Microsoft 365 Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 43 27
Rank change year-on-year -10 -16 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 78 83 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.98% 4.67% 6.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.31% 16.24% 21.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 67 103
10th Percentile £169 £187 £130
25th Percentile £340 £413 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £374
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +60.27% -3.39%
75th Percentile £608 £691 £461
90th Percentile - £725 £564
South East median daily rate £290 £320 £296
% change year-on-year -9.38% +8.02% -15.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile £56.56 £38.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £56.62 £55.50 £17.44
Median hourly rate £59.45 £71.10 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.38% +238.55% -0.24%
75th Percentile £60.72 £79.19 £21.04
90th Percentile £60.92 - £44.28
South East median hourly rate £20.10 £27.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.57% +35.00% -4.99%

All Cloud Skills
Berkshire

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 545 511 667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 27.83% 28.72% 28.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 365 487
10th Percentile £338 £363 £217
25th Percentile £457 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £614 £650 £600
90th Percentile £676 £723 £654
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 11
10th Percentile £20.49 £17.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £58.30 £23.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.21% +3.56% +6.89%
75th Percentile £61.39 £75.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £80.40
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £20.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +57.56% -2.61%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Berkshire

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Reading -16 44 £605 -8.68% 27
Windsor +1 17 - - 1
Bracknell +4 7 - - 1
Wokingham -3 2 £500 +21.95%
Maidenhead -15 1 £775 +18.19% 1
Microsoft 365
South East

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 24 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (29.49%) Azure
2 21 (26.92%) Azure Monitor
2 21 (26.92%) Azure Storage
2 21 (26.92%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.13%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.85%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.28%) AWS
6 1 (1.28%) NuGet
6 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (26.92%) DHCP
1 21 (26.92%) DNS
1 21 (26.92%) Firewall
2 17 (21.79%) VoIP
3 7 (8.97%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (5.13%) VPN
5 2 (2.56%) LAN
5 2 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.56%) WAN
5 2 (2.56%) WebEx
5 2 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) NonStop SQL
1 2 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 34 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.97%) Marketing
3 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.13%) Military
5 2 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.56%) Legal
5 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.28%) Law
6 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (26.92%) Active Directory Support
2 16 (20.51%) Support Specialist
3 14 (17.95%) Active Directory Specialist
3 14 (17.95%) Azure Specialist
4 13 (16.67%) Senior
5 12 (15.38%) Support Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) Technical Specialist
7 7 (8.97%) Active Directory Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Audio Visual Technician
7 7 (8.97%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Creative Designer
7 7 (8.97%) Designer
7 7 (8.97%) Lead
8 6 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 6 (7.69%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 6 (7.69%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 5 (6.41%) Analyst
10 4 (5.13%) Desktop Support
10 4 (5.13%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (26.92%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.21%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (26.92%) PKI
3 17 (21.79%) Video Editing
4 8 (10.26%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (44.87%) Windows
2 21 (26.92%) Linux
2 21 (26.92%) Windows Server
2 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2016
2 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2019
3 17 (21.79%) Android
4 10 (12.82%) Apple iOS
4 10 (12.82%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.49%) Agile
2 22 (28.21%) CI/CD
2 22 (28.21%) DevOps
2 22 (28.21%) Infrastructure as Code
2 22 (28.21%) Service Management
3 21 (26.92%) Analytics
3 21 (26.92%) Identity Management
3 21 (26.92%) ITIL
3 21 (26.92%) Log Analytics
3 21 (26.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 21 (26.92%) Privileged Identity Management
3 21 (26.92%) RBAC
3 21 (26.92%) Release Management
4 18 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 17 (21.79%) Strategic Roadmap
6 14 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (12.82%) Change Management
8 9 (11.54%) Digital Strategy
8 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (10.26%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.21%) PowerShell
2 21 (26.92%) Bicep
2 21 (26.92%) C#
2 21 (26.92%) VB
2 21 (26.92%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (48.72%) Security Cleared
2 34 (43.59%) DV Cleared
3 26 (33.33%) Degree
4 24 (30.77%) SC Cleared
5 21 (26.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.97%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 21 (26.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 21 (26.92%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (32.05%) SCCM
2 22 (28.21%) Kubernetes
2 22 (28.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (26.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 21 (26.92%) SCOM
3 21 (26.92%) WSUS
4 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.79%) Apple
3 7 (8.97%) Adobe
3 7 (8.97%) Cisco
3 7 (8.97%) Polycom
4 5 (6.41%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.56%) Bloomberg
5 2 (2.56%) Citrix
5 2 (2.56%) Dell
5 2 (2.56%) HP
5 2 (2.56%) Reuters