Microsoft 365 Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 39 43
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 108 180 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.01% 5.16% 5.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.53% 13.32% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 130 205
10th Percentile £185 £140 £150
25th Percentile £255 £181 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year +58.20% -33.28% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £492 £550
90th Percentile £775 £589 £645
Central London median daily rate £450 £325 £413
% change year-on-year +38.46% -21.21% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £13.88
25th Percentile £12.75 - £14.34
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £21.50
75th Percentile £23.75 - £44.44
90th Percentile £25.70 - £96.25
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.66% +92.73%

All Cloud Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 862 1,351 1,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.96% 38.73% 42.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 883 1,408
10th Percentile £363 £313 £383
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +7.48%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
Central London median daily rate £535 £580 £575
% change year-on-year -7.76% +0.87% +7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 7
10th Percentile £12.75 £30.45 £13.88
25th Percentile £14.88 £47.50 £14.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £82.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.73% +211.32% +17.78%
75th Percentile £26.19 £88.30 £53.75
90th Percentile £38.63 - £91.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% +98.53% +47.99%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the City of London

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 27 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (23.15%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.70%) Confluence
4 3 (2.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.93%) IIS
5 1 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (51.85%) Azure
2 27 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 24 (22.22%) Power Platform
4 13 (12.04%) OneDrive
5 12 (11.11%) PowerApps
6 11 (10.19%) Mimecast
7 9 (8.33%) Power Automate
8 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (5.56%) IaaS
10 3 (2.78%) AWS
10 3 (2.78%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.78%) PaaS
10 3 (2.78%) WhatsApp
11 2 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.93%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.04%) Firewall
2 6 (5.56%) DNS
2 6 (5.56%) VPN
3 3 (2.78%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (2.78%) MPLS
3 3 (2.78%) Network Security
4 2 (1.85%) DHCP
4 2 (1.85%) Skype
4 2 (1.85%) Wireless
5 1 (0.93%) LAN
5 1 (0.93%) NAS
5 1 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.93%) SAN
5 1 (0.93%) VoIP
5 1 (0.93%) WAN
5 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.33%) Power BI
2 7 (6.48%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.93%) JIRA
3 1 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 37 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 32 (29.63%) Finance
3 16 (14.81%) Legal
4 13 (12.04%) Banking
5 10 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.26%) Financial Institution
6 5 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.78%) Retail
9 2 (1.85%) French Language
9 2 (1.85%) Law
10 1 (0.93%) Advertising
10 1 (0.93%) Front Office
10 1 (0.93%) Marketing
10 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (19.44%) Architect
2 11 (10.19%) IT Support
3 10 (9.26%) Analyst
4 9 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 8 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 7 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) IT Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Developer
7 6 (5.56%) Platform Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Power Platform Architect
8 5 (4.63%) Desktop Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) DevOps Manager
8 5 (4.63%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.70%) Consultant
9 4 (3.70%) Desktop Support
9 4 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (3.70%) Lead
9 4 (3.70%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 4 (3.70%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.70%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (5.56%) JSON
2 6 (5.56%) REST
2 6 (5.56%) XML
3 3 (2.78%) CSS
3 3 (2.78%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (2.78%) jQuery
4 1 (0.93%) OAuth
4 1 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 6 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (4.63%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.70%) Wiki
4 3 (2.78%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.78%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.85%) Clustering
5 2 (1.85%) IoT
5 2 (1.85%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.85%) PKI
6 1 (0.93%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.93%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.93%) Handset
6 1 (0.93%) iPad
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (39.81%) Windows
2 18 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 7 (6.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.56%) Android
4 6 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 5 (4.63%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.63%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.78%) Windows 8
6 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.93%) Linux
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (23.15%) Migration
3 20 (18.52%) Agile
4 17 (15.74%) ITIL
5 16 (14.81%) Data Loss Prevention
6 14 (12.96%) DevOps
6 14 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (12.96%) Project Management
7 13 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (12.04%) Customer Service
8 11 (10.19%) Change Management
8 11 (10.19%) PRINCE2
9 9 (8.33%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.48%) CI/CD
10 7 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (6.48%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (6.48%) Information Security
11 6 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
11 6 (5.56%) Project Delivery
11 6 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (30.56%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.41%) C#
3 6 (5.56%) T-SQL
4 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.85%) SQL
6 1 (0.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (15.74%) Degree
2 10 (9.26%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.63%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.70%) CISSP
7 3 (2.78%) CISM
7 3 (2.78%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.93%) CCNA
9 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.93%) MCITP
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) SLA
2 4 (3.70%) NIST
3 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.93%) GDPR
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 47 (43.52%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.85%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.85%) XenApp
4 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.33%) SCCM
3 8 (7.41%) PingFederate
4 5 (4.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (3.70%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.85%) Ansible
6 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.85%) QRadar
7 1 (0.93%) CASB
7 1 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.93%) Kibana
7 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.93%) logstash
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.93%) Packer
7 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.96%) Citrix
3 9 (8.33%) VMware
4 8 (7.41%) Apple
5 7 (6.48%) iManage
6 6 (5.56%) Adobe
6 6 (5.56%) Cadence
7 5 (4.63%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.70%) Freshdesk
8 4 (3.70%) Okta
9 3 (2.78%) Cisco
9 3 (2.78%) Google
9 3 (2.78%) Ivanti
9 3 (2.78%) Proofpoint
9 3 (2.78%) Symantec
10 2 (1.85%) Acronis
10 2 (1.85%) Avaya
11 1 (0.93%) HP
11 1 (0.93%) IBM
11 1 (0.93%) Intapp