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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 39 28
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 100 140 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.83% 4.32% 6.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.12% 17.41% 19.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 95 167
10th Percentile £200 £129 £156
25th Percentile £213 £175 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £203 £350
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -42.14% +13.36%
75th Percentile £464 £428 £550
90th Percentile £588 £548 £612
England median daily rate £325 £350 £388
% change year-on-year -7.14% -9.68% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile - £12.49 £16.31
25th Percentile £18.13 £12.50 £17.13
Median hourly rate £18.51 £13.49 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.24% -29.01% +8.57%
75th Percentile £18.87 £14.00 £29.00
90th Percentile - £21.00 £29.90
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.30 £18.50
% change year-on-year +15.77% -11.89% +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 523 804 1,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.51% 24.81% 33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 608 907
10th Percentile £225 £213 £288
25th Percentile £363 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £651
90th Percentile £676 £675 £723
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 61
10th Percentile £18.13 £12.70 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.25 £29.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% -36.36% +155.81%
75th Percentile £34.50 £70.00 £75.50
90th Percentile £37.50 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.01 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.03% -38.94% +62.79%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +25 40 £225 -14.29% 53
Gloucestershire +8 23 £300 -7.69% 43
Dorset +3 14 £314 +70.05% 22
Wiltshire +18 12 £413 +129.17% 25
Somerset 0 6 £250 -50.00% 31
Cornwall +8 1 £220 +20.55% 3
Devon +1 1 £155 -4.62% 16
Avon - 1 £275 - 18
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 28 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 27 (27.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.00%) Confluence
4 1 (1.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (24.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.00%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (26.00%) Azure
2 15 (15.00%) Entra ID
3 10 (10.00%) OneDrive
4 8 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (8.00%) SaaS
5 5 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.00%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.00%) AWS
7 3 (3.00%) Google Workspace
7 3 (3.00%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.00%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.00%) VPN
2 10 (10.00%) VoIP
3 9 (9.00%) LAN
3 9 (9.00%) WAN
4 8 (8.00%) DNS
5 7 (7.00%) Firewall
6 6 (6.00%) Skype
6 6 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (5.00%) VLAN
8 4 (4.00%) DHCP
9 2 (2.00%) SAN
10 1 (1.00%) Network Security
10 1 (1.00%) SMTP
10 1 (1.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.00%) Metadata
1 2 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.00%) Power BI
1 2 (2.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 37 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.00%) Legal
3 10 (10.00%) Finance
4 9 (9.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.00%) Law
7 2 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Electronics
7 2 (2.00%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.00%) Marketing
7 2 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.00%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.00%) Military
8 1 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 18 (18.00%) Analyst
3 14 (14.00%) IT Engineer
3 14 (14.00%) IT Support
3 14 (14.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 10 (10.00%) Desktop Support
5 9 (9.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 9 (9.00%) Service Analyst
5 9 (9.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (8.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 8 (8.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (7.00%) Technical Support
8 6 (6.00%) Architect
9 5 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
10 4 (4.00%) Business Solution Architect
10 4 (4.00%) Deployment Engineer
10 4 (4.00%) Field Engineer
10 4 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (4.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.00%) .NET
1 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.00%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.00%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.00%) PKI
5 1 (1.00%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 55 (55.00%) Windows
2 30 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 19 (19.00%) Windows 7
4 6 (6.00%) Android
4 6 (6.00%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.00%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.00%) Customer Service
2 18 (18.00%) ITIL
3 17 (17.00%) Break/Fix
4 16 (16.00%) ITSM
4 16 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (13.00%) Migration
6 9 (9.00%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (9.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 9 (9.00%) Service Delivery
7 7 (7.00%) Agile
7 7 (7.00%) Case Management
8 6 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (6.00%) E-Discovery
8 6 (6.00%) Task Automation
9 5 (5.00%) B2B
9 5 (5.00%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (5.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 5 (5.00%) Ticket Management
9 5 (5.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (3.00%) SQL
3 1 (1.00%) Python
3 1 (1.00%) VB
3 1 (1.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.00%) Degree
4 7 (7.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.00%) MCSE
7 2 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.00%) IIBA
7 2 (2.00%) MCP
8 1 (1.00%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.00%) MCSA
8 1 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (8.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (1.00%) NCSC
3 1 (1.00%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (52.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.00%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (19.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.00%) SCCM
3 3 (3.00%) AppManager
3 3 (3.00%) PingFederate
3 3 (3.00%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 72 (72.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (22.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.00%) Citrix
3 7 (7.00%) Remedy
3 7 (7.00%) VMware
4 3 (3.00%) iManage
4 3 (3.00%) Ivanti
4 3 (3.00%) Oracle
5 2 (2.00%) Cisco
5 2 (2.00%) Google
5 2 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.00%) SAP
5 2 (2.00%) Veeam
6 1 (1.00%) Apple
6 1 (1.00%) Aruba
6 1 (1.00%) HP
6 1 (1.00%) Juniper
6 1 (1.00%) McAfee
6 1 (1.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.00%) Symantec