Microsoft 365 Contracts in London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 49 63
Rank change year-on-year +3 +14 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 784 1,190 1,571
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.43% 4.45% 4.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.62% 11.42% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 882 1,184
10th Percentile £163 £165 £165
25th Percentile £225 £230 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £550
90th Percentile £680 £725 £650
England median daily rate £350 £398 £350
% change year-on-year -11.95% +13.57% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 31 34
10th Percentile £15.57 £16.13 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.00 £16.99
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -4.08% +28.95%
75th Percentile £23.80 £28.44 £41.13
90th Percentile £25.00 £40.00 £51.00
England median hourly rate £16.63 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.11% +5.71% +2.94%

All Cloud Skills
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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,749 10,416 16,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.14% 38.95% 41.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,979 7,615 12,134
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £444 £475 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £785 £764
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 87 87
10th Percentile £17.32 £20.00 £16.18
25th Percentile £21.81 £24.00 £22.69
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.63 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.70% +9.08% +12.68%
75th Percentile £38.13 £75.00 £61.19
90th Percentile £59.88 £88.30 £79.05
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -31.90% +44.89% -2.09%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Central London +3 154 £450 +28.57% 52
East London -5 19 £500 +150.00% 15
West London +7 17 £260 -13.33% 27
South London +1 12 £200 -6.98% 14
North London -3 1 £325 +132.14%
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 200 (25.51%) SharePoint
2 168 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.93%) Skype for Business
4 15 (1.91%) Confluence
5 14 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (1.15%) IIS
8 6 (0.77%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (0.77%) SharePoint 2013
9 5 (0.64%) IBM Notes
10 4 (0.51%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.26%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) Apache
12 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 148 (18.88%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.38%) Camtasia
6 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.38%) SPSS
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.26%) Eikon
3 2 (0.26%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.13%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
4 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 336 (42.86%) Azure
2 139 (17.73%) Entra ID
3 104 (13.27%) Power Platform
4 73 (9.31%) OneDrive
5 62 (7.91%) PowerApps
6 50 (6.38%) Power Automate
7 41 (5.23%) AWS
8 30 (3.83%) IaaS
9 26 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (3.06%) Mimecast
11 23 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.93%) WhatsApp
12 18 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (2.30%) PaaS
13 17 (2.17%) SaaS
14 16 (2.04%) GitHub
14 16 (2.04%) Slack
15 15 (1.91%) Google Workspace
16 13 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (9.31%) DNS
2 63 (8.04%) Firewall
3 42 (5.36%) DHCP
4 38 (4.85%) VPN
5 28 (3.57%) Wireless
6 26 (3.32%) Skype
7 22 (2.81%) LAN
8 20 (2.55%) WAN
9 19 (2.42%) VoIP
10 18 (2.30%) TCP/IP
11 16 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (1.91%) Cisco IOS
13 14 (1.79%) MPLS
14 12 (1.53%) Internet
15 10 (1.28%) Network Security
16 9 (1.15%) Intranet
17 8 (1.02%) SAN
18 7 (0.89%) Unified Communications
19 6 (0.77%) SNMP
20 5 (0.64%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (7.02%) Power BI
2 45 (5.74%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.28%) NoSQL
3 10 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.64%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.51%) Power Query
7 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects XI
7 3 (0.38%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.26%) Tableau
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) MySQL
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) QlikView
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.13%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 30 (3.83%) JIRA
2 13 (1.66%) GitLab
3 5 (0.64%) Git
3 5 (0.64%) Hudson
3 5 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.13%) Subversion
5 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 240 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 184 (23.47%) Finance
3 86 (10.97%) Public Sector
4 80 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.38%) Legal
6 47 (5.99%) Banking
7 33 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (3.19%) Marketing
9 22 (2.81%) Financial Institution
9 22 (2.81%) Telecoms
10 18 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.17%) Electronics
11 17 (2.17%) French Language
11 17 (2.17%) Law
12 16 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.53%) Local Government
15 11 (1.40%) German Language
15 11 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 104 (13.27%) Analyst
2 99 (12.63%) Support Engineer
3 92 (11.73%) Architect
4 61 (7.78%) IT Support
5 56 (7.14%) Desktop Support
6 52 (6.63%) Developer
6 52 (6.63%) Senior
7 49 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 46 (5.87%) IT Engineer
9 43 (5.48%) Consultant
10 38 (4.85%) 2nd Line Support
11 34 (4.34%) Service Analyst
12 33 (4.21%) Desktop Engineer
12 33 (4.21%) Project Manager
