Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 32 19
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 107 63 121
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 5.72% 5.44% 6.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.79% 14.35% 20.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 37 94
10th Percentile £113 £191 £152
25th Percentile £138 £235 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £300 £275
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £375 £475 £455
90th Percentile £525 £525 £588
England median daily rate £375 £400 £325
% change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% -9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile - £13.94 £18.65
25th Percentile - £16.40 £18.88
Median hourly rate £14.25 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £21.50 £31.50 £19.88
90th Percentile £29.99 £37.50 £19.95
England median hourly rate £21.46 £21.46 £18.50
% change year-on-year - +16.00% +5.71%

All Cloud Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 776 439 583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 41.52% 37.91% 32.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 292 425
10th Percentile £213 £275 £221
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £600
90th Percentile £604 £700 £673
England median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 3
10th Percentile - £18.04 £18.80
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.81 £19.25
Median hourly rate £38.43 £34.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% +71.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £56.94 £97.98 £41.00
90th Percentile £57.78 £102.00 £53.60
England median hourly rate £26.86 £29.00 £24.31
% change year-on-year -7.40% +19.32% +8.02%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
West Yorkshire -4 53 £325 +8.33% 31
South Yorkshire -41 17 £225 -51.61% 17
North Yorkshire +8 16 £120 -54.29% 6
East Yorkshire -7 8 £235 -18.26% 14
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 35 (32.71%) SharePoint
2 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.80%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (16.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (16.82%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.93%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 38 (35.51%) Azure
2 28 (26.17%) Entra ID
3 12 (11.21%) Power Platform
4 10 (9.35%) OneDrive
5 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (3.74%) AWS
7 4 (3.74%) GCP
7 4 (3.74%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.74%) SaaS
8 3 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.80%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.80%) ShareGate
9 2 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.87%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (1.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.35%) DNS
1 10 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (7.48%) DHCP
2 8 (7.48%) TCP/IP
3 6 (5.61%) LAN
3 6 (5.61%) WAN
4 5 (4.67%) VPN
5 3 (2.80%) Firewall
5 3 (2.80%) VoIP
6 2 (1.87%) DKIM
6 2 (1.87%) DMARC
6 2 (1.87%) Internet
6 2 (1.87%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.87%) SMTP
6 2 (1.87%) VLAN
6 2 (1.87%) Wireless
7 1 (0.93%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.41%) Power BI
2 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (2.80%) JIRA
General
1 52 (48.60%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.08%) Finance
3 11 (10.28%) Banking
4 9 (8.41%) Legal
5 7 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.74%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.80%) Retail
9 2 (1.87%) Local Government
10 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.93%) Law
10 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (30.84%) IT Support
2 26 (24.30%) Analyst
3 18 (16.82%) 1st Line Support
4 16 (14.95%) 2nd Line Support
5 12 (11.21%) Business Analyst
5 12 (11.21%) Support Engineer
6 10 (9.35%) IT Engineer
7 9 (8.41%) Senior
8 8 (7.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 8 (7.48%) Service Analyst
8 8 (7.48%) Service Desk Analyst
9 7 (6.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.61%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (5.61%) Project Manager
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (4.67%) Architect
11 5 (4.67%) Desktop Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.61%) OAuth
2 4 (3.74%) OpenID
2 4 (3.74%) SAML
3 3 (2.80%) LDAP
3 3 (2.80%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.87%) JSON
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.15%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.61%) CMDB
3 5 (4.67%) iPhone
4 3 (2.80%) HTC Vive
4 3 (2.80%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.80%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.87%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.87%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.93%) CCTV
6 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.93%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.93%) IVR
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (48.60%) Windows
2 14 (13.08%) Windows 10
3 8 (7.48%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.74%) Android
4 4 (3.74%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.97%) ITIL
2 25 (23.36%) Customer Service
3 20 (18.69%) Migration
4 17 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (13.08%) Service Management
6 12 (11.21%) ITSM
6 12 (11.21%) Mobile Device Management
6 12 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
7 11 (10.28%) Agile
7 11 (10.28%) Computer Science
7 11 (10.28%) Data Governance
8 10 (9.35%) Project Delivery
8 10 (9.35%) Workflow
9 9 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (8.41%) Decision-Making
10 8 (7.48%) Knowledge Management
10 8 (7.48%) SDLC
11 7 (6.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (16.82%) Degree
2 11 (10.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.87%) ACSP
4 2 (1.87%) ACTC
4 2 (1.87%) CISMP
4 2 (1.87%) GSEC
5 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.93%) CCNA
5 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.93%) PMP
5 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.48%) SLA
2 7 (6.54%) GDPR
3 4 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.87%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.93%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (45.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.87%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (21.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.74%) SCCM
2 4 (3.74%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.80%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.87%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.87%) Terraform
5 1 (0.93%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (55.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.35%) Apple
3 7 (6.54%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.67%) HP
4 5 (4.67%) MobileIron
5 3 (2.80%) VMware
6 2 (1.87%) Alibaba
6 2 (1.87%) Cisco
6 2 (1.87%) Google
6 2 (1.87%) Meraki
6 2 (1.87%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.87%) Veeam
7 1 (0.93%) Adobe
7 1 (0.93%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.93%) Genesys
7 1 (0.93%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.93%) Sophos
7 1 (0.93%) WatchGuard