Microsoft 365 Contracts in South Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 30 46
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 -27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 15 26 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 4.03% 5.68% 2.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.93% 20.97% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 10
10th Percentile £132 £165 £150
25th Percentile £185 £185 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £210 £240
Median % change year-on-year +99.40% -12.50% -26.15%
75th Percentile £470 £241 £448
90th Percentile £491 £500 £800
Yorkshire median daily rate £264 £240 £269
% change year-on-year +9.90% -10.70% +18.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £15.20 -
25th Percentile - £17.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +17.27%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £41.00 £18.25 £26.25
% change year-on-year +124.66% -30.48% +41.89%

All Cloud Skills
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 116 124 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 31.18% 27.07% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 89 127
10th Percentile £185 £187 £400
25th Percentile £400 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -19.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £675
90th Percentile £650 £623 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £15.20 -
25th Percentile - £17.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +17.27%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £65.71 £15.00 £43.25
% change year-on-year +338.05% -65.32% +129.14%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in South Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in South Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in South Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in South Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Sheffield +8 15 £419 +120.39% 20
Microsoft 365
Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 6 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
2 4 (26.67%) Power Automate
2 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (26.67%) PowerApps
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Storage
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365 Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) IT Support
3 3 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) React
2 3 (20.00%) CSS
2 3 (20.00%) HTML
2 3 (20.00%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (6.67%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (20.00%) ERP
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (20.00%) Web Development
4 2 (13.33%) Coaching
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Business Transformation
5 1 (6.67%) Change Management
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Generative AI
5 1 (6.67%) Migration
5 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
1 4 (26.67%) TypeScript
2 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Citrix
3 2 (13.33%) Apple