Microsoft 365 Contracts in the South West

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

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 90 152 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.34% 4.75% 6.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.18% 18.72% 19.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 108 192
10th Percentile £200 £129 £159
25th Percentile £221 £169 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £200 £338
Median % change year-on-year +96.88% -40.74% +22.73%
75th Percentile £547 £406 £549
90th Percentile £588 £525 £605
England median daily rate £375 £350 £386
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.39% +10.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 15
10th Percentile £18.13 £12.49 £13.67
25th Percentile £18.13 £12.50 £16.40
Median hourly rate £18.51 £13.49 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.24% -22.93% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £14.00 £26.00
90th Percentile £28.19 £21.00 £29.80
England median hourly rate £18.50 £17.10 £18.50
% change year-on-year +8.17% -7.55% +5.71%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 495 812 1,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.38% 25.40% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 615 1,014
10th Percentile £241 £202 £286
25th Percentile £403 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £594 £650
90th Percentile £688 £688 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 28 54
10th Percentile £18.13 £12.50 £16.34
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £19.23
Median hourly rate £18.51 £14.50 £51.68
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -71.94% +106.70%
75th Percentile £34.50 £69.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £53.13 £70.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.98 £20.77 £30.50
% change year-on-year +25.06% -31.90% +45.24%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bristol +18 32 £225 -14.29% 32
Gloucestershire +1 21 £425 - 39
Dorset +3 18 £463 +150.68% 7
Wiltshire +11 10 £470 +135.00% 14
Somerset -8 2 - - 24
Cornwall +5 1 £220 +57.14% 5
Devon +1 1 £185 +23.54% 17
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 27 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 24 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.22%) Confluence
4 1 (1.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.11%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.22%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (34.44%) Azure
2 21 (23.33%) Entra ID
3 9 (10.00%) OneDrive
3 9 (10.00%) SaaS
4 8 (8.89%) Power Platform
5 7 (7.78%) Google Workspace
6 6 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.44%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.33%) AWS
8 3 (3.33%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.11%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.11%) VPN
2 7 (7.78%) Skype
3 5 (5.56%) LAN
3 5 (5.56%) VLAN
3 5 (5.56%) WAN
4 4 (4.44%) DNS
4 4 (4.44%) Firewall
5 3 (3.33%) DHCP
5 3 (3.33%) SAN
5 3 (3.33%) VoIP
6 2 (2.22%) Network Security
6 2 (2.22%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.11%) NAS
7 1 (1.11%) SMTP
7 1 (1.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 6 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (2.22%) Metadata
2 2 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 34 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.22%) Legal
3 10 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 9 (10.00%) Finance
5 6 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.56%) Law
7 3 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.22%) Electronics
8 2 (2.22%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.22%) Marketing
8 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.11%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.11%) Military
9 1 (1.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (21.11%) Analyst
2 17 (18.89%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 16 (17.78%) Support Engineer
4 12 (13.33%) IT Support
5 11 (12.22%) IT Engineer
6 10 (11.11%) Service Analyst
6 10 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (8.89%) Desktop Support
8 7 (7.78%) Architect
8 7 (7.78%) Desktop Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Administrator
10 5 (5.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 4 (4.44%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
11 4 (4.44%) Field Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.44%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.33%) .NET
3 1 (1.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.11%) PKI
5 1 (1.11%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (47.78%) Windows
2 21 (23.33%) Windows 10
3 13 (14.44%) Windows 7
4 8 (8.89%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.33%) Android
5 3 (3.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (22.22%) Migration
3 17 (18.89%) Customer Service
4 15 (16.67%) ITIL
5 13 (14.44%) ITSM
6 11 (12.22%) Break/Fix
7 10 (11.11%) Agile
7 10 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
7 10 (11.11%) Task Automation
8 9 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.78%) Change Management
9 7 (7.78%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (7.78%) E-Discovery
9 7 (7.78%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 7 (7.78%) Project Management
9 7 (7.78%) Service Delivery
10 6 (6.67%) B2B
10 6 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 6 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (31.11%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.78%) SQL
3 3 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.11%) Python
4 1 (1.11%) VB
4 1 (1.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (32.22%) Security Cleared
2 21 (23.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (13.33%) Degree
4 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (4.44%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.33%) MCSE
8 2 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.22%) IIBA
8 2 (2.22%) MCP
9 1 (1.11%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.11%) MCSA
9 1 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.11%) NCSC
2 1 (1.11%) NIST
2 1 (1.11%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.33%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.11%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 17 (18.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.89%) SCCM
3 4 (4.44%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (3.33%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (3.33%) PingFederate
4 3 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.33%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (2.22%) AppManager
6 1 (1.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 75 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.22%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.78%) Google
3 7 (7.78%) VMware
4 5 (5.56%) Citrix
4 5 (5.56%) iManage
4 5 (5.56%) McAfee
5 4 (4.44%) Symantec
6 2 (2.22%) Apple
6 2 (2.22%) Ivanti
6 2 (2.22%) Oracle
6 2 (2.22%) Remedy
6 2 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.22%) SAP
6 2 (2.22%) Veeam
7 1 (1.11%) Aruba
7 1 (1.11%) Cisco
7 1 (1.11%) HP
7 1 (1.11%) Juniper
7 1 (1.11%) SolarWinds