Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 -11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 31 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 33.70% 4.65% 6.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 68.89% 15.38% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 2 6
10th Percentile £163 £203 £151
25th Percentile £210 £229 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £228 £280 £188
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +49.33% -51.92%
75th Percentile £450 £337 £413
90th Percentile - £367 £475
Cheshire median daily rate £228 £625 £213
% change year-on-year -63.60% +194.12% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.82 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 £23.14 £22.00
% change year-on-year -30.84% +5.16% +1.01%

All Cloud Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 45 13 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 48.91% 30.23% 39.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 7 25
10th Percentile £170 £292 £175
25th Percentile £214 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £494
90th Percentile £535 £493 £538
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -13.18% +3.05% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £12.82 - -
25th Percentile £14.16 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile £18.00 - -
90th Percentile £67.25 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.88 £24.18 £23.07
% change year-on-year -30.21% +4.81% +5.92%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Warrington

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Warrington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Warrington over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Warrington

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
3 5 (16.13%) Entra ID
3 5 (16.13%) SaaS
4 3 (9.68%) AWS
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) DNS
2 6 (19.35%) Firewall
2 6 (19.35%) Unified Communications
3 5 (16.13%) Internet
3 5 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Japanese Language
4 2 (6.45%) Military
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) IT Support
2 7 (22.58%) Administrator
3 6 (19.35%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (19.35%) IT Technician
3 6 (19.35%) Service Desk Support
3 6 (19.35%) Service Desk Technician
3 6 (19.35%) Support Technician
4 5 (16.13%) Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support
5 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Security Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Security Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Service Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) Onboarding
2 6 (19.35%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (19.35%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (16.13%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (77.42%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Customer Service
1 11 (35.48%) Migration
2 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.81%) Security Operations
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Proactive Management
4 6 (19.35%) Problem Management
4 6 (19.35%) Ticket Management
4 6 (19.35%) User Experience
5 5 (16.13%) Application Security
5 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (16.13%) Cloud Security
5 5 (16.13%) ITIL
5 5 (16.13%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 5 (16.13%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (9.68%) Analytics
6 3 (9.68%) Log Analytics
6 3 (9.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (9.68%) SOAR
6 3 (9.68%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 9 (29.03%) Degree
2 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.90%) DBS Check
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.23%) MCP
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (61.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) SCCM
2 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (16.13%) Norton AntiVirus
4 4 (12.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (80.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) ServiceNow
3 5 (16.13%) McAfee
3 5 (16.13%) Symantec
4 3 (9.68%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.23%) Proofpoint