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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 37 45
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,647 2,486 3,779
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.42% 5.25% 5.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.81% 14.49% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,125 1,827 2,785
10th Percentile £155 £163 £150
25th Percentile £200 £208 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £355
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +9.15% -5.33%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £513
90th Percentile £638 £688 £625
UK median daily rate £350 £389 £375
% change year-on-year -9.97% +3.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 105 186
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.09
Median hourly rate £16.30 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.21% +8.57% +8.53%
75th Percentile £21.37 £26.18 £22.13
90th Percentile £24.01 £64.50 £27.42
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.53% +8.57% +10.24%

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 11,929 17,156 27,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.03% 36.25% 38.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,557 12,585 20,196
10th Percentile £300 £325 £326
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 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 283 324
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.72 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.13 £70.00 £44.10
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £74.85
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £38.78 £22.00
% change year-on-year -44.55% +76.25% +0.64%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -4 733 £414 -5.16% 284
North of England -1 237 £260 -13.33% 291
South East -8 233 £288 -10.85% 270
Midlands 0 176 £260 -25.71% 236
North West 0 153 £284 -12.62% 152
South West -8 139 £225 -30.77% 168
West Midlands -3 117 £350 -6.67% 135
East of England -7 95 £325 +30.00% 109
Yorkshire -11 73 £228 -13.33% 110
East Midlands -1 59 £200 -15.79% 101
North East +14 10 £190 +8.57% 32
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
1 400 (24.29%) SharePoint
2 333 (20.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.58%) Skype for Business
4 19 (1.15%) Confluence
5 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
5 14 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
6 12 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (0.73%) IIS
7 10 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (0.49%) CMS
9 6 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
10 5 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.18%) IBM Notes
11 3 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.18%) WordPress
12 1 (0.061%) Apache
12 1 (0.061%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.061%) Drupal
12 1 (0.061%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 235 (14.27%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.18%) SPSS
6 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.12%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.30%) 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
1 611 (37.10%) Azure
2 228 (13.84%) Entra ID
3 180 (10.93%) Power Platform
4 137 (8.32%) OneDrive
5 104 (6.31%) PowerApps
6 86 (5.22%) Power Automate
7 77 (4.68%) AWS
8 51 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (2.37%) IaaS
10 38 (2.31%) SaaS
11 37 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (2.13%) Mimecast
13 33 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
14 30 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
14 30 (1.82%) PaaS
15 28 (1.70%) Azure Storage
16 20 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
16 20 (1.21%) WhatsApp
17 17 (1.03%) GitHub
17 17 (1.03%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 144 (8.74%) DNS
2 142 (8.62%) Firewall
3 95 (5.77%) Wi-Fi
4 92 (5.59%) DHCP
5 79 (4.80%) VPN
6 66 (4.01%) LAN
7 55 (3.34%) WAN
8 52 (3.16%) VoIP
9 49 (2.98%) Wireless
10 40 (2.43%) TCP/IP
11 32 (1.94%) Skype
12 27 (1.64%) SAN
13 24 (1.46%) Cisco IOS
14 23 (1.40%) Intranet
15 19 (1.15%) Network Security
15 19 (1.15%) VLAN
16 17 (1.03%) Internet
17 12 (0.73%) MPLS
18 11 (0.67%) NAS
19 10 (0.61%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (5.34%) Power BI
2 86 (5.22%) 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 (0.30%) 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%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.061%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.061%) DTS
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 51 (3.10%) JIRA
2 15 (0.91%) GitLab
3 11 (0.67%) Hudson
4 10 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.43%) Git
6 5 (0.30%) 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
1 536 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 234 (14.21%) Finance
3 176 (10.69%) Public Sector
4 136 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (4.13%) Legal
6 59 (3.58%) Banking
7 56 (3.40%) Retail
8 47 (2.85%) Marketing
9 46 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (2.55%) Manufacturing
11 41 (2.49%) Telecoms
12 37 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
14 25 (1.52%) Electronics
15 24 (1.46%) Law
16 20 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.15%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.97%) Local Government
19 15 (0.91%) Advertising
20 14 (0.85%) French Language
Job Titles
1 261 (15.85%) Analyst
2 222 (13.48%) Support Engineer
3 169 (10.26%) IT Support
4 151 (9.17%) Architect
5 126 (7.65%) Service Analyst
6 123 (7.47%) Service Desk Analyst
7 106 (6.44%) IT Engineer
8 98 (5.95%) Desktop Support
8 98 (5.95%) Senior
