Microsoft 365 Contracts in the South East

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 33 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 236 388 612
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.27% 6.72% 7.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.64% 22.53% 24.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 271 442
10th Percentile £146 £175 £140
25th Percentile £194 £204 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £350 £291
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +20.17% -18.78%
75th Percentile £490 £539 £475
90th Percentile £608 £688 £575
England median daily rate £350 £398 £350
% change year-on-year -11.95% +13.57% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 29 42
10th Percentile £15.80 £16.16 £12.57
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £18.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% -6.25% -4.99%
75th Percentile £18.49 £56.50 £22.25
90th Percentile £21.88 £75.84 £22.39
England median hourly rate £16.63 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.11% +5.71% +2.94%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,338 1,722 2,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 24.23% 29.81% 31.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 1,249 1,800
10th Percentile £250 £252 £200
25th Percentile £406 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £635 £613
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 56 61
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.03 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £23.22 £23.08 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% +9.62% -4.32%
75th Percentile £54.75 £65.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -31.90% +44.89% -2.09%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Thames Valley -16 105 £373 -10.51% 90
Berkshire -14 67 £500 -20.00% 23
Hampshire -18 62 £200 -40.74% 57
Surrey -7 24 £263 -4.55% 27
Kent +7 23 £400 +13.48% 40
Oxfordshire -3 20 £205 -41.43% 28
Buckinghamshire -9 18 £225 -38.36% 39
West Sussex -3 9 £173 -13.75% 32
Middlesex - 6 £275 -
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (16.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (11.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) nginx
4 1 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.42%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 39 (16.53%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.54%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.42%) Azure
2 31 (13.14%) Entra ID
3 16 (6.78%) Azure Monitor
3 16 (6.78%) Azure Storage
4 13 (5.51%) OneDrive
5 7 (2.97%) AWS
5 7 (2.97%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.97%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.54%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.12%) SaaS
8 3 (1.27%) ShareGate
8 3 (1.27%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.42%) GCP
9 1 (0.42%) GitHub
9 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.42%) NuGet
9 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 33 (13.98%) Firewall
2 29 (12.29%) DHCP
3 28 (11.86%) DNS
4 21 (8.90%) Wireless
5 20 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (8.05%) VoIP
7 17 (7.20%) WAN
8 15 (6.36%) LAN
9 13 (5.51%) VPN
10 12 (5.08%) Cisco IOS
11 11 (4.66%) Network Security
12 10 (4.24%) TCP/IP
13 9 (3.81%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (2.12%) VLAN
14 5 (2.12%) WebEx
15 4 (1.69%) SAN
16 2 (0.85%) CTI
17 1 (0.42%) DMZ
17 1 (0.42%) Fibre Channel
17 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.85%) Metadata
2 2 (0.85%) MySQL
2 2 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 87 (36.86%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.71%) Organisational Skills
3 23 (9.75%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.36%) Marketing
6 12 (5.08%) Finance
7 9 (3.81%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.81%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.39%) Retail
9 7 (2.97%) Electronics
10 6 (2.54%) Legal
11 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Automotive
12 2 (0.85%) French Language
12 2 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
12 2 (0.85%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.42%) Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (16.10%) Support Engineer
2 36 (15.25%) IT Support
3 21 (8.90%) Active Directory Support
4 20 (8.47%) IT Engineer
4 20 (8.47%) Support Specialist
5 17 (7.20%) Senior
6 16 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.78%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (6.36%) 1st Line Support
7 15 (6.36%) Desktop Support
7 15 (6.36%) Support Technician
8 14 (5.93%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (5.93%) Analyst
8 14 (5.93%) Azure Specialist
8 14 (5.93%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 11 (4.66%) Audio Visual Technician
9 11 (4.66%) Desktop Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (4.24%) Active Directory Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.78%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.69%) HTML
3 3 (1.27%) CSS
3 3 (1.27%) jQuery
3 3 (1.27%) SPFx
3 3 (1.27%) XMPP
4 2 (0.85%) EDI
4 2 (0.85%) OLE
5 1 (0.42%) JSON
5 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.75%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (8.05%) Video Editing
3 16 (6.78%) PKI
4 9 (3.81%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.97%) NHS
6 6 (2.54%) Digital Signage
7 5 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.69%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.27%) CCTV
9 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.85%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.42%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.42%) BYOD
11 1 (0.42%) CMDB
11 1 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.42%) EPoS
11 1 (0.42%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 155 (65.68%) Windows
2 83 (35.17%) Windows 10
3 47 (19.92%) Apple iOS
4 35 (14.83%) Windows Server
5 33 (13.98%) Linux
6 28 (11.86%) Android
7 26 (11.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (8.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (5.93%) Windows 7
10 9 (3.81%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (3.39%) Mac OS
12 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.42%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (19.07%) Customer Service
2 32 (13.56%) ITIL
3 27 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (10.17%) Agile
5 19 (8.05%) Service Management
6 18 (7.63%) DevOps
6 18 (7.63%) Identity Management
6 18 (7.63%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (7.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (7.20%) Analytics
7 17 (7.20%) CI/CD
8 16 (6.78%) Log Analytics
8 16 (6.78%) Migration
8 16 (6.78%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 16 (6.78%) Privileged Identity Management
8 16 (6.78%) RBAC
8 16 (6.78%) Release Management
9 11 (4.66%) Change Management
10 10 (4.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.24%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.86%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.78%) Bicep
2 16 (6.78%) C#
2 16 (6.78%) VB
2 16 (6.78%) VBScript
3 12 (5.08%) SQL
4 2 (0.85%) Python
5 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (17.37%) Degree
2 38 (16.10%) Security Cleared
3 27 (11.44%) DV Cleared
3 27 (11.44%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 10 (4.24%) DBS Check
5 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.97%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.12%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.27%) MCITP
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.42%) CISM
9 1 (0.42%) CISSP
9 1 (0.42%) CRISC
9 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.32%) SLA
2 8 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.69%) GDPR
4 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 137 (58.05%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 16 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.97%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.69%) vSphere
6 3 (1.27%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.42%) Docker
7 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 51 (21.61%) Microsoft Intune
1 51 (21.61%) SCCM
2 18 (7.63%) Kubernetes
3 17 (7.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 17 (7.20%) WSUS
4 16 (6.78%) SCOM
5 3 (1.27%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.27%) AppManager
5 3 (1.27%) Terraform
6 2 (0.85%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.42%) Ansible
7 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.42%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 133 (56.36%) Microsoft
2 55 (23.31%) Apple
3 26 (11.02%) VMware
4 24 (10.17%) Cisco
5 20 (8.47%) HP
6 15 (6.36%) ServiceNow
7 12 (5.08%) MobileIron
8 10 (4.24%) Aruba
8 10 (4.24%) Polycom
9 9 (3.81%) Adobe
10 7 (2.97%) SAP
11 4 (1.69%) Ivanti
12 3 (1.27%) Citrix
12 3 (1.27%) Dell
12 3 (1.27%) F5
12 3 (1.27%) Google
12 3 (1.27%) Planview
12 3 (1.27%) Veeam
13 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.85%) Sage