Microsoft 365 Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 25 21 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 10.29% 6.77% 6.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.75% 18.26% 26.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 26
10th Percentile £172 - £126
25th Percentile £196 £143 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £145 £275
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -47.27% -26.67%
75th Percentile £438 £213 £438
90th Percentile £615 £307 £513
Wales median daily rate £275 £145 £228
% change year-on-year +89.66% -36.26% -35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £20.15 - £12.53
25th Percentile £21.25 £12.25 £12.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 £12.50 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +120.00% -12.28% +15.81%
75th Percentile £41.25 £12.75 £16.27
90th Percentile - - £16.51
Wales median hourly rate £27.50 £15.84 £14.25
% change year-on-year +73.67% +11.12% +12.63%

All Cloud Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 101 115 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 41.56% 37.10% 25.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 96 104
10th Percentile £199 £143 £169
25th Percentile £263 £313 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £470 £549
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% -14.35% +12.56%
75th Percentile £491 £531 £616
90th Percentile £600 £569 £663
Wales median daily rate £403 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -10.56% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £16.00 - £12.53
25th Percentile £16.63 £12.25 £12.56
Median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -12.28% +15.81%
75th Percentile £38.13 £12.75 £16.27
90th Percentile £41.25 - £16.51
Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £15.84 £14.63
% change year-on-year +42.09% +8.27% +4.46%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in South Wales over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in South Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in South Wales over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in South Wales

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 17 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
Cardiff +5 14 £325 +124.14% 7
Newport +9 7 £190 -38.21% 1
Bridgend - 2 £425 - 3
Glamorgan - 1 £200 - 16
Torfaen - 1 £400 -
Microsoft 365
Wales

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (8.00%) SAS
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (60.00%) Azure
2 8 (32.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) IaaS
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (8.00%) SaaS
4 1 (4.00%) ChatGPT
4 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) Firewall
2 5 (20.00%) VPN
3 3 (12.00%) IPsec
4 2 (8.00%) LAN
4 2 (8.00%) WAN
5 1 (4.00%) DNS
5 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (4.00%) VoIP
5 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Automotive
2 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Legal
2 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) IT Support
2 5 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (16.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Support Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.00%) Senior IT Support
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Tester
5 2 (8.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (4.00%) IoT
4 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (56.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.00%) Android
4 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (32.00%) ITIL
4 6 (24.00%) Incident Management
5 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (16.00%) Application Packaging
6 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 4 (16.00%) Red Team
6 4 (16.00%) Security Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Offensive Security
8 2 (8.00%) Cloud Security
8 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (8.00%) ITSM
8 2 (8.00%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (8.00%) Reverse Engineering
8 2 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (8.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 1 (4.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 5 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (16.00%) CREST Certified
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (8.00%) OSCE
4 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) ServiceNow
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco
3 2 (8.00%) VMware
4 1 (4.00%) Sophos