Microsoft 365 Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 50 31
Rank change year-on-year +8 -19 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 63 101 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.17% 3.76% 6.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.33% 13.38% 22.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 69 151
10th Percentile £206 £141 £185
25th Percentile £250 £163 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £408
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -7.98% +76.22%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £615 £608 £700
South East median daily rate £423 £275 £350
% change year-on-year +53.74% -21.43% +20.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - £16.05 £19.54
25th Percentile - £16.13 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -68.18% +175.00%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £79.19
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £19.97 £17.69 £19.38
% change year-on-year +12.89% -8.70% -3.13%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 511 755 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.82% 28.11% 28.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 515 615
10th Percentile £304 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £608 £625
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 30 20
10th Percentile £20.96 £15.99 £18.42
25th Percentile £28.05 £19.37 £21.49
Median hourly rate £32.05 £42.50 £30.23
Median % change year-on-year -24.59% +40.59% +43.95%
75th Percentile £47.15 £59.95 £59.25
90th Percentile £76.51 £61.60 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £24.50
% change year-on-year +27.47% -8.74% +16.39%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the Thames Valley

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +3 38 £450 -10.00% 88
Buckinghamshire +14 13 £583 +158.89% 68
Oxfordshire -3 12 £275 +34.15% 62
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (31.75%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (44.44%) Azure
2 18 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 9 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 8 (12.70%) OneDrive
5 7 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (11.11%) PowerApps
6 6 (9.52%) AWS
6 6 (9.52%) Power Automate
7 3 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (4.76%) Azure Storage
8 2 (3.17%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Table
8 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (3.17%) PaaS
8 2 (3.17%) SaaS
9 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.59%) IaaS
9 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.52%) DNS
1 6 (9.52%) VPN
2 5 (7.94%) Firewall
2 5 (7.94%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.35%) DHCP
3 4 (6.35%) MPLS
3 4 (6.35%) SD-WAN
3 4 (6.35%) WAN
3 4 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.76%) BGP
4 3 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (4.76%) NGFW
4 3 (4.76%) OSPF
4 3 (4.76%) VSAN
5 2 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.17%) VLAN
5 2 (3.17%) Wireless
6 1 (1.59%) Internet
6 1 (1.59%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.59%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) Power BI
2 2 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Postman
General
1 22 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (7.94%) Finance
2 5 (7.94%) Telecoms
3 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.59%) Banking
5 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Law
5 1 (1.59%) Legal
5 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (17.46%) Architect
2 9 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 6 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (9.52%) Consultant
3 6 (9.52%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (7.94%) Analyst
4 5 (7.94%) Developer
4 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 4 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.35%) Technical Architect
6 3 (4.76%) Active Directory Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Desktop Support
6 3 (4.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) IT Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Senior
6 3 (4.76%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.17%) .NET
2 2 (3.17%) .NET Core
2 2 (3.17%) ADO
3 1 (1.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (7.94%) Low-Code
2 4 (6.35%) PKI
2 4 (6.35%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.76%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (36.51%) Windows
2 8 (12.70%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.94%) Mac OS
3 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.76%) Linux
5 2 (3.17%) Android
5 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (19.05%) ITIL
3 11 (17.46%) Customer Service
4 8 (12.70%) Agile
4 8 (12.70%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (11.11%) Migration
6 6 (9.52%) Customer-Centricity
6 6 (9.52%) Roadmaps
6 6 (9.52%) TOGAF
7 5 (7.94%) Identity Management
7 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (7.94%) IT Strategy
8 4 (6.35%) DevOps
8 4 (6.35%) DevSecOps
8 4 (6.35%) Incident Management
8 4 (6.35%) ITSM
8 4 (6.35%) Product Backlog
8 4 (6.35%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.52%) SQL
3 3 (4.76%) Bash
3 3 (4.76%) Bicep
3 3 (4.76%) C#
3 3 (4.76%) Python
4 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.17%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.59%) VB
5 1 (1.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (23.81%) SC Cleared
1 15 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (9.52%) Degree
4 3 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.76%) MCSE
5 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.17%) CISSP
5 2 (3.17%) CRISC
5 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (3.17%) MCSA
5 2 (3.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.59%) CEH
6 1 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.76%) NCSC
2 3 (4.76%) NIST
2 3 (4.76%) SLA
3 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.17%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (31.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.35%) VMware NSX
4 2 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.59%) vSphere
5 1 (1.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.76%) SCCM
3 2 (3.17%) Grafana
3 2 (3.17%) Prometheus
3 2 (3.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.59%) SCOM
4 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) VMware
3 7 (11.11%) Cisco
4 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.76%) Citrix
6 3 (4.76%) HP
7 2 (3.17%) Apple
7 2 (3.17%) F5
8 1 (1.59%) Commvault
8 1 (1.59%) Dell
8 1 (1.59%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.59%) Facebook
8 1 (1.59%) Genesys
8 1 (1.59%) IBM
8 1 (1.59%) Imperva
8 1 (1.59%) McAfee
8 1 (1.59%) Netskope
8 1 (1.59%) Oracle
8 1 (1.59%) Proofpoint