Microsoft 365 Contracts in Suffolk

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 15 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 12 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 17.65% 2.67% 7.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 54.55% 6.90% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 8
10th Percentile £197 £211 £118
25th Percentile £200 £261 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £355 £225
Median % change year-on-year -40.14% +57.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £238 £451 £375
90th Percentile £499 £503 £518
East of England median daily rate £225 £350 £231
% change year-on-year -35.71% +51.35% -15.91%

All Cloud Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22 29 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 32.35% 38.67% 30.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 33
10th Percentile - £185 £207
25th Percentile £200 £220 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £230 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -48.89% -28.00%
75th Percentile £447 £438 £588
90th Percentile £500 £600 £700
East of England median daily rate £500 £423 £450
% change year-on-year +18.34% -6.11% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £46.18 £11.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +301.57% - -
East of England median hourly rate £21.28 £16.30 £22.00
% change year-on-year +30.55% -25.91% +41.94%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Suffolk

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Suffolk

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Suffolk over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Suffolk

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Suffolk

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Ipswich +5 9 £225 -36.62% 10
Leiston - 2 £200 -
Bury St Edmunds - 1 £450 - 1
Microsoft 365
East of England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) French Language
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Support
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Database Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (8.33%) Change Management
2 1 (8.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (8.33%) Migration
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (8.33%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (8.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) VMware