Office 365 Contracts in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Office 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Office 365 over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft Office 365 (O365) England / South East
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	76	75	135
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+60
Contract jobs citing Office 365	218	238	135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	2.81%	2.65%	1.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category	20.59%	27.80%	23.16%
Number of daily rates quoted	129	134	77
Median daily rate	£400	£380	£313
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	+21.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£130	£239	£135
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£550	£471
UK excluding London median daily rate	£350	£375	£323
% change year-on-year	-6.66%	+16.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	6	5
Median hourly rate	£15.75	£17.00	£14.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-7.35%	+17.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.47	£12.25	£10.76
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£17.15	£30.88	£20.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£14.75	£14.80	£14.00
% change year-on-year	-0.33%	+5.71%

Office 365 is in the cloud computing skills category. The next 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 Cloud Computing Skills South East
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills	1059	856	583
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	13.66%	9.52%	6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted	687	556	348
Median daily rate	£450	£450	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£338	£298	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£600	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£450	£450	£390
% change year-on-year	-	+15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted	14	12	18
Median hourly rate	£16.75	£19.61	£32.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-14.58%	-39.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.50	£14.80	£10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£36.50	£42.25	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£29.00	£16.50	£26.00
% change year-on-year	+75.75%	-36.53%

Office 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing Office 365 as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Cloud Services category.

Job vacancy trend for Office 365 in the South East

Office 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Office 365 in the South East.

Contractor daily rate trend for Office 365 in the South East

Office 365
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Office 365 in the South East over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Office 365 in the South East

Office 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office 365 in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Office 365 in the South East

Office 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 Office 365 within the South East region over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire	+27	52	£469	+26.68%	16
Surrey	-5	45	£413	+22.22%	16
Hampshire	+26	42	£350	-11.11%	11
Berkshire	-12	35	£400	-11.11%	20
Oxfordshire	+3	25	£400	+35.02%	7
West Sussex	+9	8	£450	+12.50%	5
Kent	-19	3	£244	-39.06%	2
East Sussex	-5	2	£275	-56.00%	1
Sussex	-	2	-	-
Middlesex	+6	1	-	-
Office 365 England

Office 365
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the South East region with a requirement for Office 365.

1	211 (45.09%)	Windows
2	202 (43.16%)	Microsoft
3	176 (37.61%)	Active Directory
4	141 (30.13%)	SharePoint
5	131 (27.99%)	Migration
6	115 (24.57%)	Microsoft Azure
7	106 (22.65%)	Windows 10
8	95 (20.30%)	Security Cleared
9	76 (16.24%)	Microsoft Office
10	73 (15.60%)	VMware
11	72 (15.38%)	SC Cleared
12	71 (15.17%)	MS Exchange
13	59 (12.61%)	Windows Server
14	58 (12.39%)	Skype for Business
15	55 (11.75%)	Skype

16	51 (10.90%)	PowerShell
17	50 (10.68%)	Citrix
18	49 (10.47%)	Project Management
19	48 (10.26%)	WAN
20	46 (9.83%)	Windows 7
21	44 (9.40%)	VMware Infrastructure
22	43 (9.19%)	SCCM
22	43 (9.19%)	Exchange Server 2010
22	43 (9.19%)	ITIL
23	42 (8.97%)	Cisco
24	39 (8.33%)	OneDrive
25	38 (8.12%)	Windows Server 2012
26	36 (7.69%)	Azure Active Directory
27	33 (7.05%)	Microsoft Certification
28	31 (6.62%)	Firewall

Office 365
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	141 (30.13%)	SharePoint
2	71 (15.17%)	MS Exchange
3	58 (12.39%)	Skype for Business
4	43 (9.19%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	29 (6.20%)	SharePoint 2013
6	20 (4.27%)	Exchange Server 2007
7	19 (4.06%)	Exchange Server 2003
7	19 (4.06%)	Exchange Server 2013
8	15 (3.21%)	SharePoint 2010
9	9 (1.92%)	IIS
10	5 (1.07%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
10	5 (1.07%)	IBM Notes
10	5 (1.07%)	Office Communications Server
10	5 (1.07%)	SharePoint Server
11	4 (0.85%)	Apache
11	4 (0.85%)	OpenStack
12	3 (0.64%)	IBM Domino
13	1 (0.21%)	Anypoint
13	1 (0.21%)	Drupal
13	1 (0.21%)	Tomcat

