Microsoft 365 Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 40 37 44
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,636 2,496 3,734
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.43% 5.26% 5.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.86% 14.50% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,834 2,751
10th Percentile £155 £163 £150
25th Percentile £200 £206 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £379 £362
Median % change year-on-year -7.66% +4.71% -3.47%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £513
90th Percentile £638 £688 £625
UK median daily rate £350 £388 £375
% change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 106 183
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.15
Median hourly rate £16.30 £18.97 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +8.37% +11.11%
75th Percentile £21.37 £26.13 £22.25
90th Percentile £23.80 £64.50 £27.62
UK median hourly rate £16.78 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.67% +8.57% +12.90%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,806 17,214 27,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.26% 38.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,506 12,625 20,019
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 287 322
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.98 £18.72 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £38.75 £70.00 £45.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
% change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in England

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
London +2 730 £418 -1.76% 290
North of England -2 236 £253 -15.83% 305
South East -10 230 £288 -17.86% 267
Midlands 0 172 £270 -22.86% 224
North West +3 151 £284 -15.85% 160
South West -11 138 £225 -30.77% 160
West Midlands -1 115 £350 -6.67% 131
East of England -11 95 £265 +6.00% 108
Yorkshire -4 75 £228 -13.33% 114
East Midlands +1 57 £200 -20.00% 93
North East +15 10 £190 +8.57% 36
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 395 (24.14%) SharePoint
2 332 (20.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.65%) Skype for Business
4 19 (1.16%) Confluence
5 15 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2013
7 13 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
8 12 (0.73%) IIS
9 10 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2003
10 8 (0.49%) CMS
11 6 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
12 5 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.18%) IBM Notes
13 3 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.18%) WordPress
14 1 (0.061%) Apache
14 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
14 1 (0.061%) Drupal
14 1 (0.061%) SharePoint 2010
14 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 238 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) SPSS
7 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.12%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.061%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.12%) Eikon
4 2 (0.12%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.12%) Relativity
4 2 (0.12%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 1 (0.061%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.061%) Magento
5 1 (0.061%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.061%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.061%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.061%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.061%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 606 (37.04%) Azure
2 224 (13.69%) Entra ID
3 179 (10.94%) Power Platform
4 136 (8.31%) OneDrive
5 103 (6.30%) PowerApps
6 85 (5.20%) Power Automate
7 77 (4.71%) AWS
8 49 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
9 37 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (2.26%) IaaS
9 37 (2.26%) SaaS
10 35 (2.14%) Mimecast
11 33 (2.02%) Azure Monitor
12 30 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
13 27 (1.65%) Azure Storage
13 27 (1.65%) PaaS
14 20 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
14 20 (1.22%) WhatsApp
15 17 (1.04%) GitHub
15 17 (1.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 142 (8.68%) DNS
2 139 (8.50%) Firewall
3 94 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
4 91 (5.56%) DHCP
5 77 (4.71%) VPN
6 64 (3.91%) LAN
7 54 (3.30%) WAN
8 50 (3.06%) VoIP
9 48 (2.93%) Wireless
10 40 (2.44%) TCP/IP
11 33 (2.02%) Skype
12 27 (1.65%) SAN
13 24 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
14 22 (1.34%) Intranet
15 20 (1.22%) Network Security
16 18 (1.10%) VLAN
17 17 (1.04%) Internet
18 12 (0.73%) MPLS
19 11 (0.67%) NAS
20 10 (0.61%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (5.26%) Power BI
2 85 (5.20%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (0.61%) NoSQL
4 10 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.18%) BusinessObjects XI
7 3 (0.18%) Power Query
7 3 (0.18%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.12%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.12%) Metadata
8 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.12%) Tableau
9 1 (0.061%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.061%) DTS
9 1 (0.061%) MySQL
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 51 (3.12%) JIRA
2 15 (0.92%) GitLab
3 11 (0.67%) Hudson
4 10 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.43%) Git
6 5 (0.31%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.061%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.061%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.061%) MSI
General
1 532 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 236 (14.43%) Finance
3 171 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 136 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (4.03%) Legal
6 58 (3.55%) Banking
7 57 (3.48%) Retail
8 47 (2.87%) Marketing
9 46 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (2.51%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 36 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (1.47%) Electronics
14 24 (1.47%) Law
15 20 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.16%) Financial Institution
17 16 (0.98%) Advertising
18 15 (0.92%) Local Government
19 14 (0.86%) French Language
Job Titles
1 256 (15.65%) Analyst
2 223 (13.63%) Support Engineer
3 169 (10.33%) IT Support
4 152 (9.29%) Architect
5 127 (7.76%) Service Analyst
6 124 (7.58%) Service Desk Analyst
7 104 (6.36%) IT Engineer
8 99 (6.05%) Desktop Support
