Microsoft 365 Contracts in the Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 21 21 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 172 261 406
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.16% 8.03% 8.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.18% 23.64% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 196 283
10th Percentile £150 £160 £120
25th Percentile £169 £200 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £350 £250
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +40.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £413 £488 £438
90th Percentile £638 £675 £550
England median daily rate £350 £379 £362
% change year-on-year -7.66% +4.71% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 25
10th Percentile £15.15 £13.16 £12.90
25th Percentile £16.32 £14.76 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% -13.89% +24.14%
75th Percentile £28.84 £21.88 £20.51
90th Percentile £41.12 £26.48 £23.75
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.05% +8.37% +11.11%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 683 1,104 1,704
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.47% 33.98% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 787 1,219
10th Percentile £200 £223 £200
25th Percentile £325 £363 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £582 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 31
10th Percentile - £13.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £16.15
Median hourly rate £21.23 £20.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% +3.90% +28.33%
75th Percentile £26.50 £26.18 £23.00
90th Percentile £32.00 £28.59 £25.25
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -1 115 £350 -6.67% 131
East Midlands +1 57 £200 -20.00% 93
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 54 (31.40%) SharePoint
2 46 (26.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) IIS
3 2 (1.16%) WordPress
4 1 (0.58%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 17 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.58%) InfoPath
Cloud Services
1 78 (45.35%) Azure
2 26 (15.12%) OneDrive
3 22 (12.79%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.56%) AWS
4 13 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.40%) Power Automate
6 8 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (4.65%) SaaS
7 7 (4.07%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.33%) PaaS
9 3 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.74%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.74%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.58%) IaaS
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.58%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 29 (16.86%) DNS
2 18 (10.47%) Firewall
3 13 (7.56%) VPN
4 12 (6.98%) DHCP
5 10 (5.81%) TCP/IP
6 8 (4.65%) NetScaler
7 6 (3.49%) Unified Communications
8 5 (2.91%) SAN
8 5 (2.91%) VLAN
8 5 (2.91%) VoIP
8 5 (2.91%) WAN
8 5 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.33%) LAN
10 3 (1.74%) Ethernet
10 3 (1.74%) Wireless
11 2 (1.16%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (1.16%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.16%) NAS
11 2 (1.16%) Network Security
11 2 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.81%) Power BI
3 2 (1.16%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.74%) JIRA
General
1 63 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.88%) Finance
3 13 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.40%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.81%) Legal
6 4 (2.33%) Automotive
6 4 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.33%) Local Government
7 3 (1.74%) Advertising
8 2 (1.16%) Banking
8 2 (1.16%) French Language
8 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.58%) Back Office
9 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Law
9 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Police
9 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (18.60%) Support Engineer
2 30 (17.44%) Analyst
3 18 (10.47%) Service Analyst
4 17 (9.88%) Service Desk Analyst
5 16 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (8.72%) Architect
6 15 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (8.14%) IT Support
8 13 (7.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 13 (7.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Administrator
9 12 (6.98%) IT Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Support Analyst
10 10 (5.81%) IT Manager
11 9 (5.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (5.23%) Desktop Engineer
12 8 (4.65%) IT Analyst
12 8 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.16%) HTML
1 2 (1.16%) LAMP
2 1 (0.58%) .NET
2 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.58%) CSS
2 1 (0.58%) HTML5
2 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.58%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.58%) SPFx
2 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.23%) Driving Licence
2 8 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.49%) Digital Signage
3 6 (3.49%) PKI
4 5 (2.91%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.33%) Fat Client
5 4 (2.33%) iPad
5 4 (2.33%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.74%) Clustering
6 3 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.74%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.16%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.16%) Replication
8 1 (0.58%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.58%) CMDB
8 1 (0.58%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.58%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.58%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 112 (65.12%) Windows
2 57 (33.14%) Windows 10
3 53 (30.81%) Windows Server
4 18 (10.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (9.88%) Apple iOS
6 15 (8.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (8.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (5.23%) Mac OS
9 6 (3.49%) Windows 7
10 5 (2.91%) Linux
11 3 (1.74%) VMS
12 2 (1.16%) Android
12 2 (1.16%) Mac OS X
12 2 (1.16%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.58%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.02%) Customer Service
2 26 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (12.79%) Service Delivery
4 21 (12.21%) Change Management
5 18 (10.47%) Migration
6 16 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (9.30%) ITIL
7 13 (7.56%) Decision-Making
7 13 (7.56%) Information Security
8 11 (6.40%) Mobile Device Management
9 10 (5.81%) Service Management
10 9 (5.23%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (5.23%) ITSM
10 9 (5.23%) Patch Management
11 8 (4.65%) Business Analysis
11 8 (4.65%) People Management
11 8 (4.65%) Performance Metrics
11 8 (4.65%) Proactive Management
11 8 (4.65%) Service Delivery Management
11 8 (4.65%) Web SSO
Programming Languages
1 37 (21.51%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.65%) Swift
3 6 (3.49%) SQL
4 2 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.58%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (6.98%) Degree
2 9 (5.23%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.74%) CISSP
5 3 (1.74%) MCSE
6 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.16%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.58%) CCSP
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) SLA
2 3 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.74%) GDPR
3 2 (1.16%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.58%) GRC
System Software
1 90 (52.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.14%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.98%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 8 (4.65%) XenApp
4 8 (4.65%) XenDesktop
5 4 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.74%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.16%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.58%) Firmware
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (19.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (16.28%) SCCM
3 13 (7.56%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.49%) Autotask
5 3 (1.74%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.74%) SCOM
5 3 (1.74%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.58%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 97 (56.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.37%) VMware
3 16 (9.30%) Citrix
4 9 (5.23%) NetApp
4 9 (5.23%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.65%) Apple
5 8 (4.65%) Okta
6 6 (3.49%) Cisco
6 6 (3.49%) Oracle
7 4 (2.33%) SAP
8 3 (1.74%) Datto
8 3 (1.74%) Remedy
8 3 (1.74%) Veeam
9 2 (1.16%) Aruba
9 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.16%) ProCurve
9 2 (1.16%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.16%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.16%) Synology
9 2 (1.16%) Zerto