Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 3 10 21
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 5.08% 8.00% 11.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.27% 28.57% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 17
10th Percentile £193 £144 -
25th Percentile £198 £165 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £200 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -46.67% +105.48%
75th Percentile £213 £272 £388
90th Percentile £217 £315 £453
West Midlands median daily rate £232 £260 £345
% change year-on-year -10.96% -24.64% +10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.47 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.43 £34.47 £18.50
% change year-on-year -0.10% +86.30% +12.12%

All Cloud Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11 35 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 18.64% 28.00% 26.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 36
10th Percentile £205 £244 £160
25th Percentile £221 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £394 £413
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -4.55% +16.20%
75th Percentile £459 £447 £500
90th Percentile £675 £531 £613
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £495 £475
% change year-on-year +4.04% +4.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.47 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £33.74 £18.50
% change year-on-year -11.07% +82.35% +8.12%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Stafford -5 2 £190 -29.30% 1
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 £220 - 5
Microsoft 365
West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft