Microsoft 365 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 50 47
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 369 580 1,235
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.73% 3.78% 4.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.37% 10.44% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 424 924
10th Percentile £208 £176 £200
25th Percentile £313 £290 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £602
90th Percentile £605 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £393
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.83% +4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 21 37
10th Percentile £14.78 £15.42 £12.65
25th Percentile £17.80 £15.50 £16.19
Median hourly rate £41.00 £16.00 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year +156.25% -28.60% +4.23%
75th Percentile £60.63 £17.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £19.00 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +32.35% -10.53% +8.57%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,940 5,557 10,236
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.78% 36.21% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 3,982 7,514
10th Percentile £351 £350 £373
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 89 125
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £17.00 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.73% +83.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £50.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £64.37 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Microsoft 365
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365.

Microsoft 365 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft 365 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365.

Microsoft 365 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft 365 hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 148 (40.11%) SharePoint
2 75 (20.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.36%) Confluence
4 4 (1.08%) CMS
5 2 (0.54%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) nginx
6 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.27%) TPMS
Applications
1 44 (11.92%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.81%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.27%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Notion
Business Applications
1 10 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 204 (55.28%) Azure
2 116 (31.44%) Entra ID
3 75 (20.33%) Power Platform
4 51 (13.82%) OneDrive
5 40 (10.84%) PowerApps
6 33 (8.94%) SaaS
7 32 (8.67%) Power Automate
8 23 (6.23%) IaaS
9 22 (5.96%) AWS
10 17 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (4.07%) PaaS
12 12 (3.25%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (2.71%) Slack
13 10 (2.71%) Yammer
14 9 (2.44%) Asana
15 8 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (1.90%) Google Workspace
17 6 (1.63%) Mimecast
18 5 (1.36%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.40%) Firewall
2 16 (4.34%) VPN
3 14 (3.79%) DNS
4 13 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (3.25%) DHCP
6 10 (2.71%) Network Security
7 8 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (1.90%) Internet
8 7 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (1.90%) Skype
9 6 (1.63%) WAN
10 5 (1.36%) VSAN
10 5 (1.36%) Wireless
11 4 (1.08%) LAN
11 4 (1.08%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.08%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.81%) Intranet
12 3 (0.81%) iSCSI
13 2 (0.54%) BGP
13 2 (0.54%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.40%) Power BI
2 29 (7.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.63%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.08%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (1.08%) Big Data
5 4 (1.08%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.08%) MS Access
6 2 (0.54%) Dremio
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.54%) Tableau
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) DTS
7 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.27%) Metadata
7 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Power Query
7 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (4.88%) JIRA
2 8 (2.17%) MSI
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Postman
3 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.27%) Hudson
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
General
1 132 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 67 (18.16%) Finance
3 56 (15.18%) Public Sector
4 21 (5.69%) Banking
5 16 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.44%) Legal
8 9 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.17%) Marketing
10 6 (1.63%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.08%) Law
12 3 (0.81%) Billing
12 3 (0.81%) Electronics
12 3 (0.81%) German Language
12 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Local Government
12 3 (0.81%) Military
13 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (13.55%) Analyst
2 44 (11.92%) Architect
3 41 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 39 (10.57%) Support Engineer
5 34 (9.21%) Developer
6 29 (7.86%) Senior
7 27 (7.32%) IT Support
8 24 (6.50%) Consultant
9 19 (5.15%) Service Analyst
10 18 (4.88%) IT Engineer
10 18 (4.88%) Service Desk Analyst
11 16 (4.34%) 2nd Line Support
12 15 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (4.07%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 14 (3.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 14 (3.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 14 (3.79%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (2.98%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.25%) CSS
1 12 (3.25%) HTML
2 8 (2.17%) React
3 7 (1.90%) SailPoint
3 7 (1.90%) SPFx
4 6 (1.63%) .NET
5 4 (1.08%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.08%) Kafka
6 3 (0.81%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.81%) REST
6 3 (0.81%) Web Services
7 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.54%) SAML
7 2 (0.54%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.27%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.59%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.34%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (4.07%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
5 12 (3.25%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.63%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.36%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.36%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.08%) BYOD
10 4 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.08%) Social Media
11 3 (0.81%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.81%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.81%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.81%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 129 (34.96%) Windows
2 37 (10.03%) Windows 10
2 37 (10.03%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.61%) Android
4 14 (3.79%) Apple iOS
5 12 (3.25%) Linux
6 8 (2.17%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.63%) VMS
8 5 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.54%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (21.68%) Migration
2 65 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (14.36%) ITIL
4 50 (13.55%) Agile
5 32 (8.67%) Customer Service
5 32 (8.67%) Project Management
6 28 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (6.50%) ITSM
9 23 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (5.96%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (5.42%) Cloud Security
11 20 (5.42%) Roadmaps
12 19 (5.15%) Data Loss Prevention
12 19 (5.15%) DevOps
12 19 (5.15%) Information Security
13 18 (4.88%) IT Strategy
14 17 (4.61%) Identity Access Management
14 17 (4.61%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 67 (18.16%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.07%) JavaScript
3 12 (3.25%) SQL
4 7 (1.90%) TypeScript
4 7 (1.90%) VBA
5 4 (1.08%) Bicep
5 4 (1.08%) C#
5 4 (1.08%) Python
6 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.27%) R
7 1 (0.27%) VB
7 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 59 (15.99%) Security Cleared
2 51 (13.82%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (7.05%) Degree
5 17 (4.61%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.08%) CREST Certified
6 4 (1.08%) PMP
7 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.54%) CISSP
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (0.54%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.54%) MCSE
8 2 (0.54%) OSCE
9 1 (0.27%) CCNP
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.27%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.69%) SLA
2 9 (2.44%) GDPR
3 7 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.63%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.63%) PMO
4 6 (1.63%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.08%) NIST
6 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.54%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 133 (36.04%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.17%) vSphere
5 6 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.36%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.08%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.81%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.27%) Docker
10 1 (0.27%) Firmware
10 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 71 (19.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (6.23%) SCCM
3 13 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.17%) Terraform
4 8 (2.17%) WSUS
5 4 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.08%) PingFederate
6 3 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.54%) SCOM
8 1 (0.27%) CASB
8 1 (0.27%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.27%) Kibana
8 1 (0.27%) logstash
8 1 (0.27%) OfficeScan
8 1 (0.27%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.27%) Plesk
8 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.27%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 269 (72.90%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.84%) VMware
3 23 (6.23%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.34%) Cisco
5 11 (2.98%) Apple
6 9 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.17%) Citrix
7 8 (2.17%) Zscaler
8 6 (1.63%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.63%) Google
8 6 (1.63%) Proofpoint
9 4 (1.08%) Adobe
9 4 (1.08%) Informatica
9 4 (1.08%) NetApp
9 4 (1.08%) Okta
9 4 (1.08%) Oracle
9 4 (1.08%) Ping Identity
9 4 (1.08%) Ribbon
9 4 (1.08%) SAP
9 4 (1.08%) Splunk