Microsoft 365 Contracts in Kent

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 8 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 19 23 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 9.00% 11.00% 13.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 54.29% 37.70% 48.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 38
10th Percentile £157 £135 £163
25th Percentile £203 £200 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £330 £263
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +25.71% +87.50%
75th Percentile £496 £749 £538
90th Percentile £540 £788 £588
South East median daily rate £288 £350 £293
% change year-on-year -17.86% +19.66% -16.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.69 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -11.55% - -4.99%

All Cloud Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35 61 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 16.59% 29.19% 28.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 46 75
10th Percentile £161 £155 £190
25th Percentile £203 £222 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £540 £652 £591
90th Percentile £662 £788 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
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 Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Kent

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent 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
West Malling 0 4 £536 +62.50% 2
Maidstone +2 2 £308 -16.89% 7
Sevenoaks 0 1 £275 -57.03% 1
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) OneDrive
3 3 (15.79%) SaaS
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) Network Security
3 3 (15.79%) DHCP
3 3 (15.79%) DNS
3 3 (15.79%) LAN
3 3 (15.79%) VLAN
3 3 (15.79%) VPN
3 3 (15.79%) WAN
3 3 (15.79%) WebEx
3 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (5.26%) Skype
4 1 (5.26%) Telepresence
General
1 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Finance
2 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) IT Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (15.79%) Deskside Support
2 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support
2 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Information Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Information Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
1 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Change Management
1 5 (26.32%) Cloud Security
1 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
1 5 (26.32%) Information Security
1 5 (26.32%) Risk Assessment
1 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
4 2 (10.53%) Information Security Management
4 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
4 2 (10.53%) Security Management
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Application Packaging
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.26%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) CISM
1 1 (5.26%) CISSP
1 1 (5.26%) CRISC
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.79%) AppManager
2 3 (15.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) Ivanti
3 3 (15.79%) VMware
4 2 (10.53%) Google
5 1 (5.26%) Apple
5 1 (5.26%) Polycom