Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 23 7
Rank change year-on-year -18 -16 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 7 15 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 2.36% 5.26% 13.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.61% 20.55% 36.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 24
10th Percentile - £248 £163
25th Percentile £475 - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £225
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +100.00% +23.29%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £309
90th Percentile - £665 £535
East Midlands median daily rate £250 £210 £225
% change year-on-year +19.05% -6.67% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Median hourly rate £21.39 - £14.52
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £16.63 £15.00
% change year-on-year +28.62% +10.87% -18.92%

All Cloud Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 92 73 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 30.98% 25.61% 37.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 42 68
10th Percentile £344 £356 £195
25th Percentile £363 £416 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £453 £474
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% -4.49% +6.46%
75th Percentile £488 £508 £534
90th Percentile £525 £617 £575
East Midlands median daily rate £442 £450 £454
% change year-on-year -1.87% -0.92% -1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Median hourly rate £21.39 - £14.52
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.58%
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £29.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year -26.24% +63.38% -21.11%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Northamptonshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Northampton -12 7 £500 +11.11% 14
Microsoft 365
East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) PBX
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) IT Support
1 4 (57.14%) Support Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Coaching
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) VMware