Microsoft 365 Contracts in the East of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 23 13
Rank change year-on-year -11 -10 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 95 144 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.91% 7.38% 9.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.67% 29.69% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 103 164
10th Percentile £163 £160 £138
25th Percentile £194 £181 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £250 £309
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -19.03% +16.51%
75th Percentile £488 £469 £438
90th Percentile £574 £585 £488
England median daily rate £350 £379 £362
% change year-on-year -7.66% +4.71% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 17 43
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.13
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - +14.81%
75th Percentile £21.37 £15.75 £15.75
90th Percentile - £19.70 £16.42
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.05% +8.37% +11.11%

All Cloud Skills
East of England

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 of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 274 485 823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.16% 24.87% 32.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 325 559
10th Percentile £221 £182 £187
25th Percentile £313 £300 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.28% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £573 £590 £611
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 38 61
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.95 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £22.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.91% +41.94% +3.33%
75th Percentile £21.37 £65.25 £23.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £70.00 £55.00
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the East of England

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cambridgeshire +5 61 £331 -9.86% 25
Hertfordshire -35 14 £325 +54.76% 32
Bedfordshire -15 9 - - 4
Essex 0 7 £213 -52.78% 13
Suffolk +5 4 £186 -32.27% 17
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 19 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (16.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.05%) Confluence
3 1 (1.05%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.05%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (14.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (13.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.11%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.05%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.74%) Azure
2 7 (7.37%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.26%) Power Automate
3 5 (5.26%) PowerApps
4 4 (4.21%) OneDrive
4 4 (4.21%) PaaS
5 2 (2.11%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.11%) ShareGate
6 1 (1.05%) AWS
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.05%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.05%) Google Drive
6 1 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (43.16%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (4.21%) Intranet
3 1 (1.05%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.05%) LAN
3 1 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.05%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.05%) WAN
3 1 (1.05%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (3.16%) JIRA
3 1 (1.05%) GitLab
3 1 (1.05%) Subversion
3 1 (1.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (29.47%) Retail
2 23 (24.21%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.21%) Marketing
5 4 (4.21%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.16%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.05%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 52 (54.74%) Analyst
2 49 (51.58%) Service Analyst
2 49 (51.58%) Service Desk Analyst
3 14 (14.74%) Support Engineer
4 13 (13.68%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) IT Support
6 7 (7.37%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (6.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Technical Services Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Developer
8 5 (5.26%) IT Engineer
8 5 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (5.26%) Lead
9 4 (4.21%) Applications Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Support Team Leader
9 4 (4.21%) Systems Developer
9 4 (4.21%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) .NET
2 4 (4.21%) REST
3 2 (2.11%) React
3 2 (2.11%) SPFx
4 1 (1.05%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.21%) Graphic Design
1 4 (4.21%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (2.11%) BYOD
2 2 (2.11%) iPad
2 2 (2.11%) iPhone
2 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 29 (30.53%) Windows
2 9 (9.47%) Windows 10
2 9 (9.47%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.26%) Android
4 2 (2.11%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.05%) Linux
5 1 (1.05%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (61.05%) ITIL
2 51 (53.68%) Customer Service
3 41 (43.16%) Incident Management
4 20 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 13 (13.68%) Mathematics
7 6 (6.32%) ITSM
7 6 (6.32%) Project Management
8 5 (5.26%) Analytics
8 5 (5.26%) Business Case
8 5 (5.26%) Migration
8 5 (5.26%) PRINCE2
8 5 (5.26%) Workflow
9 4 (4.21%) Journey Map
9 4 (4.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.21%) Web Design
9 4 (4.21%) Web Development
10 3 (3.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 2 (2.11%) Mobile Device Management
11 2 (2.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.26%) C#
3 4 (4.21%) C
3 4 (4.21%) SQL
4 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (49.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 45 (47.37%) MCSA
3 42 (44.21%) A+ Certification
4 17 (17.89%) SC Cleared
4 17 (17.89%) Security Cleared
5 11 (11.58%) Degree
6 10 (10.53%) CCNA
6 10 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (10.53%) MCP
7 4 (4.21%) MCSE
8 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.05%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) SLA
2 1 (1.05%) COBIT
2 1 (1.05%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 41 (43.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (13.68%) SCCM
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.11%) WSUS
4 1 (1.05%) Autotask
Vendors
1 49 (51.58%) Citrix
2 43 (45.26%) ServiceNow
3 32 (33.68%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.16%) VMware
5 2 (2.11%) Google
6 1 (1.05%) Apple
6 1 (1.05%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.05%) Cisco
6 1 (1.05%) MobileIron
6 1 (1.05%) Remedy
6 1 (1.05%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.05%) SonicWALL
6 1 (1.05%) Sparx