Microsoft 365 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 33 27
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 777 1,057 1,662
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.07% 5.12% 6.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.08% 19.77% 20.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 693 1,217
10th Percentile £150 £145 £155
25th Percentile £197 £175 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £250 £325
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £486 £425 £500
90th Percentile £593 £575 £615
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 120 105
10th Percentile £14.99 £13.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.44 £14.16 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.51 £16.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.56% -6.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £24.18 £18.75 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.31 £21.37 £29.80
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £16.78 £18.93
% change year-on-year +34.07% -11.34% +8.17%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,072 5,346 7,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.80% 25.90% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,871 3,794 5,883
10th Percentile £238 £213 £250
25th Percentile £385 £369 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.98% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 259 231
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +21.31% -28.15% +29.58%
75th Percentile £33.45 £26.50 £64.75
90th Percentile £69.25 £61.60 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.43 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.60% -40.00% +62.79%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
North of England +8 229 £288 +12.75% 316
South East -3 142 £423 +53.74% 386
North West +2 138 £350 +23.67% 173
Midlands -2 126 £248 -14.66% 176
West Midlands 0 101 £210 -40.00% 88
South West +5 91 £338 +73.61% 152
Scotland -4 90 £325 -7.14% 63
East of England +9 76 £208 -17.00% 131
Yorkshire +10 71 £245 +2.08% 114
Wales +5 25 £225 +55.17% 23
East Midlands -11 24 £250 +28.21% 80
North East +6 20 £500 +163.16% 38
Northern Ireland -5 11 £148 -66.17% 16
Channel Islands - 2 £298 -
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 240 (30.89%) SharePoint
2 172 (22.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.64%) IIS
4 4 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (0.39%) Confluence
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) TPMS
Applications
1 126 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (7.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.77%) InfoPath
6 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.13%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 285 (36.68%) Azure
2 162 (20.85%) Entra ID
3 92 (11.84%) Power Platform
4 79 (10.17%) OneDrive
5 50 (6.44%) PowerApps
6 37 (4.76%) Power Automate
7 34 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
8 31 (3.99%) SaaS
9 28 (3.60%) IaaS
10 22 (2.83%) AWS
11 20 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (2.32%) Yammer
13 16 (2.06%) PaaS
14 11 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (0.90%) Google Workspace
17 7 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
18 6 (0.77%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 83 (10.68%) VPN
2 67 (8.62%) Firewall
3 55 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
4 42 (5.41%) DNS
5 35 (4.50%) DHCP
6 26 (3.35%) WAN
7 25 (3.22%) Network Security
7 25 (3.22%) VLAN
8 22 (2.83%) LAN
9 18 (2.32%) TCP/IP
10 16 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
10 16 (2.06%) Skype
11 14 (1.80%) Internet
11 14 (1.80%) VoIP
12 12 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
13 11 (1.42%) Wireless
14 9 (1.16%) SAN
15 7 (0.90%) SSL
16 6 (0.77%) HTTP
17 5 (0.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.31%) Power BI
2 28 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.90%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.64%) RDBMS
4 5 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.39%) Dremio
5 3 (0.39%) EDRMS
5 3 (0.39%) Power Query
5 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.26%) Metadata
6 2 (0.26%) MySQL
6 2 (0.26%) OLAP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.13%) Big Data
7 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.13%) SQLite
7 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (2.06%) JIRA
2 5 (0.64%) Hudson
3 3 (0.39%) Postman
3 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.13%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 291 (37.45%) Social Skills
2 98 (12.61%) Public Sector
3 67 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (6.82%) Finance
5 35 (4.50%) Legal
6 30 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (3.22%) Telecoms
9 22 (2.83%) Retail
10 16 (2.06%) Banking
11 15 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.42%) Marketing
14 10 (1.29%) Military
15 9 (1.16%) Electronics
16 7 (0.90%) Law
17 6 (0.77%) Local Government
17 6 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.77%) Publishing
18 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 150 (19.31%) Analyst
2 126 (16.22%) Support Engineer
3 82 (10.55%) IT Support
4 74 (9.52%) Service Analyst
5 73 (9.40%) Service Desk Analyst
6 64 (8.24%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 60 (7.72%) IT Engineer
8 58 (7.46%) Desktop Engineer
9 54 (6.95%) 2nd Line Support
10 53 (6.82%) Desktop Support
11 50 (6.44%) Architect
12 44 (5.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 43 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 40 (5.15%) Senior
15 37 (4.76%) 1st Line Support
