Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 23 11
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 7 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 5.00% 1.19% 8.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.00% 2.94% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile - - £129
25th Percentile £163 £538 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £550 £208
Median % change year-on-year -68.18% +165.06% -2.35%
75th Percentile £188 £563 £400
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £275 £260
% change year-on-year +27.27% +5.77% -25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.48 - -
Median hourly rate £18.58 - -
75th Percentile £19.67 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.48 £34.98 £33.93
% change year-on-year -44.31% +3.09% +83.41%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35 34 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 25.00% 40.48% 24.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 32 19
10th Percentile £163 £525 £152
25th Percentile £431 £563 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £650 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +62.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £632 £700 £525
90th Percentile £675 - £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% +0.95% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.48 - -
Median hourly rate £18.58 - -
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile £36.70 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.65 £35.49 £33.74
% change year-on-year -13.65% +5.20% +82.35%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 20 September 2026. 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
Worcester - 4 - - 4
Microsoft 365
West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) IT Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) IT Support
1 3 (42.86%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) e-Learning
1 4 (57.14%) Motion Graphics
1 4 (57.14%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Line Management
1 4 (57.14%) Storage Management
1 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Adobe
3 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow