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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 13 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 7.03% 5.17% 7.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.21% 27.27% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £140 £193 £137
25th Percentile £183 £198 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £205 £165
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +24.24% -52.86%
75th Percentile £313 £213 £183
90th Percentile £488 £217 £193
West Midlands median daily rate £354 £232 £260
% change year-on-year +52.92% -10.96% -25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £34.04
25th Percentile - - £34.20
Median hourly rate - - £34.47
75th Percentile - - £34.73
90th Percentile - - £34.89
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.48 £34.43 £34.47
% change year-on-year -43.42% -0.10% +86.30%

All Cloud Computing 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 38 11 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 20.54% 18.97% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 6 14
10th Percentile £183 £205 £226
25th Percentile £210 £221 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £350 £388
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -9.68% -8.82%
75th Percentile £703 £459 £438
90th Percentile £850 £675 £545
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £513 £490
% change year-on-year -7.32% +4.59% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £34.04
25th Percentile - - £34.20
Median hourly rate - - £34.47
75th Percentile - - £34.73
90th Percentile - - £34.89
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.50 £31.94 £33.74
% change year-on-year -32.69% -5.32% +82.35%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Staffordshire

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 6 October 2026. 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
Uttoxeter - 5 £200 -
Stoke-on-Trent -2 2 £185 -15.91% 5
Stafford -7 1 - - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
1 2 (15.38%) SSL
1 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) IT Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Junior
3 2 (15.38%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Windows Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Storage
1 2 (15.38%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
2 2 (15.38%) Server Patching
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Data Management
3 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
3 1 (7.69%) Demand Management
3 1 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Predictive Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Qualitative Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.69%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (38.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) VMware
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) NetApp
4 2 (15.38%) Aruba