Microsoft 365 Contracts in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 18 19 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 57 76 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.01% 7.55% 12.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.39% 26.12% 36.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 54 105
10th Percentile £145 £157 £106
25th Percentile £160 £188 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £250 £220
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +19.73%
75th Percentile £347 £425 £413
90th Percentile £460 £568 £530
England median daily rate £350 £380 £363
% change year-on-year -7.89% +4.83% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 9
10th Percentile £19.49 £12.78 £13.45
25th Percentile £23.78 £14.52 £15.00
Median hourly rate £32.60 £15.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.29% -16.22% +23.33%
75th Percentile £43.09 £23.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £48.38 £26.48 £20.95
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.05% +8.37% +9.38%

All Cloud Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 216 291 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.57% 28.93% 32.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 220 326
10th Percentile £163 £205 £156
25th Percentile £306 £322 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £448 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -0.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £515 £541 £523
90th Percentile £645 £700 £616
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 15
10th Percentile - £13.16 £14.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.76 £16.15
Median hourly rate £15.32 £20.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.43% +3.90% +28.33%
75th Percentile £26.75 £26.48 £24.50
90th Percentile £27.50 £30.00 £32.00
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the East Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Derbyshire +8 19 £160 -54.29% 21
Nottinghamshire +6 17 £210 -42.07% 17
Northamptonshire -10 9 £450 +100.00% 23
Lincolnshire - 8 £325 - 22
Leicestershire -4 3 £338 +35.00% 8
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 14 (24.56%) SharePoint
2 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (40.35%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) AWS
3 8 (14.04%) SaaS
4 5 (8.77%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.51%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.75%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) DNS
1 6 (10.53%) Firewall
1 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.26%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.51%) DHCP
3 2 (3.51%) VLAN
3 2 (3.51%) VoIP
3 2 (3.51%) VPN
4 1 (1.75%) SAN
4 1 (1.75%) WAN
4 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Metadata
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Legal
4 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.51%) Local Government
5 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Support Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) IT Manager
3 8 (14.04%) Delivery Manager
3 8 (14.04%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 8 (14.04%) IT Services Manager
3 8 (14.04%) Service Delivery Manager
3 8 (14.04%) Service Manager
4 7 (12.28%) IT Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) IT Support
4 7 (12.28%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (10.53%) Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (7.02%) Service Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) HTML
2 1 (1.75%) .NET
2 1 (1.75%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.75%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.75%) CSS
2 1 (1.75%) HTML5
2 1 (1.75%) SPFx
2 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) iPad
3 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.75%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.75%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 40 (70.18%) Windows
2 20 (35.09%) Windows Server
3 18 (31.58%) Windows 10
4 13 (22.81%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (5.26%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.51%) Windows 7
7 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (21.05%) Migration
3 11 (19.30%) Information Security
4 10 (17.54%) Service Delivery
4 10 (17.54%) Service Management
5 9 (15.79%) Change Management
5 9 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 9 (15.79%) ITSM
6 8 (14.04%) Business Analysis
6 8 (14.04%) Decision-Making
6 8 (14.04%) IT Governance
6 8 (14.04%) People Management
6 8 (14.04%) Performance Metrics
6 8 (14.04%) Problem Management
6 8 (14.04%) Service Delivery Management
7 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (5.26%) Computer Science
8 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 3 (5.26%) Ticket Management
8 3 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) Swift
2 5 (8.77%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.02%) SQL
4 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.75%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (5.26%) Degree
1 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.51%) CISSP
2 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.75%) MCSE
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (3.51%) NIST
1 2 (3.51%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) GDPR
2 1 (1.75%) GRC
System Software
1 31 (54.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 5 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (14.04%) SCCM
3 3 (5.26%) Autotask
4 2 (3.51%) SCOM
5 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (43.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Okta
3 7 (12.28%) VMware
4 4 (7.02%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco
5 3 (5.26%) Citrix
5 3 (5.26%) Remedy
6 2 (3.51%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.75%) Apple
7 1 (1.75%) Google
7 1 (1.75%) Splunk
7 1 (1.75%) Veeam