Microsoft 365 Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 42 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 -16 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 75 84 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.89% 4.73% 6.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.99% 16.09% 21.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 67 103
10th Percentile £158 £187 £130
25th Percentile £321 £413 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £373
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +60.97% -6.82%
75th Percentile £608 £691 £444
90th Percentile - £725 £565
South East median daily rate £288 £350 £293
% change year-on-year -17.86% +19.66% -16.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £57.44 £38.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £58.63 £55.50 £17.44
Median hourly rate £60.60 £71.10 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.76% +238.55% +34.44%
75th Percentile £60.83 £79.19 £21.04
90th Percentile £60.97 - £44.28
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -11.55% - -4.99%

All Cloud Skills
Berkshire

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 advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 536 522 667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 27.82% 29.39% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 377 490
10th Percentile £331 £363 £188
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £615 £643 £600
90th Percentile £688 £719 £653
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 11
10th Percentile £20.49 £17.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £58.30 £23.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.21% +3.56% +6.89%
75th Percentile £61.53 £75.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £80.40
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £26.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% +25.00% -4.55%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Reading -19 38 £605 -8.68% 28
Windsor +2 17 - - 1
Bracknell +3 9 £398 +114.86% 2
Wokingham +2 3 £500 +21.95%
Maidenhead -13 1 £775 +18.19% 2
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 23 (30.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (18.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (10.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.00%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.67%) Azure
2 20 (26.67%) Azure Monitor
2 20 (26.67%) Azure Storage
2 20 (26.67%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.33%) OneDrive
4 3 (4.00%) Power Automate
4 3 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.67%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.33%) AWS
6 1 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.33%) NuGet
6 1 (1.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (28.00%) DHCP
1 21 (28.00%) DNS
2 20 (26.67%) Firewall
3 17 (22.67%) VoIP
4 7 (9.33%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (5.33%) VPN
6 3 (4.00%) LAN
6 3 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (4.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.00%) WAN
7 2 (2.67%) WebEx
7 2 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.33%) JIRA
General
1 34 (45.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.67%) Marketing
3 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.67%) Legal
4 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.33%) Law
5 1 (1.33%) Military
5 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (26.67%) Active Directory Support
2 17 (22.67%) Support Specialist
3 14 (18.67%) Active Directory Specialist
3 14 (18.67%) Azure Specialist
4 11 (14.67%) Support Engineer
5 8 (10.67%) Creative Designer
5 8 (10.67%) Designer
5 8 (10.67%) Senior
6 7 (9.33%) Audio Visual Technician
6 7 (9.33%) Lead
6 7 (9.33%) Technical Specialist
7 6 (8.00%) Active Directory Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (5.33%) Analyst
8 4 (5.33%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 4 (5.33%) Desktop Support
8 4 (5.33%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
8 4 (5.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 4 (5.33%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (26.67%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.33%) CSS
2 1 (1.33%) HTML
2 1 (1.33%) jQuery
2 1 (1.33%) SPFx
2 1 (1.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.67%) PKI
1 20 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (22.67%) Video Editing
3 6 (8.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (48.00%) Windows
2 21 (28.00%) Windows Server
3 20 (26.67%) Linux
3 20 (26.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 20 (26.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 17 (22.67%) Android
5 11 (14.67%) Windows 10
6 10 (13.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.33%) Agile
2 21 (28.00%) CI/CD
2 21 (28.00%) DevOps
2 21 (28.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 21 (28.00%) Service Management
3 20 (26.67%) Analytics
3 20 (26.67%) Identity Management
3 20 (26.67%) ITIL
3 20 (26.67%) Log Analytics
3 20 (26.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 20 (26.67%) Privileged Identity Management
3 20 (26.67%) RBAC
3 20 (26.67%) Release Management
4 13 (17.33%) Roadmaps
5 12 (16.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 11 (14.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (10.67%) Change Management
7 8 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (10.67%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 21 (28.00%) PowerShell
2 20 (26.67%) Bicep
2 20 (26.67%) C#
2 20 (26.67%) VB
2 20 (26.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (45.33%) Security Cleared
2 31 (41.33%) DV Cleared
3 26 (34.67%) Degree
4 21 (28.00%) SC Cleared
5 20 (26.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.67%) Accessibility
2 7 (9.33%) SLA
3 1 (1.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 27 (36.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (26.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 20 (26.67%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.33%) Docker
3 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (33.33%) SCCM
2 21 (28.00%) Kubernetes
2 21 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (26.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 20 (26.67%) SCOM
3 20 (26.67%) WSUS
4 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 17 (22.67%) Apple
3 8 (10.67%) Adobe
4 7 (9.33%) Cisco
4 7 (9.33%) Polycom
5 6 (8.00%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.00%) Citrix
6 3 (4.00%) HP
7 2 (2.67%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.67%) Dell
7 2 (2.67%) Reuters
8 1 (1.33%) VMware