9 94 (5.75%) Senior
10 93 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 92 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support
12 75 (4.58%) Developer
13 73 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
14 68 (4.16%) Desktop Engineer
15 67 (4.10%) Consultant
16 66 (4.03%) Support Analyst
17 60 (3.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 55 (3.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 51 (3.12%) Project Manager
20 50 (3.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.65%) .NET
2 20 (1.22%) ARM Templates
3 19 (1.16%) REST
4 15 (0.92%) XML
5 13 (0.79%) JSON
6 12 (0.73%) CSS
6 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
7 9 (0.55%) SPFx
8 8 (0.49%) HTML5 Canvas
9 6 (0.37%) OAuth
9 6 (0.37%) React
10 5 (0.31%) HTML
10 5 (0.31%) jQuery
10 5 (0.31%) LDAP
10 5 (0.31%) SAML
11 4 (0.24%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.24%) RESTful
11 4 (0.24%) SOAP
11 4 (0.24%) Software Packaging
12 3 (0.18%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 55 (3.36%) PKI
2 50 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
3 48 (2.93%) Management Information System
3 48 (2.93%) Video Conferencing
4 36 (2.20%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.53%) Driving Licence
6 25 (1.53%) iPhone
7 24 (1.47%) NHS
8 22 (1.34%) iPad
9 20 (1.22%) Low-Code
9 20 (1.22%) Video Editing
10 19 (1.16%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.16%) Digital Signage
11 18 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 17 (1.04%) Data Structures
13 16 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.92%) EPoS
15 14 (0.86%) Smartphone
16 13 (0.79%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 835 (51.04%) Windows
2 393 (24.02%) Windows 10
3 268 (16.38%) Windows Server
4 97 (5.93%) Apple iOS
5 76 (4.65%) Android
6 70 (4.28%) Linux
7 69 (4.22%) Mac OS
8 68 (4.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 63 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
10 60 (3.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 58 (3.55%) Windows 7
12 23 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
13 15 (0.92%) Mac OS X
14 14 (0.86%) VMS
15 12 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.37%) Unix
16 6 (0.37%) Windows 8
17 3 (0.18%) Debian
18 1 (0.061%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (17.67%) Customer Service
2 282 (17.24%) ITIL
3 237 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (12.65%) Migration
5 160 (9.78%) Agile
6 127 (7.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 108 (6.60%) Change Management
8 103 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
9 98 (5.99%) DevOps
10 95 (5.81%) Project Management
11 89 (5.44%) Service Delivery
12 78 (4.77%) Service Management
13 72 (4.40%) Incident Management
14 71 (4.34%) Mobile Device Management
15 70 (4.28%) Roadmaps
16 68 (4.16%) Cybersecurity
16 68 (4.16%) Information Security
16 68 (4.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 64 (3.91%) ITSM
18 58 (3.55%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 248 (15.16%) PowerShell
2 65 (3.97%) SQL
3 55 (3.36%) C#
4 28 (1.71%) JavaScript
5 21 (1.28%) Bicep
5 21 (1.28%) VB
5 21 (1.28%) VBScript
6 18 (1.10%) Python
7 11 (0.67%) C
8 10 (0.61%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.49%) Swift
10 3 (0.18%) Bash
10 3 (0.18%) Java
10 3 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 238 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 185 (11.31%) SC Cleared
3 183 (11.19%) Degree
4 124 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 56 (3.42%) DV Cleared
6 53 (3.24%) MCSA
7 46 (2.81%) A+ Certification
8 43 (2.63%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
10 27 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 26 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (1.41%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.28%) CCNA
14 17 (1.04%) CISSP
14 17 (1.04%) MCSE
15 14 (0.86%) MCP
16 12 (0.73%) CISM
17 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
18 5 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.78%) SLA
2 22 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.04%) QA
4 16 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (0.98%) NIST
5 15 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.79%) GDPR
7 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.31%) GRC
9 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.24%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.18%) PMO
11 2 (0.12%) COBIT
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.061%) GxP
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 769 (47.00%) Active Directory
2 95 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (3.55%) Hyper-V
4 57 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 46 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (1.41%) vSphere
7 13 (0.79%) BitLocker
7 13 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.67%) XenApp
9 9 (0.55%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 8 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.49%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.24%) Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.18%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 2 (0.12%) Docker
14 1 (0.061%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 278 (16.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 220 (13.45%) SCCM
3 44 (2.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 38 (2.32%) SCOM
5 34 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
6 32 (1.96%) WSUS
7 30 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
8 25 (1.53%) Kubernetes
9 13 (0.79%) Terraform
10 10 (0.61%) Autotask
10 10 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.61%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.55%) Ansible
12 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.49%) PingFederate
13 7 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 6 (0.37%) AirWatch
15 5 (0.31%) SCVMM
16 4 (0.24%) VxRail
17 3 (0.18%) CASB
Vendors
1 1,047 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 176 (10.76%) VMware
3 155 (9.47%) Citrix
4 147 (8.99%) ServiceNow
5 119 (7.27%) Apple
6 74 (4.52%) Cisco
7 40 (2.44%) Veeam
8 37 (2.26%) SAP
9 31 (1.89%) Google
9 31 (1.89%) NetApp
10 29 (1.77%) HP
11 26 (1.59%) Adobe
11 26 (1.59%) Dell
11 26 (1.59%) Oracle
12 17 (1.04%) MobileIron
13 16 (0.98%) CA
13 16 (0.98%) Sophos
14 15 (0.92%) Okta
15 14 (0.86%) Bloomberg
16 13 (0.79%) Palo Alto