Microsoft 365 Contracts in Wales

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 19 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 26 27 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 9.12% 6.89% 7.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.64% 18.88% 27.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 36
10th Percentile £167 - £129
25th Percentile £185 £143 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £145 £225
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -35.56% -34.55%
75th Percentile £588 £216 £438
90th Percentile £620 £445 £493
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £20.15 £12.94 £12.53
25th Percentile £21.25 £13.98 £12.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 £15.84 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +73.67% +11.12% +15.81%
75th Percentile £41.25 £17.57 £16.27
90th Percentile - £18.53 £16.51
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £16.94 £18.97
% change year-on-year +32.86% -10.70% +8.37%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 110 143 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 38.60% 36.48% 26.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 118 138
10th Percentile £186 £159 £161
25th Percentile £257 £356 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +5.82% -0.53%
75th Percentile £501 £548 £600
90th Percentile £600 £629 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.94 £12.54
25th Percentile £17.26 £13.98 £12.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.84 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +42.09% +8.27% +2.63%
75th Percentile £35.25 £17.57 £16.07
90th Percentile £41.25 £18.53 £16.43
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Wales over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Wales over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 4 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
South Wales +7 22 £413 +184.48% 20
West Wales +2 2 £190 -5.00%
North Wales +2 2 - - 2
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (7.69%) SAS
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (61.54%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) IaaS
3 2 (7.69%) OneDrive
3 2 (7.69%) SaaS
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
2 7 (26.92%) VPN
3 3 (11.54%) IPsec
3 3 (11.54%) Wireless
4 2 (7.69%) DHCP
4 2 (7.69%) DNS
4 2 (7.69%) LAN
4 2 (7.69%) Skype
4 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 2 (7.69%) VoIP
4 2 (7.69%) WAN
5 1 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) IT Support
2 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (15.38%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Support Specialist
4 3 (11.54%) Field Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior IT Support
5 2 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Field Service Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (7.69%) Service Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.69%) Anti-Spyware
3 2 (7.69%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.85%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (3.85%) IoT
4 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (57.69%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
4 2 (7.69%) Linux
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (34.62%) Customer Service
3 8 (30.77%) Incident Management
4 7 (26.92%) ITIL
5 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (15.38%) Application Packaging
6 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 4 (15.38%) Ethical Hacking
6 4 (15.38%) Red Team
6 4 (15.38%) Security Testing
7 3 (11.54%) Offensive Security
8 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security
8 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (7.69%) Reverse Engineering
8 2 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
9 1 (3.85%) Agile
9 1 (3.85%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) A+ Certification
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (15.38%) CREST Certified
4 2 (7.69%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (7.69%) OSCE
5 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (19.23%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (7.69%) AirWatch
3 2 (7.69%) Autotask
3 2 (7.69%) SCCM
3 2 (7.69%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) ServiceNow
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Adobe
3 2 (7.69%) Apple
3 2 (7.69%) ConnectWise
3 2 (7.69%) Ivanti
3 2 (7.69%) MobileIron
3 2 (7.69%) Remedy
3 2 (7.69%) SolarWinds
3 2 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco