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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 44 38
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 88 109 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.87% 4.09% 5.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.21% 14.93% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 57 131
10th Percentile £191 £152 £185
25th Percentile £206 £225 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +2.78% +50.00%
75th Percentile £500 £608 £631
90th Percentile £575 - £700
South East median daily rate £250 £340 £320
% change year-on-year -26.47% +6.25% +9.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £18.63 £18.05
25th Percentile - £30.07 £21.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 £58.17 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +5.77% +175.00%
75th Percentile - £60.44 £79.19
90th Percentile - £60.83 -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £20.10 £23.95
% change year-on-year +39.34% -16.10% +26.05%

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 543 730 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 27.40% 29.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 486 616
10th Percentile £263 £309 £320
25th Percentile £400 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £593 £608 £638
90th Percentile £663 £666 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 21
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £20.63 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £58.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.74% +132.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.83 £56.50
90th Percentile £75.50 £61.60 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -37.27% +9.09% +37.50%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 50 £404 -33.31% 59
Buckinghamshire +18 22 £513 +72.27% 47
Oxfordshire +5 16 £275 -24.14% 30
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 26 (29.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (28.41%) SharePoint
3 12 (13.64%) IBM Domino
4 1 (1.14%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (34.09%) Azure
2 21 (23.86%) Power Platform
3 11 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.09%) OneDrive
5 7 (7.95%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (7.95%) Power Automate
5 7 (7.95%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.68%) SaaS
7 4 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Storage
8 3 (3.41%) AWS
8 3 (3.41%) Azure AKS
8 3 (3.41%) Azure Table
8 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (2.27%) PaaS
10 1 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.14%) IaaS
10 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.18%) Firewall
2 12 (13.64%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (5.68%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (4.55%) DNS
5 3 (3.41%) DHCP
5 3 (3.41%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.41%) VPN
5 3 (3.41%) Wireless
6 2 (2.27%) HTTP
6 2 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.27%) LAN
6 2 (2.27%) WAN
7 1 (1.14%) Internet
7 1 (1.14%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.14%) MPLS
7 1 (1.14%) NAS
7 1 (1.14%) Network Security
7 1 (1.14%) SAN
7 1 (1.14%) Skype
7 1 (1.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.50%) Power BI
2 4 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.27%) Metadata
5 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.14%) Power Query
5 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.14%) Sisense
5 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Postman
2 1 (1.14%) Fiddler
General
1 26 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.64%) Games
3 7 (7.95%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.82%) Finance
5 5 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.27%) Publishing
9 1 (1.14%) Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.14%) French Language
9 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.14%) Legal
9 1 (1.14%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (14.77%) Support Engineer
2 12 (13.64%) Platform Engineer
3 8 (9.09%) Consultant
3 8 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (7.95%) Analyst
5 6 (6.82%) Architect
6 5 (5.68%) Developer
6 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.68%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 4 (4.55%) IT Analyst
7 4 (4.55%) IT Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) 1st Line Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) Active Directory Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) Power Platform Developer
8 3 (3.41%) Service Desk Support
8 3 (3.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.55%) .NET
1 4 (4.55%) ARM Templates
2 3 (3.41%) .NET Core
2 3 (3.41%) ADO
3 1 (1.14%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.14%) MDX
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.14%) OAuth
3 1 (1.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.68%) Low-Code
2 4 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.41%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.41%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.27%) Clustering
4 2 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.27%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.27%) PKI
4 2 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.27%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.27%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.14%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (47.73%) Windows
2 16 (18.18%) Mac OS
3 14 (15.91%) Android
3 14 (15.91%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.68%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.27%) Linux
5 2 (2.27%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (13.64%) Customer Service
2 12 (13.64%) E-Commerce
3 10 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (11.36%) ITIL
4 9 (10.23%) Migration
5 8 (9.09%) Agile
5 8 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (7.95%) Customer-Centricity
6 7 (7.95%) Identity Management
6 7 (7.95%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (7.95%) Roadmaps
7 6 (6.82%) Incident Management
8 5 (5.68%) DevOps
8 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (4.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (4.55%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (4.55%) Service Delivery
9 4 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.55%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.68%) SQL
3 4 (4.55%) Bicep
3 4 (4.55%) C#
3 4 (4.55%) Python
4 3 (3.41%) Bash
5 2 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.27%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.14%) VB
6 1 (1.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (14.77%) SC Cleared
1 13 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (6.82%) Degree
4 4 (4.55%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.41%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.41%) MCSA
6 2 (2.27%) CISSP
6 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.14%) CCNA
7 1 (1.14%) CEH
7 1 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.14%) CISM
7 1 (1.14%) CRISC
7 1 (1.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.27%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.27%) SLA
2 2 (2.27%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
3 1 (1.14%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (46.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.14%) vSphere
4 1 (1.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 23 (26.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (19.32%) SCCM
3 4 (4.55%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.41%) Grafana
4 3 (3.41%) Prometheus
4 3 (3.41%) Terraform
5 2 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (2.27%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.14%) SCOM
6 1 (1.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.05%) Cisco
3 12 (13.64%) Meraki
3 12 (13.64%) Splunk
4 6 (6.82%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.68%) Citrix
5 5 (5.68%) VMware
6 3 (3.41%) HP
6 3 (3.41%) Oracle
7 2 (2.27%) Apple
7 2 (2.27%) F5
8 1 (1.14%) Commvault
8 1 (1.14%) Dell
8 1 (1.14%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.14%) Facebook
8 1 (1.14%) IBM
8 1 (1.14%) Imperva
8 1 (1.14%) McAfee
8 1 (1.14%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (1.14%) Proofpoint