Microsoft 365 Contracts in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 6 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 50 29
Rank change year-on-year +29 -21 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 43 26 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 7.56% 2.69% 5.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.84% 8.84% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 20 49
10th Percentile £190 £162 £155
25th Percentile £235 £184 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £273 £300
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -8.92% +13.21%
75th Percentile £419 £463 £475
90th Percentile £488 £643 £608
Yorkshire median daily rate £265 £228 £263
% change year-on-year +16.48% -13.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £18.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year - -43.85% +79.86%

All Cloud Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 241 294 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 42.36% 30.40% 34.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 214 376
10th Percentile £266 £279 £341
25th Percentile £375 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -10.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £595 £625
90th Percentile £618 £663 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -4.04% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £27.82 - £33.33
25th Percentile £30.17 - £36.44
Median hourly rate £32.96 £15.00 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +119.73% -65.32% +116.25%
75th Percentile £50.48 - £50.44
90th Percentile £79.33 - £53.78
Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.96 £15.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +119.73% -53.85% +72.19%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 6 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Leeds +23 37 £249 -22.75% 52
Mirfield - 2 £275 - 2
Halifax -8 1 £188 -6.25% 1
Huddersfield - 1 £320 -
Microsoft 365
Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 11 (25.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (16.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (65.12%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (53.49%) Entra ID
2 9 (20.93%) Azure
3 3 (6.98%) IaaS
3 3 (6.98%) PaaS
3 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.65%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) VPN
2 4 (9.30%) Network Security
3 3 (6.98%) Firewall
4 1 (2.33%) Internet
4 1 (2.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
General
1 31 (72.09%) Social Skills
2 18 (41.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 18 (41.86%) Retail
3 3 (6.98%) Local Government
4 2 (4.65%) Finance
4 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (41.86%) Support Manager
2 13 (30.23%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (27.91%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 12 (27.91%) IT Manager
3 12 (27.91%) IT Support
3 12 (27.91%) IT Support Manager
4 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Support Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Desktop Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Desktop Support
5 6 (13.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Support Assistant
6 3 (6.98%) Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Developer
6 3 (6.98%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 1 (2.33%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 18 (41.86%) iPhone
1 18 (41.86%) Smartphone
2 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.33%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (41.86%) Mac OS
2 6 (13.95%) Windows
3 3 (6.98%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.33%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (2.33%) Linux
5 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Customer Service
2 24 (55.81%) ITIL
2 24 (55.81%) ITSM
3 18 (41.86%) Incident Management
3 18 (41.86%) Mobile Device Management
3 18 (41.86%) Service Management
4 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
5 6 (13.95%) Case Management
5 6 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (6.98%) Attestation
6 3 (6.98%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (6.98%) Information Security
6 3 (6.98%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.65%) Data Security
8 1 (2.33%) Content Management
8 1 (2.33%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (2.33%) Migration
8 1 (2.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.98%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
1 6 (13.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (6.98%) CCNA
2 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (6.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (83.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.98%) vSphere
3 2 (4.65%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.33%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (41.86%) Jamf Pro
2 15 (34.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.98%) SCCM
4 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 38 (88.37%) Microsoft
2 24 (55.81%) ServiceNow
3 19 (44.19%) Apple
4 7 (16.28%) Citrix
5 5 (11.63%) Cisco
5 5 (11.63%) Meraki
6 4 (9.30%) Veeam
6 4 (9.30%) VMware
7 3 (6.98%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.33%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.33%) Red Hat