Microsoft 365 Contracts in Staffordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 11 9 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 16.67% 8.41% 15.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.00% 39.13% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 19
10th Percentile - £196 £157
25th Percentile - £288 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £160
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +134.38% -7.25%
75th Percentile - £388 £190
90th Percentile - - £228
West Midlands median daily rate £210 £350 £425
% change year-on-year -40.00% -17.65% +70.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £16.51 - -
25th Percentile £16.81 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.93 - -
90th Percentile £20.24 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £16.00 £15.99
% change year-on-year +12.91% +0.09% -8.66%

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 22 23 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 33.33% 21.50% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 34
10th Percentile £390 £296 -
25th Percentile - £325 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £363 £263
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +38.10% -36.36%
75th Percentile £544 £428 £500
90th Percentile £560 £526 £619
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £16.51 - -
25th Percentile £16.81 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.93 - -
90th Percentile £20.24 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.50 £20.24
% change year-on-year -19.71% +11.17% +15.66%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Staffordshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Staffordshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Staffordshire

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 5 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
Stafford - 6 - - 1
Burton-upon-Trent 0 1 - -
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 £400 - 2
Microsoft 365
West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 9 (81.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) ShareGate
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) Mimecast
2 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) EDRMS
General
1 3 (27.27%) Local Government
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Support Officer
2 8 (72.73%) ICT Officer
2 8 (72.73%) ICT Support
2 8 (72.73%) ICT Support Officer
3 7 (63.64%) Senior
3 7 (63.64%) Senior ICT Officer
4 3 (27.27%) SharePoint Support
5 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (9.09%) IT Support
5 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) ITSM
3 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (9.09%) PLM
3 1 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
3 1 (9.09%) Service Management
3 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (9.09%) System Testing
3 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Proofpoint