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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 14 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 6.11% 3.48% 3.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.29% 9.76% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £229 - £188
25th Percentile £425 £425 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £208
Median % change year-on-year - +116.87% -43.15%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £227
90th Percentile - - £233
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £450 £215
% change year-on-year - +109.30% -21.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.50 -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £14.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year - -17.14% -1.24%

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 98 41 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 42.79% 35.65% 47.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 32 31
10th Percentile £324 - £313
25th Percentile £381 £356 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £401 £445
Median % change year-on-year +9.10% -9.89% -17.21%
75th Percentile £475 £488 £489
90th Percentile £575 £537 £525
Northamptonshire median daily rate £438 £435 £445
% change year-on-year +0.69% -2.36% -14.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Median hourly rate - £14.50 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -20.99%

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 14 March 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 8 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Power Platform
1 8 (57.14%) PowerApps
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 3 (21.43%) GCP
3 3 (21.43%) OneDrive
3 3 (21.43%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) PBX
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
1 8 (57.14%) Power Platform Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Mac OS
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
2 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (21.43%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
2 3 (21.43%) Thought Leadership
2 3 (21.43%) User Experience
2 3 (21.43%) Zero Trust
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Application Packaging
3 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL
4 1 (7.14%) ITSM
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) Bash
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) GDPR
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Citrix
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow