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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 41 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 179 234 343
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.55% 4.10% 5.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.85% 17.54% 20.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 126 243
10th Percentile £173 £158 £163
25th Percentile £200 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £366 £310
Median % change year-on-year -31.74% +18.15% +5.98%
75th Percentile £500 £540 £536
90th Percentile £583 £608 £688
England median daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 20
10th Percentile £18.18 - £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.69 £18.31
Median hourly rate £26.33 £22.50 £25.48
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% -11.68% +34.08%
75th Percentile £29.50 £59.57 £65.56
90th Percentile £36.99 £60.47 £79.19
England median hourly rate £19.07 £17.39 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.64% -13.04% +14.29%

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 1,003 1,334 1,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.10% 23.35% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 901 1,207
10th Percentile £250 £275 £250
25th Percentile £375 £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 £657 £675 £714
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 56 51
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.69 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.53 £18.88 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.82 £30.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.27% +11.11% +35.00%
75th Percentile £39.54 £59.95 £66.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £61.60 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +14.32% -31.89% +50.23%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +15 99 £358 -25.52% 148
Berkshire +8 57 £375 -38.02% 70
Hampshire +3 30 £500 +138.10% 73
Buckinghamshire +13 26 £513 +38.51% 49
Surrey +22 23 £210 -23.64% 81
Oxfordshire +4 16 £275 -25.42% 36
West Sussex +14 13 £200 - 30
Kent -3 11 £220 -37.14% 50
East Sussex - 3 £275 - 11
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 46 (25.70%) SharePoint
2 43 (24.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (8.94%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.56%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (30.17%) Azure
2 29 (16.20%) Power Platform
3 20 (11.17%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.15%) OneDrive
5 10 (5.59%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (4.47%) SaaS
7 7 (3.91%) Power Automate
7 7 (3.91%) PowerApps
8 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (2.79%) AWS
9 5 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.23%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.68%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.68%) Azure Table
12 2 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.12%) GCP
12 2 (1.12%) Google Workspace
12 2 (1.12%) Miro
12 2 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (18.99%) Firewall
2 16 (8.94%) Cisco IOS
3 14 (7.82%) VPN
4 10 (5.59%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (5.03%) DNS
5 9 (5.03%) Internet
6 8 (4.47%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.35%) DHCP
7 6 (3.35%) Network Security
8 5 (2.79%) LAN
8 5 (2.79%) WAN
9 3 (1.68%) HTTP
9 3 (1.68%) Skype
9 3 (1.68%) Wireless
10 2 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.56%) Softphone
11 1 (0.56%) VLAN
11 1 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.06%) Power BI
2 4 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.12%) Metadata
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.56%) Power Query
5 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.56%) Sisense
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Postman
2 1 (0.56%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 66 (36.87%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.94%) Games
3 12 (6.70%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.47%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.91%) Finance
6 5 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.23%) Legal
7 4 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Military
9 2 (1.12%) Law
9 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Publishing
10 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.56%) French Language
10 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (20.11%) Support Engineer
2 23 (12.85%) IT Support
3 20 (11.17%) Analyst
3 20 (11.17%) Desktop Engineer
4 18 (10.06%) 2nd Line Support
5 16 (8.94%) Platform Engineer
6 15 (8.38%) IT Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) Architect
7 11 (6.15%) Desktop Support
7 11 (6.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 9 (5.03%) Consultant
10 8 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.47%) Service Manager
11 7 (3.91%) IT Manager
11 7 (3.91%) IT Services Manager
11 7 (3.91%) Service Desk Analyst
11 7 (3.91%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.23%) .NET
1 4 (2.23%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.68%) .NET Core
2 3 (1.68%) ADO
3 2 (1.12%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.56%) MDX
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.56%) OAuth
4 1 (0.56%) SAML
4 1 (0.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.82%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.03%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (2.79%) Low-Code
3 5 (2.79%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (1.68%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.68%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.12%) Clustering
5 2 (1.12%) CMDB
5 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.12%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.12%) PKI
5 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.12%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 98 (54.75%) Windows
2 42 (23.46%) Windows 10
3 26 (14.53%) Mac OS
4 19 (10.61%) Android
5 12 (6.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.23%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.23%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.12%) Linux
7 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (23.46%) ITIL
2 37 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (12.29%) Customer Service
4 18 (10.06%) Migration
5 17 (9.50%) Incident Management
6 16 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (8.94%) E-Commerce
7 14 (7.82%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (7.26%) Analytics
8 13 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (6.15%) Agile
9 11 (6.15%) Roadmaps
9 11 (6.15%) Service Management
10 10 (5.59%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (4.47%) Computer Science
12 8 (4.47%) Decision-Making
12 8 (4.47%) Patch Management
13 7 (3.91%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.20%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.91%) SQL
3 5 (2.79%) Bash
4 4 (2.23%) Bicep
4 4 (2.23%) C#
4 4 (2.23%) Python
5 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.56%) VB
6 1 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (15.64%) Security Cleared
2 24 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.29%) Degree
4 20 (11.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.15%) A+ Certification
6 7 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.79%) MCP
7 5 (2.79%) MCSA
8 4 (2.23%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.68%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (1.68%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.12%) CISMP
10 2 (1.12%) CISSP
10 2 (1.12%) GSEC
10 2 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.56%) CEH
11 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.47%) GDPR
2 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.79%) SLA
3 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.12%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 87 (48.60%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.79%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.12%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.12%) XenApp
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.56%) vSphere
6 1 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (26.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (18.99%) SCCM
3 4 (2.23%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.68%) Grafana
4 3 (1.68%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.68%) Terraform
5 2 (1.12%) Malwarebytes
5 2 (1.12%) SCVMM
5 2 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.12%) WSUS
6 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 137 (76.54%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.29%) Cisco
3 17 (9.50%) Meraki
4 16 (8.94%) Splunk
5 13 (7.26%) Citrix
6 12 (6.70%) VMware
7 11 (6.15%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.79%) Apple
9 4 (2.23%) Oracle
10 3 (1.68%) Dell
10 3 (1.68%) HP
11 2 (1.12%) Adobe
11 2 (1.12%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.12%) F5
11 2 (1.12%) Google
11 2 (1.12%) Ivanti
12 1 (0.56%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.56%) Facebook
12 1 (0.56%) Imperva
12 1 (0.56%) Proofpoint