Applications
1	76 (16.24%)	Microsoft Office
2	18 (3.85%)	Microsoft Excel
3	4 (0.85%)	Spreadsheet
4	2 (0.43%)	Microsoft Project
5	1 (0.21%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	9 (1.92%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	6 (1.28%)	Dynamics CRM
3	1 (0.21%)	Changepoint
3	1 (0.21%)	Oracle EBS
3	1 (0.21%)	SAP Business One
3	1 (0.21%)	SAP cProjects
3	1 (0.21%)	SAP ERP
3	1 (0.21%)	Scribe Insight

Cloud Services
1	115 (24.57%)	Microsoft Azure
2	39 (8.33%)	OneDrive
3	36 (7.69%)	Azure Active Directory
4	26 (5.56%)	Amazon AWS
5	14 (2.99%)	IaaS
5	14 (2.99%)	Yammer
6	9 (1.92%)	PaaS
7	8 (1.71%)	G Suite
8	7 (1.50%)	Cloud Computing
9	5 (1.07%)	Google Drive
10	3 (0.64%)	Dynamics 365
11	2 (0.43%)	Boomi
11	2 (0.43%)	iPaaS
11	2 (0.43%)	SuccessFactors
12	1 (0.21%)	Amazon CloudWatch
12	1 (0.21%)	AWS CloudFormation
12	1 (0.21%)	AWS CloudTrail
12	1 (0.21%)	Google Cloud Platform
12	1 (0.21%)	iTunes
12	1 (0.21%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	55 (11.75%)	Skype
2	48 (10.26%)	WAN
3	31 (6.62%)	Firewall
4	30 (6.41%)	LAN
5	29 (6.20%)	DHCP
6	28 (5.98%)	Intranet
7	20 (4.27%)	DNS
7	20 (4.27%)	VPN
8	17 (3.63%)	TCP/IP
9	13 (2.78%)	VLAN
10	11 (2.35%)	SAN
11	10 (2.14%)	Internet
12	8 (1.71%)	Wireless
13	7 (1.50%)	Extranet
14	6 (1.28%)	Unified Communications
15	5 (1.07%)	NAS
15	5 (1.07%)	Wi-Fi
16	3 (0.64%)	MPLS
16	3 (0.64%)	NetScaler
16	3 (0.64%)	Reverse Proxy

Database & Business Intelligence
1	27 (5.77%)	SQL Server
2	10 (2.14%)	Big Data
3	9 (1.92%)	EDRMS
3	9 (1.92%)	SQL Server 2012
4	5 (1.07%)	Power BI
4	5 (1.07%)	SQL Server 2008
5	4 (0.85%)	SQL Server 2005
5	4 (0.85%)	SQL Server 2016
6	3 (0.64%)	Hadoop
7	2 (0.43%)	Data Warehouse
7	2 (0.43%)	SAP HANA
7	2 (0.43%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	1 (0.21%)	Amazon RDS
8	1 (0.21%)	MySQL
8	1 (0.21%)	PostgreSQL
8	1 (0.21%)	QlikView
8	1 (0.21%)	SQL Server 2014
8	1 (0.21%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
8	1 (0.21%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	10 (2.14%)	Visual Studio
2	7 (1.50%)	Team Foundation Server
3	2 (0.43%)	Git (software)
3	2 (0.43%)	JIRA
3	2 (0.43%)	MSI
4	1 (0.21%)	Ant
4	1 (0.21%)	Hudson
4	1 (0.21%)	Jenkins
4	1 (0.21%)	Maven
4	1 (0.21%)	Subversion

General
1	29 (6.20%)	Finance
2	16 (3.42%)	Marketing
3	15 (3.21%)	Telecoms
4	12 (2.56%)	Advertising
5	11 (2.35%)	Retail
6	10 (2.14%)	Electronics
7	9 (1.92%)	Manufacturing
8	5 (1.07%)	Publishing
9	4 (0.85%)	Back Office
10	3 (0.64%)	German Language
11	2 (0.43%)	Banking
11	2 (0.43%)	French Language
12	1 (0.21%)	Automotive
12	1 (0.21%)	Spanish Language

Job Titles
1	92 (19.66%)	Architect
2	62 (13.25%)	Analyst
3	55 (11.75%)	Project Manager
4	43 (9.19%)	Consultant
5	41 (8.76%)	Technical Architect
6	35 (7.48%)	Support Engineer
7	34 (7.26%)	Office 365 Architect
8	30 (6.41%)	Developer
9	27 (5.77%)	Office 365 Engineer
9	27 (5.77%)	SharePoint Developer
10	25 (5.34%)	2nd Line Support
10	25 (5.34%)	Office 365 Manager
11	24 (5.13%)	Business Analyst
12	23 (4.91%)	Desktop Support
13	21 (4.49%)	Office 365 Consultant
14	19 (4.06%)	3rd Line Support
15	18 (3.85%)	IT Engineer
15	18 (3.85%)	IT Support
16	15 (3.21%)	Cloud Architect
16	15 (3.21%)	Exchange Consultant

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	16 (3.42%)	.NET
2	15 (3.21%)	CSS
3	14 (2.99%)	HTML
3	14 (2.99%)	jQuery
4	9 (1.92%)	AngularJS
5	8 (1.71%)	XML
6	7 (1.50%)	REST
6	7 (1.50%)	Web Services
7	6 (1.28%)	ASP.NET
8	5 (1.07%)	React
8	5 (1.07%)	XSLT
9	3 (0.64%)	HTML5
9	3 (0.64%)	OAuth
9	3 (0.64%)	SAML
10	2 (0.43%)	KnockoutJS
10	2 (0.43%)	WCF
11	1 (0.21%)	ASP.NET MVC
11	1 (0.21%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
11	1 (0.21%)	CSS3
11	1 (0.21%)	SOAP

Miscellaneous
1	25 (5.34%)	Analytical Skills
2	11 (2.35%)	Data Centre
3	9 (1.92%)	Driving Licence
3	9 (1.92%)	Management Information System
4	8 (1.71%)	Blackberry
4	8 (1.71%)	PMI
5	7 (1.50%)	Smartphone
5	7 (1.50%)	User Experience
6	6 (1.28%)	Clustering
6	6 (1.28%)	Virtual Team
7	4 (0.85%)	Computer Science
7	4 (0.85%)	EMC VNX
7	4 (0.85%)	Mobile App
7	4 (0.85%)	RSA SecurID
8	3 (0.64%)	Enterprise Software
8	3 (0.64%)	PKI
8	3 (0.64%)	Public Cloud
8	3 (0.64%)	Replication
9	2 (0.43%)	Enterprise Storage
9	2 (0.43%)	Social Media

Operating Systems
1	211 (45.09%)	Windows
2	106 (22.65%)	Windows 10
3	59 (12.61%)	Windows Server
4	46 (9.83%)	Windows 7
5	38 (8.12%)	Windows Server 2012
6	29 (6.20%)	Windows Server 2008
7	16 (3.42%)	Windows Server 2003
8	11 (2.35%)	Android
9	8 (1.71%)	Linux
10	7 (1.50%)	Windows 8
11	6 (1.28%)	Apple iOS
12	5 (1.07%)	Windows XP
13	4 (0.85%)	Solaris
13	4 (0.85%)	Windows Vista
14	2 (0.43%)	Mac OS X
14	2 (0.43%)	Unix
15	1 (0.21%)	Ubuntu
15	1 (0.21%)	VMS
15	1 (0.21%)	Windows 2000 Server
15	1 (0.21%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	131 (27.99%)	Migration
2	49 (10.47%)	Project Management
3	43 (9.19%)	ITIL
4	27 (5.77%)	Agile Software Development
4	27 (5.77%)	PRINCE2
5	21 (4.49%)	Change Management
6	20 (4.27%)	Stakeholder Management
7	18 (3.85%)	Service Management
8	17 (3.63%)	Business Analysis
9	15 (3.21%)	Mobile Device Management
10	14 (2.99%)	DevOps
10	14 (2.99%)	Mentoring
10	14 (2.99%)	Programme Management
11	12 (2.56%)	Business Intelligence
11	12 (2.56%)	Information Architecture
12	11 (2.35%)	Coaching
12	11 (2.35%)	Content Management
12	11 (2.35%)	Incident Management
12	11 (2.35%)	Service Delivery
12	11 (2.35%)	Supplier Management

Programming Languages
1	51 (10.90%)	PowerShell
2	27 (5.77%)	SQL
3	19 (4.06%)	C#
4	18 (3.85%)	JavaScript
5	5 (1.07%)	VB
6	4 (0.85%)	C
7	1 (0.21%)	Java
7	1 (0.21%)	PL/SQL
7	1 (0.21%)	Python
7	1 (0.21%)	Ruby
7	1 (0.21%)	T-SQL
7	1 (0.21%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	95 (20.30%)	Security Cleared
2	72 (15.38%)	SC Cleared
3	33 (7.05%)	Microsoft Certification
4	27 (5.77%)	MCSE
5	23 (4.91%)	Cisco Certification
6	14 (2.99%)	CCIE
7	12 (2.56%)	DV Cleared
8	10 (2.14%)	PMI Certification
9	9 (1.92%)	CCNA
9	9 (1.92%)	Degree
9	9 (1.92%)	PMP
10	8 (1.71%)	CESG Certified Professional
10	8 (1.71%)	MCITP
11	7 (1.50%)	(ISC)2 CCSP
11	7 (1.50%)	MCP
12	6 (1.28%)	MCSA
13	5 (1.07%)	PRINCE2 Certification
14	4 (0.85%)	APMP
14	4 (0.85%)	ITIL Certification
14	4 (0.85%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	10 (2.14%)	PMO
2	9 (1.92%)	SLA
3	8 (1.71%)	QA
4	4 (0.85%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	2 (0.43%)	P3O
6	1 (0.21%)	ISO/IEC 27001
6	1 (0.21%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	176 (37.61%)	Active Directory
2	44 (9.40%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	26 (5.56%)	Hyper-V
4	13 (2.78%)	Virtual Desktop
5	10 (2.14%)	Microsoft App-V
6	7 (1.50%)	XenApp
7	5 (1.07%)	BitLocker
7	5 (1.07%)	vSphere
8	4 (0.85%)	ProxySG
8	4 (0.85%)	VMware ESXi
9	3 (0.64%)	Virtual Servers
9	3 (0.64%)	XenDesktop
10	2 (0.43%)	Docker
10	2 (0.43%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
10	2 (0.43%)	Terminal Services
10	2 (0.43%)	XenServer
11	1 (0.21%)	Terminal Server
11	1 (0.21%)	VMware Workstation
11	1 (0.21%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	43 (9.19%)	SCCM
2	22 (4.70%)	Microsoft Intune
3	18 (3.85%)	SCOM
4	13 (2.78%)	Cisco Prime
5	8 (1.71%)	AirWatch
6	5 (1.07%)	Microsoft Clustering
7	4 (0.85%)	OpenView Configuration Management
8	3 (0.64%)	AppDNA
8	3 (0.64%)	Unicenter
9	2 (0.43%)	Ansible
9	2 (0.43%)	Backup Exec
9	2 (0.43%)	Forefront Identity Manager
9	2 (0.43%)	McAfee ePO
9	2 (0.43%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9	2 (0.43%)	Opscode Chef
9	2 (0.43%)	Puppet
9	2 (0.43%)	WSUS
10	1 (0.21%)	OVSD
10	1 (0.21%)	SolarWinds Orion
10	1 (0.21%)	WMI

Vendors
1	202 (43.16%)	Microsoft
2	73 (15.60%)	VMware
3	50 (10.68%)	Citrix
4	42 (8.97%)	Cisco
5	19 (4.06%)	HP
6	17 (3.63%)	SAP
7	16 (3.42%)	Google
8	12 (2.56%)	ServiceNow
9	11 (2.35%)	Dell
10	8 (1.71%)	Apple
11	6 (1.28%)	Oracle
12	5 (1.07%)	Blue Coat
12	5 (1.07%)	EMC
12	5 (1.07%)	Lotus
12	5 (1.07%)	NetApp
12	5 (1.07%)	Remedy
13	4 (0.85%)	Polycom
13	4 (0.85%)	StorageTek
13	4 (0.85%)	Sun
13	4 (0.85%)	Toshiba