Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 25 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 6 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 2.41% 3.65% 10.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.00% 15.91% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £205 £162
25th Percentile - £213 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £225 £228
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.10% +3.41%
75th Percentile - £238 £281
90th Percentile - £245 £341
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.97 - -
90th Percentile £36.44 - -
UK median hourly rate £21.39 £24.18 £18.98
% change year-on-year -11.54% +27.43% +11.62%

All Cloud Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 40 44 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.06% 22.92% 22.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 21
10th Percentile £333 £350 £150
25th Percentile £400 £488 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +35.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £603 £650 £500
90th Percentile £638 £675 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.03
25th Percentile £21.50 - £16.06
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £16.75
75th Percentile £31.97 - £18.06
90th Percentile £36.44 - £18.48
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.15
% change year-on-year -28.14% +8.86% +45.87%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
County Antrim -5 5 £250 +11.11% 8
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Acrobat
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Rollout Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Rollout Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Change Management
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) People Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce