Microsoft 365 Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 26 18
Rank change year-on-year -17 -8 +17
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft 365 81 106 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.67% 5.57% 8.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.03% 20.74% 23.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 79 153
10th Percentile £106 £137 £160
25th Percentile £200 £190 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £275 £350
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +18.64%
75th Percentile £475 £400 £475
90th Percentile £561 £528 £685
England median daily rate £325 £399 £375
% change year-on-year -18.50% +6.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £34.10 £17.58 £17.58
25th Percentile £34.43 £19.94 £17.69
Median hourly rate £34.98 £28.22 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.98% +52.51% +12.12%
75th Percentile £47.80 £34.20 £19.38
90th Percentile £55.50 £34.68 £19.60
England median hourly rate £19.27 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -3.65% +5.26% +8.57%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 539 511 793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.05% 26.85% 36.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 359 574
10th Percentile £300 £213 £222
25th Percentile £413 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% - -4.04%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £17.70 £15.30 £17.63
25th Percentile £27.19 £18.63 £17.75
Median hourly rate £34.43 £30.88 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.51% +62.50% +11.76%
75th Percentile £41.56 £34.47 £22.94
90th Percentile £58.96 £43.00 £24.94
England median hourly rate £26.00 £27.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -3.70% -18.18% +54.21%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -7 33 £275 +10.00% 13
Warwickshire +1 24 £275 -31.25% 11
Solihull +13 9 £375 +120.59% 3
Coventry -3 7 £391 +83.88% 4
Shropshire -11 5 £534 +356.41% 6
Staffordshire -4 2 £190 -5.00% 9
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 29 (35.80%) SharePoint
2 17 (20.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (11.11%) Confluence
3 9 (11.11%) nginx
4 4 (4.94%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (4.94%) SAS
5 3 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.70%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.23%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 35 (43.21%) Azure
2 19 (23.46%) AWS
3 15 (18.52%) Entra ID
4 14 (17.28%) Power Platform
4 14 (17.28%) PowerApps
5 13 (16.05%) Power Automate
6 9 (11.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 9 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
6 9 (11.11%) Amazon ELB
6 9 (11.11%) Amazon S3
6 9 (11.11%) AWS KMS
6 9 (11.11%) Route 53
6 9 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 8 (9.88%) OneDrive
8 4 (4.94%) GCP
9 3 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (3.70%) SaaS
10 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 18 (22.22%) Firewall
2 11 (13.58%) DNS
3 9 (11.11%) HTTP
3 9 (11.11%) IMAP
3 9 (11.11%) OpenLDAP
3 9 (11.11%) SMTP
4 7 (8.64%) FTP
4 7 (8.64%) SSH
5 6 (7.41%) VPN
6 4 (4.94%) DHCP
7 3 (3.70%) Wireless
8 2 (2.47%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (2.47%) IPsec
8 2 (2.47%) Network Security
8 2 (2.47%) OSPF
8 2 (2.47%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (2.47%) SSL
8 2 (2.47%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) Amazon Aurora
1 9 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
1 9 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (6.17%) Tableau
3 4 (4.94%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 4 (4.94%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 4 (4.94%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 3 (3.70%) Metadata
4 3 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (12.35%) JIRA
2 9 (11.11%) Git
2 9 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 9 (11.11%) Vagrant
3 4 (4.94%) GitLab
General
1 45 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.28%) Public Sector
3 10 (12.35%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.64%) Finance
5 7 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.17%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.70%) Automotive
8 3 (3.70%) Legal
9 2 (2.47%) Law
10 1 (1.23%) Advertising
10 1 (1.23%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Support Engineer
2 11 (13.58%) Analyst
3 9 (11.11%) AWS Engineer
3 9 (11.11%) AWS Platform Engineer
3 9 (11.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 9 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
4 8 (9.88%) AWS DevOps
4 8 (9.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 8 (9.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (9.88%) DevOps Platform Engineer
5 6 (7.41%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (7.41%) Architect
5 6 (7.41%) Support Officer
6 5 (6.17%) Administrator
6 5 (6.17%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (6.17%) Desktop Support
6 5 (6.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 5 (6.17%) IT Support
7 4 (4.94%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.11%) LDAP
2 1 (1.23%) ADO
2 1 (1.23%) OAuth
2 1 (1.23%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Replication
2 4 (4.94%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.47%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.23%) CMDB
4 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (38.27%) Windows
2 11 (13.58%) Windows 10
3 9 (11.11%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (11.11%) Linux
3 9 (11.11%) VMS
4 8 (9.88%) Android
5 7 (8.64%) Ubuntu
6 3 (3.70%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (27.16%) Migration
3 19 (23.46%) ITIL
4 17 (20.99%) Change Management
4 17 (20.99%) CI/CD
4 17 (20.99%) DevOps
5 13 (16.05%) Cloud Security
5 13 (16.05%) Configuration Management
6 10 (12.35%) Patch Management
7 9 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 9 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
7 9 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
8 8 (9.88%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (8.64%) Workflow
10 6 (7.41%) Analytics
10 6 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 5 (6.17%) Agile
11 5 (6.17%) Analytical Thinking
11 5 (6.17%) Data Loss Prevention
11 5 (6.17%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 11 (13.58%) Python
3 9 (11.11%) Groovy
3 9 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (19.75%) Security Cleared
2 14 (17.28%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.35%) Degree
4 9 (11.11%) Azure Certification
5 7 (8.64%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.47%) CEH
7 2 (2.47%) CISM
7 2 (2.47%) CISSP
8 1 (1.23%) CCNA
8 1 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.23%) MCP
8 1 (1.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.70%) SLA
3 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.23%) GDPR
3 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 24 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 15 (18.52%) Docker
3 9 (11.11%) Dovecot
3 9 (11.11%) Postfix
3 9 (11.11%) Squid
4 7 (8.64%) DFS Replication
5 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.23%) Firmware
6 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (12.35%) Terraform
2 9 (11.11%) Grafana
2 9 (11.11%) Nessus
2 9 (11.11%) Prometheus
3 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (8.64%) Proxmox
5 6 (7.41%) Kubernetes
6 4 (4.94%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (3.70%) SCCM
8 2 (2.47%) Nagios
9 1 (1.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 53 (65.43%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.35%) ServiceNow
3 9 (11.11%) Jaspersoft
4 7 (8.64%) Cisco
5 4 (4.94%) Oracle
5 4 (4.94%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.47%) Arista
6 2 (2.47%) Dell
6 2 (2.47%) Google
6 2 (2.47%) HP
6 2 (2.47%) Juniper
6 2 (2.47%) Meraki
6 2 (2.47%) Proofpoint
6 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.47%) Veeam
6 2 (2.47%) VMware
7 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.23%) Citrix
7 1 (1.23%) iManage
7 1 (1.23%) SAP