16 32 (4.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 31 (3.99%) IT Analyst
17 31 (3.99%) Support Analyst
18 28 (3.60%) Developer
18 28 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.67%) .NET
2 6 (0.77%) .NET Framework
2 6 (0.77%) CSS
2 6 (0.77%) HTML
3 5 (0.64%) ASP.NET
3 5 (0.64%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (0.64%) Entity Framework
3 5 (0.64%) HTML5 Canvas
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (0.64%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.51%) ARM Templates
4 4 (0.51%) Software Packaging
5 3 (0.39%) ADO
5 3 (0.39%) SPFx
6 2 (0.26%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.26%) YAML
7 1 (0.13%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.13%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.13%) MDX
7 1 (0.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.09%) Driving Licence
2 23 (2.96%) Management Information System
2 23 (2.96%) Smartphone
3 21 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.57%) iPhone
5 19 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.32%) Video Conferencing
7 14 (1.80%) Security Posture
8 13 (1.67%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.54%) NHS
10 11 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.03%) PKI
13 7 (0.90%) BYOD
13 7 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.77%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.77%) Product Ownership
15 5 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
16 4 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 355 (45.69%) Windows
2 161 (20.72%) Windows 10
3 73 (9.40%) Windows Server
4 36 (4.63%) Mac OS
5 31 (3.99%) Windows 7
6 28 (3.60%) Linux
7 25 (3.22%) Android
8 24 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (1.93%) Apple iOS
11 11 (1.42%) VMS
12 9 (1.16%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.64%) CentOS
14 4 (0.51%) Unix
15 2 (0.26%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
16 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (26.64%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (23.94%) Customer Service
2 186 (23.94%) ITIL
3 91 (11.71%) Migration
4 90 (11.58%) Agile
5 88 (11.33%) ITSM
6 78 (10.04%) Incident Management
7 64 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 58 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (7.34%) Service Delivery
10 54 (6.95%) Collaborative Working
11 49 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (6.05%) Service Management
13 45 (5.79%) Project Management
14 44 (5.66%) Change Management
15 38 (4.89%) Data Loss Prevention
16 32 (4.12%) DevOps
17 31 (3.99%) Multi-Factor Authentication
18 29 (3.73%) Cloud Security
19 28 (3.60%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 105 (13.51%) PowerShell
2 26 (3.35%) SQL
3 12 (1.54%) Python
4 11 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.16%) C#
6 5 (0.64%) Bicep
7 4 (0.51%) Bash
7 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.39%) VB
8 3 (0.39%) VBA
8 3 (0.39%) VBScript
9 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.26%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 114 (14.67%) Security Cleared
2 96 (12.36%) Degree
3 93 (11.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 92 (11.84%) SC Cleared
5 47 (6.05%) A+ Certification
6 33 (4.25%) MCSA
7 26 (3.35%) Azure Certification
8 20 (2.57%) DBS Check
9 18 (2.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 16 (2.06%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.93%) MCSE
12 9 (1.16%) MCP
13 8 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.90%) CCNA
14 7 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
17 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
17 4 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.15%) SLA
2 17 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.42%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.29%) QA
5 8 (1.03%) GDPR
6 7 (0.90%) NCSC
7 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.77%) NIST
7 6 (0.77%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.64%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 372 (47.88%) Active Directory
2 54 (6.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.70%) vSphere
4 15 (1.93%) BitLocker
4 15 (1.93%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (0.64%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.51%) Docker
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.26%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.13%) Firmware
12 1 (0.13%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 156 (20.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (11.84%) SCCM
3 21 (2.70%) WSUS
4 20 (2.57%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.80%) Terraform
7 13 (1.67%) Kubernetes
8 12 (1.54%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.16%) AppManager
10 6 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.64%) Ansible
11 5 (0.64%) Nessus
12 4 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
13 3 (0.39%) Grafana
13 3 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
13 3 (0.39%) PingFederate
13 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
14 2 (0.26%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 553 (71.17%) Microsoft
2 125 (16.09%) ServiceNow
3 79 (10.17%) Citrix
4 76 (9.78%) VMware
5 42 (5.41%) Cisco
6 39 (5.02%) Apple
7 16 (2.06%) SAP
8 15 (1.93%) HP
9 13 (1.67%) Ivanti
10 11 (1.42%) Google
10 11 (1.42%) Nexthink
11 10 (1.29%) Dell
12 9 (1.16%) iManage
13 8 (1.03%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.03%) Remedy
14 7 (0.90%) McAfee
14 7 (0.90%) Symantec
14 7 (0.90%) Veeam
15 6 (0.77%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.77%) Salesforce