Microsoft 365 Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 42 34
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 142 234 357
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.80% 4.17% 6.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.97% 17.63% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 133 253
10th Percentile £186 £148 £171
25th Percentile £206 £200 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £262 £288 £350
Median % change year-on-year -8.84% -17.86% +19.66%
75th Percentile £500 £518 £538
90th Percentile £613 £608 £693
England median daily rate £325 £350 £388
% change year-on-year -7.14% -9.68% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 21
10th Percentile £17.53 £16.03 £15.81
25th Percentile £19.60 £17.33 £16.84
Median hourly rate £26.33 £17.69 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.84% -6.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £28.50 £52.49 £64.50
90th Percentile £43.50 £60.54 £79.19
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.30 £18.50
% change year-on-year +15.77% -11.89% +5.71%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 889 1,327 1,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.02% 23.64% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 899 1,209
10th Percentile £258 £262 £252
25th Percentile £381 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £713
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 54 49
10th Percentile £15.38 £16.68 £15.21
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £27.22 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +8.86% +19.05%
75th Percentile £46.90 £59.95 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.50 £61.60 £75.15
England median hourly rate £25.01 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.03% -38.94% +62.79%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 +10 74 £363 -6.15% 120
Berkshire +4 46 £432 -28.60% 39
Hampshire +2 26 £400 +100.00% 57
Surrey +16 18 £205 -36.92% 34
Oxfordshire +2 15 £275 +89.66% 38
Buckinghamshire +9 13 £566 +151.67% 50
West Sussex +17 11 £227 +31.59% 33
Kent -10 8 £220 -31.25% 43
East Sussex - 4 £275 - 3
Home Counties - 1 - -
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 41 (28.87%) SharePoint
2 26 (18.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.41%) IBM Domino
3 2 (1.41%) IIS
4 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.70%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (34.51%) Azure
2 28 (19.72%) Power Platform
3 17 (11.97%) Entra ID
4 11 (7.75%) OneDrive
5 10 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (5.63%) Power Automate
7 7 (4.93%) PowerApps
8 6 (4.23%) AWS
9 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.82%) Azure Storage
10 4 (2.82%) SaaS
11 3 (2.11%) Azure AKS
11 3 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.11%) Azure Table
12 2 (1.41%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (1.41%) PaaS
13 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.70%) IaaS
13 1 (0.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.27%) Firewall
2 14 (9.86%) VPN
3 9 (6.34%) DNS
3 9 (6.34%) Internet
3 9 (6.34%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (5.63%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.93%) WAN
6 6 (4.23%) DHCP
6 6 (4.23%) Network Security
7 4 (2.82%) LAN
7 4 (2.82%) MPLS
7 4 (2.82%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.11%) BGP
8 3 (2.11%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.11%) HTTP
8 3 (2.11%) NGFW
8 3 (2.11%) OSPF
8 3 (2.11%) Skype
8 3 (2.11%) VLAN
9 2 (1.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.56%) Power BI
2 3 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.70%) Power Query
4 1 (0.70%) Sisense
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.11%) Postman
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 49 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.04%) Public Sector
3 8 (5.63%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.23%) Finance
5 5 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.11%) Military
8 2 (1.41%) Games
8 2 (1.41%) Legal
8 2 (1.41%) Publishing
9 1 (0.70%) Aviation
9 1 (0.70%) Banking
9 1 (0.70%) French Language
9 1 (0.70%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.70%) Local Government
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 26 (18.31%) Support Engineer
2 18 (12.68%) Analyst
3 16 (11.27%) Desktop Engineer
4 15 (10.56%) 2nd Line Support
4 15 (10.56%) IT Support
5 12 (8.45%) Architect
6 11 (7.75%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.04%) Service Analyst
7 10 (7.04%) Service Desk Analyst
8 9 (6.34%) Desktop Support
8 9 (6.34%) Senior
9 8 (5.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) IT Manager
10 7 (4.93%) IT Services Manager
10 7 (4.93%) Service Manager
11 6 (4.23%) Consultant
11 6 (4.23%) Developer
11 6 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) .NET
1 4 (2.82%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.11%) .NET Core
2 3 (2.11%) ADO
3 2 (1.41%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.70%) MDX
4 1 (0.70%) SAML
4 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.45%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.34%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.23%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.82%) PKI
6 3 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.11%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.11%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.41%) Clustering
7 2 (1.41%) CMDB
7 2 (1.41%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.41%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.41%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 66 (46.48%) Windows
2 31 (21.83%) Windows 10
3 9 (6.34%) Mac OS
3 9 (6.34%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.52%) Android
5 4 (2.82%) Windows 7
6 3 (2.11%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.41%) Linux
7 2 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.70%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (22.54%) ITIL
3 21 (14.79%) Customer Service
4 17 (11.97%) Migration
5 15 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (9.15%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (8.45%) Incident Management
8 11 (7.75%) Analytics
9 10 (7.04%) Agile
9 10 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (7.04%) Service Management
10 9 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (5.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (4.93%) Case Management
12 7 (4.93%) Customer-Centricity
12 7 (4.93%) ITSM
12 7 (4.93%) Penetration Testing
12 7 (4.93%) Roadmaps
12 7 (4.93%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.15%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.63%) SQL
3 4 (2.82%) Bicep
3 4 (2.82%) C#
3 4 (2.82%) Python
4 3 (2.11%) Bash
4 3 (2.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.70%) VB
6 1 (0.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.42%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (10.56%) Degree
5 11 (7.75%) A+ Certification
6 7 (4.93%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.52%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (3.52%) MCP
7 5 (3.52%) MCSA
8 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.82%) MCSE
9 3 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.41%) CISSP
10 2 (1.41%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.70%) CCNA
11 1 (0.70%) CCNP
11 1 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.52%) SLA
3 3 (2.11%) NCSC
3 3 (2.11%) NIST
4 2 (1.41%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.41%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.70%) GDPR
5 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (45.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.11%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.41%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (1.41%) XenApp
5 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.70%) vSphere
5 1 (0.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (20.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (11.27%) SCCM
3 4 (2.82%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.11%) Grafana
4 3 (2.11%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.11%) Terraform
4 3 (2.11%) WSUS
5 2 (1.41%) Malwarebytes
5 2 (1.41%) SCVMM
5 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 104 (73.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.15%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.04%) Cisco
3 10 (7.04%) VMware
4 7 (4.93%) Citrix
5 3 (2.11%) Apple
5 3 (2.11%) Dell
5 3 (2.11%) HP
5 3 (2.11%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.41%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.41%) F5
6 2 (1.41%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.41%) Meraki
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle
6 2 (1.41%) Splunk
7 1 (0.70%) Adobe
7 1 (0.70%) Commvault
7 1 (0.70%) IBM
7 1 (0.70%) McAfee
7 1 (0.70%) Wyse