Microsoft 365 Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 44 68
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 553 1,169 1,693
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.77% 4.77% 3.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.31% 12.15% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 870 1,267
10th Percentile £175 £187 £173
25th Percentile £300 £325 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £610 £550
90th Percentile £695 £738 £638
UK median daily rate £350 £395 £375
% change year-on-year -11.39% +5.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 36 67
10th Percentile £14.60 £12.65 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.60 £15.29
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% -4.65% +43.33%
75th Percentile £17.50 £64.50 £27.92
90th Percentile £17.69 £67.38 £61.65
UK median hourly rate £16.63 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.47% +8.57% +12.90%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,365 9,625 18,353
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.55% 39.24% 41.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,892 7,171 13,711
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £738 £745 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 129 161
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.43 £21.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £50.94 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.31 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £36.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -40.64% +60.71% +1.82%

Microsoft 365
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

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
1 165 (29.84%) SharePoint
2 125 (22.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (2.17%) Skype for Business
4 11 (1.99%) Confluence
4 11 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.90%) Drupal
5 5 (0.90%) IIS
6 4 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.72%) SharePoint 2013
6 4 (0.72%) WordPress
7 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.36%) CMS
8 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.18%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 52 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.90%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.90%) Trello
5 4 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.36%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) assyst
3 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.18%) Relativity
3 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.18%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.18%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 274 (49.55%) Azure
2 108 (19.53%) Entra ID
3 92 (16.64%) Power Platform
4 55 (9.95%) PowerApps
5 49 (8.86%) OneDrive
6 46 (8.32%) Power Automate
7 44 (7.96%) AWS
8 43 (7.78%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (3.44%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (3.25%) Azure Storage
11 16 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
11 16 (2.89%) SaaS
12 15 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (2.71%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (2.71%) GitHub
12 15 (2.71%) PaaS
13 14 (2.53%) Slack
14 12 (2.17%) IaaS
15 10 (1.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 8 (1.45%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 55 (9.95%) Firewall
2 44 (7.96%) DNS
3 28 (5.06%) DHCP
4 19 (3.44%) VPN
5 14 (2.53%) Intranet
6 12 (2.17%) Skype
7 8 (1.45%) LAN
7 8 (1.45%) VoIP
8 7 (1.27%) NAS
8 7 (1.27%) SAN
9 6 (1.08%) Network Security
9 6 (1.08%) WAN
10 4 (0.72%) HTTP
10 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.54%) SNMP
11 3 (0.54%) VLAN
11 3 (0.54%) WebEx
11 3 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.05%) Power BI
2 32 (5.79%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.54%) GIS
6 3 (0.54%) Metadata
6 3 (0.54%) Power Query
6 3 (0.54%) QGIS
7 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.36%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.18%) Tableau
8 1 (0.18%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 30 (5.42%) JIRA
2 5 (0.90%) Git
3 4 (0.72%) GitLab
3 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.18%) MSI
6 1 (0.18%) TestRail
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 167 (30.20%) Social Skills
2 97 (17.54%) Public Sector
3 68 (12.30%) Finance
4 40 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.99%) Banking
8 10 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.81%) Marketing
9 9 (1.63%) Legal
10 8 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.90%) German Language
13 5 (0.90%) Law
13 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.72%) Electronics
15 3 (0.54%) French Language
15 3 (0.54%) Retail
15 3 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 74 (13.38%) Architect
2 62 (11.21%) Analyst
3 43 (7.78%) Developer
4 40 (7.23%) Consultant
5 37 (6.69%) Senior
6 30 (5.42%) Service Analyst
7 29 (5.24%) Service Desk Analyst
8 27 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (4.16%) IT Support
9 23 (4.16%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 22 (3.98%) Power Platform Developer
10 22 (3.98%) Project Manager
10 22 (3.98%) Support Specialist
11 21 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (3.62%) Azure Specialist
13 19 (3.44%) Support Analyst
13 19 (3.44%) Support Engineer
