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

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 24 26 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 8.92% 7.08% 10.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.92% 22.22% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 32
10th Percentile - £140 £130
25th Percentile £190 £143 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £145 £203
Median % change year-on-year +81.03% -28.40% -42.14%
75th Percentile £363 £213 £338
90th Percentile £493 £350 £444
Wales median daily rate £230 £145 £215
% change year-on-year +58.62% -32.56% -36.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £15.70 - £12.51
25th Percentile £16.76 £12.25 £12.53
Median hourly rate £18.51 £12.50 £14.13
Median % change year-on-year +48.08% -11.50% +14.79%
75th Percentile £21.13 £12.75 £15.78
90th Percentile £22.70 - £15.84
Wales median hourly rate £18.51 £15.84 £14.13
% change year-on-year +16.89% +12.11% -5.83%

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 83 117 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 30.86% 31.88% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 89 99
10th Percentile £190 £143 £141
25th Percentile £292 £250 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +11.11% -11.33%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £572
90th Percentile £538 £588 £638
Wales median daily rate £446 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.80% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £15.60 £13.05 £12.58
25th Percentile - £14.26 £14.31
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.05 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.13% +6.53% +13.05%
75th Percentile £20.68 £20.35 £22.88
90th Percentile £23.20 £21.87 £24.65
Wales median hourly rate £18.50 £19.17 £16.00
% change year-on-year -3.50% +19.81% +6.67%

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 28 July 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
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 28 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
Cardiff +2 18 £298 +105.17% 8
Glamorgan - 5 £200 - 11
Torfaen - 1 £400 - 1
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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.33%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (8.33%) IaaS
4 2 (8.33%) SaaS
5 1 (4.17%) ChatGPT
5 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) Firewall
2 6 (25.00%) LAN
2 6 (25.00%) WAN
3 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (8.33%) DNS
4 2 (8.33%) VPN
5 1 (4.17%) IPsec
5 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.17%) VoIP
5 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Legal
3 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 5 (20.83%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
2 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Technical Support
2 5 (20.83%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Trainer
4 3 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support
4 3 (12.50%) IT Trainer
4 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (4.17%) IoT
3 1 (4.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (45.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.33%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.17%) Android
4 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (16.67%) ITSM
3 3 (12.50%) ITIL
3 3 (12.50%) Service Management
4 2 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (8.33%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (8.33%) ISMS
4 2 (8.33%) Migration
4 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.33%) Red Team
4 2 (8.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (8.33%) Security Testing
5 1 (4.17%) Application Security
5 1 (4.17%) Break/Fix
5 1 (4.17%) Customer Experience
5 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.17%) Offensive Security
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) CISMP
1 2 (8.33%) CREST Certified
1 2 (8.33%) GSEC
1 2 (8.33%) OSCE
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) BitLocker
2 2 (8.33%) Firmware
3 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Cisco
2 5 (20.83%) Sophos
3 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 3 (12.50%) HP
5 2 (8.33%) Apple
5 2 (8.33%) McAfee
5 2 (8.33%) MobileIron
5 2 (8.33%) Remedy