Microsoft 365 Contracts in Birmingham

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 18 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 43 69 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.84% 7.89% 6.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.48% 21.17% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 50 66
10th Percentile £187 £185 £173
25th Percentile £200 £313 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -2.94% +13.33%
75th Percentile £638 £627 £575
90th Percentile - £731 £681
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £400 £279
% change year-on-year -12.50% +43.50% -14.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £14.31 £15.34 £11.14
25th Percentile £14.94 £15.49 £11.78
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.99 £12.86
Median % change year-on-year +0.09% +24.35% -
75th Percentile £19.88 £16.48 £13.93
90th Percentile £22.20 £16.63 £14.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.25 £15.99 £18.75
% change year-on-year +20.43% -14.75% +38.89%

All Cloud Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 210 326 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 28.53% 37.26% 34.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 237 344
10th Percentile £250 £313 £308
25th Percentile £350 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% - +12.68%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £671 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 2
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.54 £11.14
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.98 £11.78
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £12.86
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% +57.45% -19.66%
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.47 £13.93
90th Percentile £32.20 £25.31 £14.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £18.75
% change year-on-year +11.17% +7.95% +17.19%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Birmingham over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Birmingham

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 17 (39.53%) SharePoint
2 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.65%) IIS
3 2 (4.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (60.47%) Azure
2 9 (20.93%) Entra ID
3 8 (18.60%) OneDrive
4 7 (16.28%) Power Automate
4 7 (16.28%) Power Platform
4 7 (16.28%) PowerApps
5 4 (9.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.60%) VPN
2 7 (16.28%) DNS
2 7 (16.28%) Firewall
3 6 (13.95%) Unified Communications
4 4 (9.30%) LAN
4 4 (9.30%) TCP/IP
4 4 (9.30%) WAN
5 3 (6.98%) DHCP
5 3 (6.98%) VLAN
5 3 (6.98%) VoIP
5 3 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.65%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (4.65%) iSCSI
6 2 (4.65%) NAS
6 2 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.65%) SAN
6 2 (4.65%) Wireless
7 1 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.26%) SQL Server
2 7 (16.28%) Power BI
General
1 20 (46.51%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Police
4 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 9 (20.93%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 9 (20.93%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (18.60%) Administrator
3 8 (18.60%) SharePoint Administrator
4 7 (16.28%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Support Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Azure Administrator
5 6 (13.95%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 6 (13.95%) Service Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Support
7 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Digital Signage
1 6 (13.95%) PKI
2 3 (6.98%) Clustering
2 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.65%) iPad
3 2 (4.65%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.65%) Replication
4 1 (2.33%) CMDB
4 1 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (60.47%) Windows
2 15 (34.88%) Windows Server
3 13 (30.23%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (25.58%) Windows 10
5 10 (23.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (11.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (9.30%) Linux
8 3 (6.98%) Mac OS
9 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
9 2 (4.65%) Ubuntu
9 2 (4.65%) VMS
9 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (2.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) Customer Service
2 8 (18.60%) Proactive Management
2 8 (18.60%) Web SSO
3 7 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (16.28%) ITIL
3 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
4 6 (13.95%) Identity Management
4 6 (13.95%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 5 (11.63%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.98%) Asset Management
7 3 (6.98%) Decision-Making
7 3 (6.98%) Quality Management
8 1 (2.33%) Conflict Management
8 1 (2.33%) Logistics
8 1 (2.33%) Migration
8 1 (2.33%) Runbook
8 1 (2.33%) Server Patching
8 1 (2.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (39.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
1 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.30%) Degree
3 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (51.16%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.65%) Terminal Services
4 2 (4.65%) vSphere
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (27.91%) SCCM
2 12 (27.91%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (6.98%) Autotask
3 3 (6.98%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (6.98%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.33%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 31 (72.09%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.60%) VMware
3 6 (13.95%) Oracle
4 4 (9.30%) Apple
5 3 (6.98%) Datto
6 2 (4.65%) Aruba
6 2 (4.65%) Citrix
6 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.65%) ProCurve
6 2 (4.65%) SAP
6 2 (4.65%) Synology
6 2 (4.65%) Veeam
6 2 (4.65%) Zerto
7 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow