Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 13 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 6.37% 4.90% 5.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.53% 14.58% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 6
10th Percentile £172 - £226
25th Percentile £190 £185 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £190 £331
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -42.64% -25.56%
75th Percentile £215 £213 £383
90th Percentile £220 £216 £413
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £200 £190 £375
% change year-on-year +5.26% -49.33% -15.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.67
Median hourly rate - £12.92 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year - -27.05% -33.12%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.50 £12.92 £17.71
% change year-on-year +27.71% -27.05% -33.12%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 49 48 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 24.02% 33.57% 34.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 31 43
10th Percentile £190 £188 £295
25th Percentile £205 £438 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +13.64% -20.00%
75th Percentile £519 £530 £550
90th Percentile £625 £588 £660
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £225 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -55.00% +11.11% -15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £9.60
25th Percentile £12.95 - £14.14
Median hourly rate £13.08 £12.92 £21.86
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -40.88% -17.47%
75th Percentile £13.20 - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.31 £12.92 £21.86
% change year-on-year +3.00% -40.88% -17.47%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

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

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

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

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) LAN
1 6 (46.15%) WLAN
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) VLAN
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Support Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) IT Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) IT Support
2 6 (46.15%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Specialist
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Head of IT
5 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Support Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
1 6 (46.15%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Android
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Customer Service
2 6 (46.15%) ITSM
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
4 2 (15.38%) Service Management
5 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
5 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (7.69%) Line Management
5 1 (7.69%) Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Patch Management
5 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
1 6 (46.15%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Apple
2 1 (7.69%) Samsung
2 1 (7.69%) VMware