Microsoft 365 Contracts in Northern Ireland

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 6 20
Rank change year-on-year -13 +14 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 6 27 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.05% 13.24% 5.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.14% 40.91% 25.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £366 £124 £261
25th Percentile £391 £160 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £170 £450
Median % change year-on-year +157.35% -62.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £491 £223 -
90th Percentile £519 £232 £458
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £10.43
25th Percentile - £14.09 £10.64
Median hourly rate - £14.19 £12.70
Median % change year-on-year - +11.74% +26.95%
75th Percentile - £14.28 £13.89
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -8.11% +5.71% +5.26%

All Cloud Skills
Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35 66 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.65% 32.35% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 25
10th Percentile £500 £186 £414
25th Percentile £525 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £648 £578 -
90th Percentile £680 £650 £569
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £13.33 £10.43
25th Percentile - £13.46 £10.64
Median hourly rate - £13.84 £12.70
Median % change year-on-year - +9.04% +26.95%
75th Percentile - £14.15 £13.89
90th Percentile - £14.22 -
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £32.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -35.38% +54.39% -7.51%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend 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 19 April 2024. 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 6 £438 +127.27% 21
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) InfoPath
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) Skype
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) FTP
General
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) COM
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) PLM
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) MCSD
2 2 (33.33%) MCSE
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) VMware