Microsoft 365 Contracts in Reading

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 38 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 38 49 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.23% 4.73% 5.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.19% 14.71% 19.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 41 59
10th Percentile £253 £220 £123
25th Percentile £603 £463 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £663 £300
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +120.83% -16.34%
75th Percentile £608 £719 £444
90th Percentile - £754 £538
Berkshire median daily rate £605 £600 £373
% change year-on-year +0.83% +60.97% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £60.65 £61.21 -
25th Percentile £60.72 £72.77 £9.75
Median hourly rate £60.83 £79.19 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.18% +691.90% -
75th Percentile £60.95 - £10.25
90th Percentile £61.01 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.60 £71.10 £21.00
% change year-on-year -14.76% +238.55% +34.44%

All Cloud Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 373 333 418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 31.72% 32.11% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 257 319
10th Percentile £375 £400 £188
25th Percentile £476 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £618
90th Percentile £688 £725 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £56.50 £62.20 £13.20
25th Percentile £56.65 £75.25 £18.38
Median hourly rate £58.30 £79.19 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% +226.56% -
75th Percentile £60.60 - £33.00
90th Percentile £61.17 - £44.70
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £23.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year +150.21% +3.56% +6.89%

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 30 May 2024.

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 21 (55.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (57.89%) Azure
2 20 (52.63%) Azure Monitor
2 20 (52.63%) Azure Storage
2 20 (52.63%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.26%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.63%) NuGet
4 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (52.63%) DHCP
1 20 (52.63%) DNS
1 20 (52.63%) Firewall
2 2 (5.26%) VPN
2 2 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 25 (65.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (52.63%) Active Directory Support
2 14 (36.84%) Active Directory Specialist
2 14 (36.84%) Azure Specialist
2 14 (36.84%) Support Specialist
3 10 (26.32%) Support Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Senior
5 6 (15.79%) Active Directory Engineer
5 6 (15.79%) Active Directory Support Engineer
5 6 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) Desktop Support
6 4 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 4 (10.53%) Senior Technical Specialist
6 4 (10.53%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
6 4 (10.53%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
7 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Specialist
8 2 (5.26%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (52.63%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (52.63%) PKI
1 20 (52.63%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (63.16%) Windows
2 20 (52.63%) Linux
2 20 (52.63%) Windows Server
2 20 (52.63%) Windows Server 2016
2 20 (52.63%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Agile
1 21 (55.26%) CI/CD
1 21 (55.26%) DevOps
1 21 (55.26%) Infrastructure as Code
1 21 (55.26%) Service Management
2 20 (52.63%) Analytics
2 20 (52.63%) Identity Management
2 20 (52.63%) ITIL
2 20 (52.63%) Log Analytics
2 20 (52.63%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 20 (52.63%) Privileged Identity Management
2 20 (52.63%) RBAC
2 20 (52.63%) Release Management
3 11 (28.95%) Roadmaps
4 10 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
5 6 (15.79%) Change Management
5 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (13.16%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (10.53%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 21 (55.26%) PowerShell
2 20 (52.63%) Bicep
2 20 (52.63%) C#
2 20 (52.63%) VB
2 20 (52.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (71.05%) Security Cleared
2 26 (68.42%) DV Cleared
3 21 (55.26%) Degree
3 21 (55.26%) SC Cleared
4 20 (52.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (55.26%) Active Directory
2 20 (52.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 20 (52.63%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (57.89%) SCCM
2 21 (55.26%) Kubernetes
2 21 (55.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (52.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 20 (52.63%) SCOM
3 20 (52.63%) WSUS
4 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (86.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Apple
3 2 (5.26%) Dell