12 33 (4.21%) Support Analyst
13 31 (3.95%) Service Desk Analyst
14 30 (3.83%) IT Support Engineer
15 27 (3.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 25 (3.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 24 (3.06%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.91%) REST
2 13 (1.66%) JSON
2 13 (1.66%) XML
3 12 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
3 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Graph
4 10 (1.28%) CSS
5 9 (1.15%) .NET
6 7 (0.89%) HTML
6 7 (0.89%) OAuth
7 6 (0.77%) SAML
8 5 (0.64%) LDAP
8 5 (0.64%) OpenID
8 5 (0.64%) SPFx
9 4 (0.51%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.51%) React
9 4 (0.51%) RESTful
9 4 (0.51%) SOAP
10 3 (0.38%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.38%) jQuery
10 3 (0.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.34%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.83%) Data Centre
3 29 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
4 22 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.68%) PKI
6 20 (2.55%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.91%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.79%) iPad
9 14 (1.79%) iPhone
10 13 (1.66%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.40%) Smartphone
12 9 (1.15%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.02%) Blackberry
13 8 (1.02%) Hedge funds
14 7 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.89%) Cyberattack
14 7 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (0.89%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.77%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 379 (48.34%) Windows
2 175 (22.32%) Windows 10
3 107 (13.65%) Windows Server
4 46 (5.87%) Android
5 35 (4.46%) Windows 7
6 31 (3.95%) Mac OS
7 28 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 23 (2.93%) Apple iOS
9 16 (2.04%) Mac OS X
10 15 (1.91%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (1.53%) Linux
13 10 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
14 8 (1.02%) Windows 8
15 7 (0.89%) VMS
16 5 (0.64%) Unix
17 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (16.45%) Migration
2 128 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (14.54%) ITIL
4 107 (13.65%) Customer Service
5 88 (11.22%) Agile
6 73 (9.31%) Business Intelligence
7 66 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 56 (7.14%) Change Management
9 54 (6.89%) Project Management
10 53 (6.76%) DevOps
11 51 (6.51%) Data Loss Prevention
12 46 (5.87%) Cybersecurity
13 42 (5.36%) Project Delivery
14 40 (5.10%) Roadmaps
15 38 (4.85%) Service Delivery
16 35 (4.46%) Asset Management
16 35 (4.46%) ITSM
17 33 (4.21%) Mobile Device Management
18 32 (4.08%) Information Security
18 32 (4.08%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (16.84%) PowerShell
2 29 (3.70%) SQL
3 23 (2.93%) C#
4 16 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.91%) Python
6 8 (1.02%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.77%) Java
8 4 (0.51%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.38%) PHP
9 3 (0.38%) Ruby
10 2 (0.26%) Bash
10 2 (0.26%) VBA
10 2 (0.26%) VBScript
11 1 (0.13%) Bicep
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) R
11 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (12.88%) Degree
2 86 (10.97%) Security Cleared
3 74 (9.44%) SC Cleared
4 42 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (2.55%) Azure Certification
5 20 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
6 16 (2.04%) CISSP
7 13 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.15%) CISM
9 7 (0.89%) CCNA
9 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (0.77%) CCSK
11 5 (0.64%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.64%) MCSA
11 5 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.51%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.51%) SLA
2 18 (2.30%) NIST
3 16 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.91%) QA
5 9 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.02%) GRC
7 7 (0.89%) GDPR
8 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.77%) NCSC
8 6 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.51%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.13%) IASME
12 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 356 (45.41%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.55%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.40%) vSphere
6 9 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.51%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 2 (0.26%) XenApp
10 1 (0.13%) Docker
10 1 (0.13%) Firmware
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.13%) vCloud
10 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 122 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 103 (13.14%) SCCM
3 29 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
4 20 (2.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.40%) SCOM
6 11 (1.40%) Terraform
7 9 (1.15%) Ansible
8 8 (1.02%) PingFederate
9 7 (0.89%) WSUS
10 5 (0.64%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.51%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.51%) Packer
12 3 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.38%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (0.38%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.38%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.26%) Kibana
13 2 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 549 (70.03%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.93%) Citrix
3 68 (8.67%) VMware
4 58 (7.40%) ServiceNow
5 49 (6.25%) Apple
6 29 (3.70%) Cisco
7 21 (2.68%) Google
7 21 (2.68%) SAP
8 17 (2.17%) Adobe
8 17 (2.17%) Bloomberg
9 15 (1.91%) Dell
9 15 (1.91%) NetApp
9 15 (1.91%) Oracle
10 12 (1.53%) CA
11 11 (1.40%) Veeam
12 10 (1.28%) iManage
13 9 (1.15%) HP
13 9 (1.15%) Proofpoint
13 9 (1.15%) Reuters
14 8 (1.02%) Cadence