13 19 (3.44%) Technical Architect
14 18 (3.25%) Active Directory Support
15 17 (3.07%) SharePoint Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.25%) ARM Templates
2 11 (1.99%) .NET
3 8 (1.45%) React
3 8 (1.45%) REST
4 7 (1.27%) CSS
4 7 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
5 6 (1.08%) RESTful
5 6 (1.08%) SPFx
5 6 (1.08%) XML
6 5 (0.90%) JSON
7 4 (0.72%) SOAP
8 3 (0.54%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.54%) HTML
9 2 (0.36%) ADSI
9 2 (0.36%) OAuth
9 2 (0.36%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.18%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (3.98%) PKI
3 20 (3.62%) Data Structures
4 19 (3.44%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.44%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
6 14 (2.53%) Low-Code
6 14 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.35%) NHS
8 11 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 7 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.08%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.08%) Smartphone
11 6 (1.08%) Video Editing
12 5 (0.90%) EPoS
12 5 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.90%) Taxonomies
12 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 213 (38.52%) Windows
2 87 (15.73%) Windows 10
3 84 (15.19%) Windows Server
4 34 (6.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (4.88%) Linux
5 27 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (4.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (2.35%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.35%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (1.99%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (1.63%) Android
10 8 (1.45%) Mac OS
11 6 (1.08%) VMS
12 5 (0.90%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.54%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (19.89%) Migration
2 83 (15.01%) Agile
3 72 (13.02%) ITIL
4 66 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (10.85%) DevOps
6 51 (9.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 44 (7.96%) Customer Service
8 42 (7.59%) Project Management
9 39 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
10 38 (6.87%) Change Management
11 37 (6.69%) Roadmaps
12 30 (5.42%) Service Management
13 29 (5.24%) Data Migration
13 29 (5.24%) Identity Management
14 28 (5.06%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (4.88%) Data Security
16 25 (4.52%) CI/CD
17 24 (4.34%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 24 (4.34%) Stakeholder Management
18 22 (3.98%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 98 (17.72%) PowerShell
2 31 (5.61%) C#
2 31 (5.61%) SQL
3 19 (3.44%) VBScript
4 18 (3.25%) Bicep
4 18 (3.25%) VB
5 16 (2.89%) Python
6 14 (2.53%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.72%) Bash
7 4 (0.72%) C
8 3 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.18%) Java
10 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 106 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.49%) Degree
4 35 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (4.88%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 19 (3.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.08%) CISSP
11 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.90%) CISM
12 4 (0.72%) MCSE
13 3 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.54%) MCSA
13 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.36%) CCNP
14 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.70%) SLA
2 10 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.63%) Disclosure Scotland
3 9 (1.63%) NIST
4 7 (1.27%) QA
5 6 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.90%) GDPR
6 5 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.36%) COBIT
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) GLBA
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 212 (38.34%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 25 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (3.62%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.54%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.54%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.36%) Firmware
7 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.36%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 77 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (9.58%) SCCM
3 21 (3.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 21 (3.80%) WSUS
4 19 (3.44%) Kubernetes
4 19 (3.44%) SCOM
5 14 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.27%) Terraform
7 6 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.90%) Ansible
9 4 (0.72%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.72%) Packer
10 2 (0.36%) CASB
10 2 (0.36%) Kibana
10 2 (0.36%) logstash
10 2 (0.36%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.36%) QRadar
11 1 (0.18%) SCDPM
11 1 (0.18%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 381 (68.90%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.22%) VMware
3 25 (4.52%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.16%) Citrix
5 20 (3.62%) NetApp
6 17 (3.07%) Cisco
6 17 (3.07%) Veeam
7 15 (2.71%) Adobe
8 14 (2.53%) Apple
9 13 (2.35%) Oracle
10 11 (1.99%) CA
10 11 (1.99%) HP
10 11 (1.99%) Splunk
11 9 (1.63%) Google
11 9 (1.63%) SAP
12 8 (1.45%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.45%) Qualys
13 7 (1.27%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.90%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.90%) Zscaler