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

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 36 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 93 150 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.12% 4.57% 5.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.94% 18.01% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 96 132
10th Percentile £200 £138 £156
25th Percentile £213 £175 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £240 £313
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -23.20% -1.96%
75th Percentile £433 £525 £549
90th Percentile £588 £644 £605
England median daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 11
10th Percentile £18.13 £12.46 £14.61
25th Percentile £18.32 £12.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £18.87 £13.06 £20.64
Median % change year-on-year +44.46% -36.71% +10.08%
75th Percentile - £13.89 £29.25
90th Percentile £26.32 £14.00 £30.00
England median hourly rate £19.07 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.97% -12.50% +14.29%

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 549 833 1,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.25% 25.40% 31.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 594 862
10th Percentile £225 £220 £313
25th Percentile £355 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -5.45% +7.32%
75th Percentile £601 £600 £669
90th Percentile £675 £675 £725
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 50 64
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.74 £13.66
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.25 £21.86
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +36.59% +146.99%
75th Percentile £32.69 - £75.50
90th Percentile £37.50 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year +14.32% -32.10% +50.70%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 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
Bristol +26 41 £235 -48.35% 83
Gloucestershire +10 16 £250 -41.18% 58
Wiltshire +6 11 £350 +94.44% 40
Dorset +2 10 £205 +11.11% 26
Somerset -1 8 £250 -50.00% 71
Devon -2 2 £155 -20.00% 54
Avon - 2 £275 - 22
Cornwall +8 1 £220 -2.22% 9
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 23 (24.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (22.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (24.73%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.08%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.35%) Azure
2 8 (8.60%) OneDrive
2 8 (8.60%) Power Platform
3 7 (7.53%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.30%) AWS
4 4 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.30%) SaaS
5 3 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.23%) Power Automate
5 3 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.08%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.08%) ShareGate
7 1 (1.08%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.90%) VPN
2 10 (10.75%) VoIP
3 9 (9.68%) LAN
3 9 (9.68%) WAN
4 8 (8.60%) Firewall
5 7 (7.53%) DNS
6 6 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (5.38%) VLAN
8 4 (4.30%) DHCP
8 4 (4.30%) Skype
9 2 (2.15%) SAN
10 1 (1.08%) Network Security
10 1 (1.08%) SMTP
10 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) Metadata
1 2 (2.15%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.08%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.15%) JIRA
General
1 29 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.75%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.60%) Finance
3 8 (8.60%) Legal
4 5 (5.38%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.15%) Electronics
6 2 (2.15%) Law
6 2 (2.15%) Marketing
6 2 (2.15%) Military
6 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.08%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (27.96%) Support Engineer
2 16 (17.20%) Analyst
3 15 (16.13%) IT Engineer
3 15 (16.13%) IT Support
4 11 (11.83%) Desktop Support
5 10 (10.75%) Desktop Engineer
6 9 (9.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 9 (9.68%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Technical Support
8 7 (7.53%) Service Analyst
8 7 (7.53%) Service Desk Analyst
9 6 (6.45%) Technical Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Technical Support Engineer
10 5 (5.38%) Architect
11 4 (4.30%) Business Solution Architect
11 4 (4.30%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 4 (4.30%) Field Engineer
11 4 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.30%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.08%) .NET
1 1 (1.08%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.53%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.38%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.15%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.08%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.08%) PKI
5 1 (1.08%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.08%) Social Media
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (61.29%) Windows
2 26 (27.96%) Windows 10
3 24 (25.81%) Windows 7
4 5 (5.38%) Mac OS
5 4 (4.30%) Android
6 2 (2.15%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.66%) Break/Fix
2 20 (21.51%) ITIL
3 19 (20.43%) Customer Service
4 15 (16.13%) ITSM
5 12 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (10.75%) Service Delivery
7 9 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (8.60%) Migration
9 7 (7.53%) Case Management
10 5 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (5.38%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (5.38%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (5.38%) Project Management
10 5 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (4.30%) Agile
11 4 (4.30%) Asset Management
11 4 (4.30%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Architecture
11 4 (4.30%) Service Management
11 4 (4.30%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.75%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.08%) Python
3 1 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (24.73%) Security Cleared
2 16 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 14 (15.05%) Degree
4 7 (7.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.15%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.15%) MCSE
7 1 (1.08%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.08%) IIBA
7 1 (1.08%) MCP
7 1 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (8.60%) SLA
3 4 (4.30%) GDPR
4 2 (2.15%) NIST
5 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
System Software
1 41 (44.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.15%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (17.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.38%) SCCM
3 3 (3.23%) AppManager
4 2 (2.15%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.08%) SCOM
5 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (75.27%) Microsoft
2 23 (24.73%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.53%) Citrix
4 6 (6.45%) Remedy
4 6 (6.45%) VMware
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco
5 3 (3.23%) Ivanti
6 2 (2.15%) iManage
6 2 (2.15%) Meraki
6 2 (2.15%) Oracle
6 2 (2.15%) SAP
6 2 (2.15%) Veeam
7 1 (1.08%) Apple
7 1 (1.08%) Aruba
7 1 (1.08%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.08%) HP
7 1 (1.08%) Juniper
7 1 (1.08%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.08%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.08%) SolarWinds