Microsoft 365 Contracts in the North West

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 27 31
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 106 155 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 5.07% 5.59% 5.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.68% 17.49% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 101 115
10th Percentile £150 £163 £169
25th Percentile £200 £210 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £305 £350
Median % change year-on-year +19.67% -12.86% +30.84%
75th Percentile £475 £450 £469
90th Percentile £538 £638 £564
England median daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 22 18
10th Percentile - £13.00 £13.60
25th Percentile £12.82 £13.63 £15.79
Median hourly rate £20.79 £16.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.91% -8.57% -5.41%
75th Percentile £30.63 £17.72 £19.88
90th Percentile - £18.68 £20.72
England median hourly rate £19.07 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.97% -12.50% +14.29%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 676 886 1,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.36% 31.97% 36.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 626 846
10th Percentile £313 £292 £300
25th Percentile £392 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £546 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £659
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 60 37
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.25 £15.72
25th Percentile £16.33 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -28.34% -12.79%
75th Percentile £47.12 £26.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.54 £64.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year +14.32% -32.10% +50.70%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North West over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North West over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Manchester -27 34 £313 -20.63% 254
Cheshire -12 26 £230 -38.67% 76
Merseyside -9 17 £225 - 51
Cumbria +16 14 £475 - 11
Lancashire +2 14 £450 +125.00% 124
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (36.79%) SharePoint
2 34 (32.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.89%) SAS
4 1 (0.94%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 11 (10.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.72%) assyst
2 2 (1.89%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 59 (55.66%) Azure
2 36 (33.96%) Entra ID
3 10 (9.43%) OneDrive
4 9 (8.49%) Microsoft Purview
4 9 (8.49%) SaaS
5 8 (7.55%) IaaS
5 8 (7.55%) Power Platform
6 7 (6.60%) AWS
7 5 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (3.77%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.83%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.04%) Firewall
2 12 (11.32%) DHCP
3 11 (10.38%) DNS
4 9 (8.49%) Network Security
5 6 (5.66%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (3.77%) SAN
6 4 (3.77%) VPN
7 2 (1.89%) LAN
7 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.89%) WAN
7 2 (1.89%) Wireless
8 1 (0.94%) Internet
8 1 (0.94%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.94%) Skype
8 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.60%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.72%) Power BI
3 3 (2.83%) Dremio
3 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Hudson
1 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (2.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
3 10 (9.43%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (8.49%) Finance
5 7 (6.60%) Banking
6 6 (5.66%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.77%) Legal
7 4 (3.77%) Military
8 3 (2.83%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.83%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Retail
10 1 (0.94%) Automotive
10 1 (0.94%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (16.04%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 16 (15.09%) Analyst
3 12 (11.32%) IT Support
4 11 (10.38%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.49%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (6.60%) Administrator
7 7 (6.60%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (5.66%) Architect
8 6 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.66%) Security Engineer
8 6 (5.66%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (4.72%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
9 5 (4.72%) Service Analyst
9 5 (4.72%) Service Desk Analyst
10 4 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (3.77%) Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) Software Packaging
1 2 (1.89%) Web Services
2 1 (0.94%) .NET
2 1 (0.94%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.72%) Security Posture
2 4 (3.77%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.83%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.83%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.89%) NHS
5 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.94%) FMCG
5 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.94%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (0.94%) IoT
5 1 (0.94%) iPad
5 1 (0.94%) IVR
5 1 (0.94%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.94%) SCADA
5 1 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 56 (52.83%) Windows
2 24 (22.64%) Windows Server
3 18 (16.98%) Windows 10
4 9 (8.49%) Linux
5 8 (7.55%) VMS
6 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.77%) Unix
7 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (2.83%) Android
9 2 (1.89%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (23.58%) ITIL
3 20 (18.87%) Customer Service
4 19 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (16.04%) ITSM
6 14 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (12.26%) Information Security
7 13 (12.26%) Migration
8 12 (11.32%) Cloud Security
9 11 (10.38%) Data Loss Prevention
9 11 (10.38%) DevOps
9 11 (10.38%) High Availability
10 9 (8.49%) Analytics
10 9 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (7.55%) Mentoring
11 8 (7.55%) Security Operations
12 7 (6.60%) Incident Response
12 7 (6.60%) Project Delivery
12 7 (6.60%) Service Management
12 7 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.81%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.72%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (2.83%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.89%) Python
5 1 (0.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (20.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (13.21%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.38%) Azure Certification
3 11 (10.38%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.55%) Degree
5 4 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.77%) MCSE
5 4 (3.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.89%) CREST Certified
6 2 (1.89%) GCIA
6 2 (1.89%) GCIH
6 2 (1.89%) OSCE
7 1 (0.94%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) SLA
2 2 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.94%) NCSC
3 1 (0.94%) NIST
3 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (49.06%) Active Directory
2 14 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.66%) vSphere
4 5 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.89%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (22.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (12.26%) WSUS
3 7 (6.60%) SCCM
4 5 (4.72%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.77%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 92 (86.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (20.75%) VMware
3 13 (12.26%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.72%) Citrix
4 5 (4.72%) Darktrace
4 5 (4.72%) Dell
5 4 (3.77%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.83%) Axway
6 3 (2.83%) Bomgar
6 3 (2.83%) Databricks
6 3 (2.83%) HP
6 3 (2.83%) iManage
6 3 (2.83%) Varonis
7 2 (1.89%) Cisco
7 2 (1.89%) SAP
8 1 (0.94%) Adobe
8 1 (0.94%) Apple
8 1 (0.94%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.94%) Remedy
8 1 (0.94%) webMethods