Microsoft 365 Contracts in Wales

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 25 49 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 6.14% 8.46% 8.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.94% 29.88% 32.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 37 57
10th Percentile - £127 £154
25th Percentile £143 £145 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £205 £350
Median % change year-on-year -29.27% -41.43% +52.17%
75th Percentile £209 £338 £443
90th Percentile £285 £441 £525
UK median daily rate £350 £383 £375
% change year-on-year -8.50% +2.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.53 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.98 £12.56 £11.16
Median hourly rate £15.84 £14.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.12% +1.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile £17.57 £16.27 £16.52
90th Percentile £18.53 £16.51 £17.85
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% +9.38%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 132 164 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 32.43% 28.32% 26.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 134 170
10th Percentile £143 £158 £198
25th Percentile £317 £243 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% -7.50% +13.31%
75th Percentile £536 £600 £575
90th Percentile £581 £663 £640
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 11
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.55 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.98 £12.63 £11.16
Median hourly rate £15.84 £15.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% - -30.23%
75th Percentile £17.57 £16.67 £16.64
90th Percentile £18.53 £19.87 £16.78
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £37.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.28% +69.32% +0.64%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Wales over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 9 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
South Wales -3 19 £145 -36.96% 16
North Wales +1 3 - - 6
West Wales +5 1 £200 +33.33% 2
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.00%) IaaS
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Firewall
1 3 (12.00%) VPN
2 2 (8.00%) LAN
2 2 (8.00%) WLAN
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.00%) Welsh Language
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Support Engineer
2 11 (44.00%) IT Engineer
2 11 (44.00%) IT Support
3 9 (36.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Database Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Digital Transformation
5 2 (8.00%) Field Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IT Operations Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Operations Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (24.00%) Windows 10
4 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
5 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (8.00%) Data Extraction
3 2 (8.00%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (8.00%) DevOps
3 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.00%) ITIL
3 2 (8.00%) Migration
3 2 (8.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (8.00%) Systems Thinking
3 2 (8.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 2 (8.00%) Workflow
3 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (4.00%) CRM
4 1 (4.00%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (36.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.00%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.00%) Dell
4 2 (8.00%) SonicWALL
4 2 (8.00%) WatchGuard
5 1 (4.00%) Citrix