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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 26 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 327 199 271
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 6.72% 5.96% 5.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.68% 17.80% 17.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 134 190
10th Percentile £133 £156 £150
25th Percentile £159 £205 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £226 £379 £270
Median % change year-on-year -40.31% +40.37% -16.92%
75th Percentile £438 £500 £425
90th Percentile £543 £625 £521
England median daily rate £388 £375 £300
% change year-on-year +3.33% +25.00% -17.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 23
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.41 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.19 £17.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.88 £22.09 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +26.23% -12.50%
75th Percentile £21.44 £24.18 £19.50
90th Percentile £69.27 £31.50 £21.20
England median hourly rate £18.87 £21.46 £18.15
% change year-on-year -12.07% +18.24% +6.36%

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 1,850 1,118 1,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 38.00% 33.47% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,343 749 1,173
10th Percentile £226 £275 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £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 £625 £663 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 19 59
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £15.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.61 £17.72
Median hourly rate £43.84 £29.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +51.18% +22.83% -8.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.00 £97.71 £64.35
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.41 £23.22
% change year-on-year +5.60% +22.38% +0.61%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 -7 156 £175 -54.31% 85
Yorkshire +6 141 £325 +8.33% 77
North East -1 33 £225 -55.00% 30
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
1 106 (32.42%) SharePoint
2 75 (22.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.06%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (2.14%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.61%) Confluence
5 2 (0.61%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 52 (15.90%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (5.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.45%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.53%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 123 (37.61%) Azure
2 60 (18.35%) Entra ID
2 60 (18.35%) OneDrive
3 26 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 24 (7.34%) Microsoft Purview
5 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Copilot
6 13 (3.98%) SaaS
7 9 (2.75%) AWS
8 8 (2.45%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.45%) Rubrik
9 7 (2.14%) GCP
10 6 (1.83%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.53%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.22%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.22%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.92%) GitHub
13 3 (0.92%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.87%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (6.12%) DNS
3 18 (5.50%) VPN
4 16 (4.89%) Wireless
5 15 (4.59%) LAN
5 15 (4.59%) TCP/IP
6 14 (4.28%) WAN
7 13 (3.98%) Skype
8 11 (3.36%) DHCP
9 9 (2.75%) VLAN
10 7 (2.14%) Firewall
10 7 (2.14%) Internet
11 6 (1.83%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.22%) VoIP
13 2 (0.61%) DKIM
13 2 (0.61%) DMARC
13 2 (0.61%) Kerberos
13 2 (0.61%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.61%) SMTP
13 2 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.36%) Power BI
2 3 (0.92%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (1.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) Appium
2 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.31%) MSI
2 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 146 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.04%) Finance
3 34 (10.40%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.17%) Legal
5 28 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.89%) Banking
7 15 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.98%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.67%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.36%) Electronics
10 11 (3.36%) Marketing
11 7 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.83%) Retail
13 5 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.22%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.92%) Military
16 2 (0.61%) Local Government
16 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
17 1 (0.31%) Italian Language
17 1 (0.31%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 92 (28.13%) IT Support
2 69 (21.10%) Analyst
3 40 (12.23%) Support Engineer
4 37 (11.31%) 2nd Line Support
4 37 (11.31%) Support Analyst
5 34 (10.40%) 1st Line Support
6 30 (9.17%) Architect
6 30 (9.17%) IT Engineer
7 25 (7.65%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 24 (7.34%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (7.03%) Desktop Support
10 21 (6.42%) IT Analyst
11 20 (6.12%) IT Support Analyst
12 17 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (5.20%) Senior
12 17 (5.20%) Service Analyst
13 16 (4.89%) Service Desk Analyst
14 14 (4.28%) Business Analyst
15 13 (3.98%) Administrator
16 12 (3.67%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.50%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (1.53%) OAuth
3 3 (0.92%) LDAP
3 3 (0.92%) OpenID
3 3 (0.92%) SAML
4 2 (0.61%) JSON
4 2 (0.61%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.61%) XMPP
5 1 (0.31%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) Middleware
5 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.09%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.50%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (3.36%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.06%) CMDB
4 10 (3.06%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.53%) iPhone
6 5 (1.53%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.53%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.92%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.61%) NHS
9 2 (0.61%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.31%) CCTV
10 1 (0.31%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.31%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 179 (54.74%) Windows
2 80 (24.46%) Windows 10
3 24 (7.34%) Mac OS
4 22 (6.73%) Windows Server
5 19 (5.81%) Android
6 10 (3.06%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.22%) Linux
7 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (23.55%) Customer Service
2 71 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (17.43%) ITIL
4 48 (14.68%) Migration
5 36 (11.01%) ITSM
6 33 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
7 32 (9.79%) Service Management
8 24 (7.34%) Problem Management
9 23 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (6.73%) User Experience
11 21 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (5.81%) Mobile Device Management
13 18 (5.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (5.20%) Agile
14 17 (5.20%) Incident Response
14 17 (5.20%) Service Delivery
15 16 (4.89%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 15 (4.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.37%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (1.22%) Bash
4 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.61%) Python
5 1 (0.31%) Java
5 1 (0.31%) Perl
5 1 (0.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (13.76%) Degree
2 40 (12.23%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.79%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.53%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.92%) PMP
9 2 (0.61%) ACSP
9 2 (0.61%) ACTC
9 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.31%) CCNA
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.31%) CISM
10 1 (0.31%) CISSP
10 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.95%) GDPR
2 11 (3.36%) SLA
3 7 (2.14%) FINRA
3 7 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.14%) MiFID
4 4 (1.22%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.92%) NIST
5 3 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.31%) COBIT
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.31%) QA
6 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 151 (46.18%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.22%) vSphere
6 2 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 67 (20.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (13.46%) SCCM
3 7 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 7 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.83%) Norton AntiVirus
4 6 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.92%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.31%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.31%) Ansible
6 1 (0.31%) SCOM
6 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 235 (71.87%) Microsoft
2 43 (13.15%) ServiceNow
3 27 (8.26%) Apple
3 27 (8.26%) Cisco
4 16 (4.89%) HP
5 15 (4.59%) Citrix
5 15 (4.59%) VMware
6 11 (3.36%) Dell
6 11 (3.36%) SAP
7 9 (2.75%) Meraki
8 8 (2.45%) Bomgar
8 8 (2.45%) Google
8 8 (2.45%) iManage
8 8 (2.45%) Remedy
8 8 (2.45%) Veeam
9 6 (1.83%) McAfee
9 6 (1.83%) Symantec
10 5 (1.53%) Adobe
10 5 (1.53%) MobileIron
11 3 (0.92%) Workday