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 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 18 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 25 45 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 6.36% 7.76% 9.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.94% 28.66% 35.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 63
10th Percentile - £126 £152
25th Percentile £143 £143 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £225 £350
Median % change year-on-year -35.56% -35.71% +52.17%
75th Percentile £209 £391 £438
90th Percentile £285 £441 £525
UK median daily rate £350 £388 £375
% change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.53 -
25th Percentile £13.98 £12.56 £11.15
Median hourly rate £15.84 £14.25 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.12% +9.62% -
75th Percentile £17.57 £16.27 £16.26
90th Percentile £18.53 £16.51 £16.78
UK median hourly rate £16.78 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.67% +8.57% +12.90%

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 132 157 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 33.59% 27.07% 26.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 130 176
10th Percentile £143 £156 £188
25th Percentile £317 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £466 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.09% -4.36% +14.71%
75th Percentile £536 £600 £575
90th Percentile £581 £663 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 12
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.55 -
25th Percentile £13.98 £12.63 £11.15
Median hourly rate £15.84 £15.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% +7.14% -33.33%
75th Percentile £17.57 £16.67 £16.57
90th Percentile £18.53 £19.87 £16.78
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 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 1 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 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
South Wales +1 20 £145 -43.69% 13
North Wales 0 2 - - 7
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 7 (28.00%) 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 15 (60.00%) 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 4 (16.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) VPN
3 2 (8.00%) LAN
3 2 (8.00%) WLAN
4 1 (4.00%) DHCP
4 1 (4.00%) DNS
4 1 (4.00%) Network Security
4 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 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Digital Economy
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Welsh Language
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 4 (16.00%) Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Support Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Database Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support
6 2 (8.00%) Field Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Digital Transformation
7 1 (4.00%) IT Operations Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) 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%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (8.00%) Data Extraction
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%) Project Delivery
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (4.00%) CRM
4 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.00%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (4.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (4.00%) Workflow
4 1 (4.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) 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