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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 22 14
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 12 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 4.38% 6.01% 11.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.19% 19.64% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 11
10th Percentile £376 £433 £189
25th Percentile £425 £444 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £225
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +100.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £490 £481 £238
90th Percentile £523 £493 £488
Northamptonshire median daily rate £465 £450 £225
% change year-on-year +3.33% +100.00% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.39 - -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £21.39 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -1.24%

All Cloud 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 91 56 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 33.21% 30.60% 62.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 34 60
10th Percentile £336 £356 £213
25th Percentile £363 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £448 £481
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -6.87% -5.09%
75th Percentile £473 £486 £523
90th Percentile £500 £613 £534
Northamptonshire median daily rate £418 £450 £470
% change year-on-year -7.22% -4.31% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.39 - -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £21.39 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -49.39%

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 4 November 2025.

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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) AWS
2 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
2 5 (41.67%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) PBX
General
1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) IT Support
1 3 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 3 (25.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Programme Director
2 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 6 (50.00%) User Experience
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Data Protection
3 5 (41.67%) Zero Trust
4 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 4 (33.33%) Business Transformation
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (25.00%) Coaching
5 3 (25.00%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) Application Packaging
6 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (41.67%) Bash
3 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) GDPR
1 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Citrix
2 6 (50.00%) VMware