Microsoft 365 Contracts in the South West

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 39 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 138 206 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.24% 6.09% 6.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.19% 18.51% 21.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 160 163
10th Percentile £135 £155 £144
25th Percentile £175 £190 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £325 £300
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £436 £549 £444
90th Percentile £559 £610 £547
England median daily rate £350 £379 £362
% change year-on-year -7.66% +4.71% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 11
10th Percentile £12.49 £14.94 £11.17
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.54 £12.84
Median hourly rate £13.49 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% +8.57% +20.69%
75th Percentile £14.00 £29.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £21.00 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.05% +8.37% +11.11%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 803 1,113 1,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 24.70% 32.90% 30.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 893 870
10th Percentile £213 £288 £250
25th Percentile £388 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £509
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.11% +7.11%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £611
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 61 21
10th Percentile £12.70 £16.54 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £29.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +155.81% -55.87%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.50 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £54.25
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Gloucestershire +21 35 £425 -8.11% 20
Bristol +2 34 £263 -12.50% 42
Wiltshire -40 30 £180 -52.00% 31
Dorset +2 17 £185 -7.75% 12
Devon -8 11 £194 -29.55% 19
Somerset -2 9 £500 +176.24% 25
Cornwall -6 1 £225 +12.50% 8
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 44 (31.88%) SharePoint
2 29 (21.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.17%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.72%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (44.93%) Azure
2 22 (15.94%) Power Platform
3 17 (12.32%) PowerApps
4 16 (11.59%) Power Automate
5 15 (10.87%) OneDrive
6 13 (9.42%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.45%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.14%) LAN
2 10 (7.25%) Firewall
3 9 (6.52%) SAN
3 9 (6.52%) WAN
4 7 (5.07%) FTP
4 7 (5.07%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.35%) Skype
6 5 (3.62%) DNS
6 5 (3.62%) Wireless
7 4 (2.90%) DHCP
8 3 (2.17%) VPN
9 2 (1.45%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.45%) SMTP
9 2 (1.45%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.72%) NAS
10 1 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.72%) VoIP
10 1 (0.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.97%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.62%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (5.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) MSI
2 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.87%) Finance
3 12 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.07%) Legal
4 7 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.17%) Retail
6 3 (2.17%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.45%) Electronics
7 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.45%) Marketing
7 2 (1.45%) Military
8 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (14.49%) Support Engineer
2 17 (12.32%) Analyst
3 16 (11.59%) Desktop Support
4 13 (9.42%) Developer
5 12 (8.70%) Architect
5 12 (8.70%) Infrastructure Technician
6 11 (7.97%) Desktop Engineer
6 11 (7.97%) Power Platform Developer
6 11 (7.97%) Technical Support
7 10 (7.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 10 (7.25%) IT Support
8 8 (5.80%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (5.80%) Consultant
8 8 (5.80%) IT Analyst
8 8 (5.80%) SharePoint Architect
8 8 (5.80%) Support Analyst
9 7 (5.07%) IT Engineer
9 7 (5.07%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 7 (5.07%) Network Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.07%) .NET
2 6 (4.35%) CSS
2 6 (4.35%) REST
3 2 (1.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.70%) NHS
2 6 (4.35%) CMDB
2 6 (4.35%) Replication
3 5 (3.62%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.90%) BYOD
4 4 (2.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.17%) Blog
5 3 (2.17%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.17%) PKI
5 3 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.45%) iPhone
6 2 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (51.45%) Windows
2 30 (21.74%) Windows 10
3 29 (21.01%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.52%) Linux
4 9 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (5.80%) Mac OS
5 8 (5.80%) Windows 7
6 7 (5.07%) Android
7 4 (2.90%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.39%) ITIL
2 22 (15.94%) Agile
2 22 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 16 (11.59%) Customer Service
5 12 (8.70%) Network Management
6 11 (7.97%) DevOps
7 8 (5.80%) Antivirus Management
7 8 (5.80%) Change Management
8 7 (5.07%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (5.07%) ITSM
8 7 (5.07%) Project Management
8 7 (5.07%) Service Delivery
8 7 (5.07%) Service Management
9 6 (4.35%) Data Protection
9 6 (4.35%) Identity Management
9 6 (4.35%) Patch Management
9 6 (4.35%) Performance Monitoring
10 5 (3.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (2.90%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.49%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.52%) JavaScript
3 7 (5.07%) C
3 7 (5.07%) C#
4 3 (2.17%) Python
4 3 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (36.23%) Security Cleared
2 33 (23.91%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.42%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.35%) Degree
5 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.72%) MCP
6 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) SLA
2 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 46 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.07%) VMware NSX
4 6 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.90%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.72%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.72%) Firmware
8 1 (0.72%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.25%) SCCM
3 6 (4.35%) vCenter Server
4 4 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (2.17%) WSUS
6 2 (1.45%) OPNET
6 2 (1.45%) SCDPM
6 2 (1.45%) SCOM
6 2 (1.45%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.72%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.72%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.72%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 92 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 26 (18.84%) VMware
3 18 (13.04%) Veeam
4 10 (7.25%) Cisco
4 10 (7.25%) Citrix
5 6 (4.35%) CheckPoint
5 6 (4.35%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.62%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.90%) Dell
8 3 (2.17%) Apple
8 3 (2.17%) SAP
8 3 (2.17%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.45%) HP
9 2 (1.45%) Remedy
10 1 (0.72%) Avaya
10 1 (0.72%) CA
10 1 (0.72%) Commvault
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle
10 1 (0.72%) Symantec
10 1 (0.72%) Veritas