £39.44
90th Percentile £80.10 £96.64 £62.99
England median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £21.46
% change year-on-year +45.45% +28.15% -14.16%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +4 176 £401 +45.64% 72
North West -7 176 £213 -46.88% 110
North East -11 30 £195 -61.00% 27
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
1 129 (34.04%) SharePoint
2 94 (24.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.32%) Confluence
5 4 (1.06%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 56 (14.78%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.32%) Acrobat
4 5 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (3.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 145 (38.26%) Azure
2 82 (21.64%) Entra ID
3 74 (19.53%) OneDrive
4 46 (12.14%) Microsoft Purview
5 39 (10.29%) Power Platform
6 33 (8.71%) Microsoft Copilot
7 20 (5.28%) PowerApps
8 19 (5.01%) SaaS
9 15 (3.96%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.17%) AWS
11 11 (2.90%) Rubrik
12 6 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.32%) Copilot Studio
13 5 (1.32%) GCP
14 4 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.06%) Google Workspace
14 4 (1.06%) IaaS
14 4 (1.06%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.03%) Wi-Fi
2 24 (6.33%) DNS
3 23 (6.07%) LAN
4 22 (5.80%) VPN
4 22 (5.80%) WAN
5 17 (4.49%) TCP/IP
6 15 (3.96%) Wireless
7 14 (3.69%) DHCP
7 14 (3.69%) Skype
8 11 (2.90%) Firewall
9 10 (2.64%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.85%) Internet
10 7 (1.85%) VLAN
11 6 (1.58%) VoIP
12 4 (1.06%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.53%) DKIM
13 2 (0.53%) DMARC
13 2 (0.53%) Kerberos
13 2 (0.53%) SMTP
14 1 (0.26%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.43%) Power BI
2 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (2.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) MSI
2 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 160 (42.22%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.73%) Finance
3 49 (12.93%) Legal
4 39 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 28 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.80%) Banking
7 21 (5.54%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (4.22%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.43%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.64%) Electronics
10 10 (2.64%) Marketing
11 7 (1.85%) Retail
12 5 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.06%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.53%) Law
14 2 (0.53%) Local Government
14 2 (0.53%) Military
15 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (24.54%) IT Support
2 65 (17.15%) Analyst
3 45 (11.87%) Architect
4 40 (10.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 39 (10.29%) Support Engineer
6 37 (9.76%) 1st Line Support
7 35 (9.23%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 34 (8.97%) Support Analyst
9 33 (8.71%) IT Engineer
10 29 (7.65%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (6.07%) IT Analyst
12 22 (5.80%) Desktop Support
13 21 (5.54%) IT Support Analyst
14 19 (5.01%) Senior
15 17 (4.49%) Service Analyst
16 16 (4.22%) Service Desk Analyst
17 15 (3.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 15 (3.96%) Administrator
17 15 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 15 (3.96%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.18%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (1.32%) OAuth
3 3 (0.79%) .NET
3 3 (0.79%) JSON
3 3 (0.79%) LDAP
3 3 (0.79%) OpenID
3 3 (0.79%) SAML
4 2 (0.53%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.26%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.26%) XML
5 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.71%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.43%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.90%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.64%) CMDB
6 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.58%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.58%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.32%) iPhone
8 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.06%) NHS
8 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.79%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.79%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.53%) PKI
10 2 (0.53%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.26%) CCTV
11 1 (0.26%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 200 (52.77%) Windows
2 96 (25.33%) Windows 10
3 24 (6.33%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.54%) Mac OS
5 20 (5.28%) Android
6 11 (2.90%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.06%) Linux
8 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (23.75%) Customer Service
2 70 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (13.72%) Migration
4 50 (13.19%) ITIL
5 36 (9.50%) ITSM
6 34 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
6 34 (8.97%) Service Management
7 33 (8.71%) Data Loss Prevention
8 29 (7.65%) E-Discovery
9 27 (7.12%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (7.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (6.86%) Records Management
11 25 (6.60%) Information Governance
12 24 (6.33%) Problem Management
12 24 (6.33%) User Experience
13 23 (6.07%) Agile
14 22 (5.80%) Incident Response
14 22 (5.80%) Project Delivery
15 21 (5.54%) Data Governance
15 21 (5.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 67 (17.68%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.43%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (1.32%) Python
4 4 (1.06%) Bash
5 2 (0.53%) SQL
6 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 48 (12.66%) Degree
2 41 (10.82%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.23%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.06%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.79%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.79%) PMP
8 2 (0.53%) ACSP
8 2 (0.53%) ACTC
8 2 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.26%) CCNA
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CISM
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.29%) GDPR
2 12 (3.17%) FINRA
2 12 (3.17%) MiFID
3 10 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.85%) SLA
5 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.79%) NIST
7 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 169 (44.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.32%) vSphere
5 4 (1.06%) Docker
6 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 71 (18.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (9.76%) SCCM
3 12 (3.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (2.64%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.58%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (1.06%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.26%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 285 (75.20%) Microsoft
2 46 (12.14%) ServiceNow
3 32 (8.44%) Cisco
4 21 (5.54%) Apple
5 18 (4.75%) Citrix
6 16 (4.22%) HP
6 16 (4.22%) VMware
7 14 (3.69%) Bomgar
7 14 (3.69%) iManage
8 12 (3.17%) Remedy
9 11 (2.90%) Dell
10 10 (2.64%) SAP
10 10 (2.64%) Veeam
11 9 (2.37%) Meraki
12 8 (2.11%) Google
13 6 (1.58%) McAfee
13 6 (1.58%) Symantec
14 5 (1.32%) Adobe
14 5 (1.32%) MobileIron
15 4 (1.06%) F5