9 97 (5.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 92 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support
11 75 (4.55%) Developer
12 74 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
13 67 (4.07%) Consultant
13 67 (4.07%) Desktop Engineer
13 67 (4.07%) Support Analyst
14 60 (3.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 55 (3.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 51 (3.10%) IT Analyst
17 50 (3.04%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.64%) .NET
2 20 (1.21%) ARM Templates
3 19 (1.15%) REST
4 15 (0.91%) XML
5 13 (0.79%) JSON
6 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (0.67%) CSS
8 8 (0.49%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (0.49%) SPFx
9 7 (0.43%) OAuth
10 6 (0.36%) React
10 6 (0.36%) SAML
11 5 (0.30%) LDAP
12 4 (0.24%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.24%) HTML
12 4 (0.24%) jQuery
12 4 (0.24%) OpenID
12 4 (0.24%) RESTful
12 4 (0.24%) SOAP
12 4 (0.24%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 55 (3.34%) PKI
2 51 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
3 48 (2.91%) Management Information System
3 48 (2.91%) Video Conferencing
4 34 (2.06%) Data Centre
4 34 (2.06%) Onboarding
5 26 (1.58%) Driving Licence
6 24 (1.46%) iPhone
6 24 (1.46%) NHS
7 22 (1.34%) iPad
8 20 (1.21%) Low-Code
8 20 (1.21%) Video Editing
9 19 (1.15%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.15%) Digital Signage
10 18 (1.09%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.03%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.85%) Clustering
12 14 (0.85%) EPoS
13 13 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 835 (50.70%) Windows
2 395 (23.98%) Windows 10
3 272 (16.51%) Windows Server
4 95 (5.77%) Apple iOS
5 76 (4.61%) Android
6 70 (4.25%) Linux
6 70 (4.25%) Mac OS
7 69 (4.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 64 (3.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 60 (3.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 58 (3.52%) Windows 7
11 22 (1.34%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (0.91%) Mac OS X
13 14 (0.85%) VMS
14 11 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.36%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.36%) Unix
15 6 (0.36%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.18%) Debian
17 1 (0.061%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (17.36%) Customer Service
2 280 (17.00%) ITIL
3 240 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
4 209 (12.69%) Migration
5 159 (9.65%) Agile
6 132 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 111 (6.74%) Change Management
8 106 (6.44%) Business Intelligence
9 98 (5.95%) Project Management
10 97 (5.89%) DevOps
11 88 (5.34%) Service Delivery
12 75 (4.55%) Service Management
13 73 (4.43%) Incident Management
13 73 (4.43%) Mobile Device Management
13 73 (4.43%) Roadmaps
14 72 (4.37%) Stakeholder Management
15 71 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
16 67 (4.07%) Information Security
17 64 (3.89%) ITSM
18 57 (3.46%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 253 (15.36%) PowerShell
2 67 (4.07%) SQL
3 55 (3.34%) C#
4 28 (1.70%) JavaScript
5 21 (1.28%) Bicep
5 21 (1.28%) VB
5 21 (1.28%) VBScript
6 18 (1.09%) 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
1 242 (14.69%) Security Cleared
2 186 (11.29%) SC Cleared
3 183 (11.11%) Degree
4 125 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 59 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 53 (3.22%) MCSA
7 46 (2.79%) A+ Certification
8 44 (2.67%) Azure Certification
9 31 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
10 27 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (1.28%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.21%) CCNA
14 17 (1.03%) MCSE
15 16 (0.97%) CISSP
16 13 (0.79%) MCP
17 12 (0.73%) CISM
18 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
19 5 (0.30%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.74%) SLA
2 24 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.03%) NIST
3 17 (1.03%) QA
4 16 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.79%) GDPR
7 8 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.30%) 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
11 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.061%) ISAE 3402
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 773 (46.93%) Active Directory
2 98 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 58 (3.52%) Hyper-V
5 47 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (1.40%) 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%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 281 (17.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 215 (13.05%) SCCM
3 44 (2.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 40 (2.43%) SCOM
5 34 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
6 32 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
6 32 (1.94%) WSUS
7 25 (1.52%) Kubernetes
8 13 (0.79%) Terraform
9 11 (0.67%) Autotask
9 11 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.61%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.55%) Ansible
12 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.49%) PingFederate
13 6 (0.36%) AirWatch
13 6 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.30%) SCVMM
15 4 (0.24%) VxRail
16 3 (0.18%) Packer
Vendors
1 1,058 (64.24%) Microsoft
2 179 (10.87%) VMware
3 154 (9.35%) Citrix
4 148 (8.99%) ServiceNow
5 115 (6.98%) Apple
6 74 (4.49%) Cisco
7 40 (2.43%) Veeam
8 38 (2.31%) SAP
9 31 (1.88%) NetApp
10 29 (1.76%) Google
10 29 (1.76%) HP
11 27 (1.64%) Oracle
12 26 (1.58%) Dell
13 25 (1.52%) Adobe
14 17 (1.03%) CA
14 17 (1.03%) Sophos
15 16 (0.97%) MobileIron
16 15 (0.91%) Okta
16 15 (0.91%) SolarWinds
17 14 (0.85%) Bloomberg