Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 24 25
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 8 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 3.85% 3.36% 1.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.00% 8.77% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £283 - -
25th Percentile £425 £475 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £190
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +163.16% -11.63%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £195
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £500 £190
% change year-on-year -10.00% +163.16% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £21.39 -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £21.39 -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 80 57 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 38.46% 38.26% 27.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 49 22
10th Percentile £339 £336 £317
25th Percentile £393 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £445
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -1.24% -11.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £490
90th Percentile £576 £537 £515
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £436 £445
% change year-on-year +3.21% -2.02% +34.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
Median hourly rate - £21.39 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +52.79% -3.58%
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £21.39 £14.00
% change year-on-year - +52.79% -3.58%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Northampton

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Northampton over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Northampton

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
4 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Analytics
1 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
1 2 (25.00%) User Experience
1 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) ITSM
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
2 2 (25.00%) Google
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow