Microsoft 365 Contracts in Reading

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 69 41
Rank change year-on-year +18 -28 -20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 9 22 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.51% 1.85% 4.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.48% 5.96% 15.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 36
10th Percentile £162 £293 £309
25th Percentile £210 £603 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £605 £669
Median % change year-on-year -58.68% -9.53% +105.77%
75th Percentile £448 £608 £725
90th Percentile £599 - £758
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £625
% change year-on-year -10.00% -20.00% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £32.03
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £79.19
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +161.59%

All Cloud Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 201 369 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 33.67% 30.96% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 275 247
10th Percentile £343 £381 £413
25th Percentile £444 £484 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £33.82 £56.50 £38.59
25th Percentile £41.05 £56.58 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £58.30 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% -22.78% +211.34%
75th Percentile £65.14 £59.95 £79.19
90th Percentile £72.37 £60.61 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £33.50
% change year-on-year -45.03% +74.03% +53.85%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Reading

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Reading

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Reading

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Reading

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) OneDrive
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Operations Specialist
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Migration Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Operations Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Architectural Design
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) High Availability
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Storage Management
3 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) SOC 2
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) Facebook
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) VMware