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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 37 45
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,619 2,574 3,765
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.45% 5.31% 5.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.87% 14.56% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,125 1,894 2,746
10th Percentile £150 £163 £150
25th Percentile £200 £210 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £386 £350
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +10.36% -6.67%
75th Percentile £518 £550 £500
90th Percentile £638 £688 £613
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 114 192
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.47 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +5.71% +9.38%
75th Percentile £21.37 £25.53 £22.25
90th Percentile £23.75 £58.08 £28.65
UK median hourly rate £16.94 £18.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.70% +8.37% +12.90%

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 11,675 17,684 27,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.07% 36.49% 38.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,429 12,966 20,152
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £417 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 288 339
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.88 £18.44 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.04% +50.70% +2.14%
75th Percentile £35.00 £67.81 £49.08
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -38.94% +59.09% -2.22%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 0 743 £400 -5.88% 384
North of England +2 228 £251 -18.29% 328
South East -12 223 £275 -21.43% 322
Midlands -4 163 £265 -29.33% 233
North West +2 147 £265 -33.75% 161
South West -16 128 £195 -42.22% 189
West Midlands -3 112 £350 -12.50% 131
East of England -7 94 £250 -16.67% 145
Yorkshire -8 72 £240 -8.57% 133
East Midlands 0 51 £200 -20.00% 102
North East +15 9 £190 - 38
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
1 378 (23.35%) SharePoint
2 340 (21.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (1.79%) Skype for Business
4 18 (1.11%) Confluence
5 15 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
7 12 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
7 12 (0.74%) IIS
8 10 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (0.56%) CMS
10 6 (0.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 6 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
11 4 (0.25%) IBM Notes
11 4 (0.25%) WordPress
12 3 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.062%) Apache
13 1 (0.062%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.062%) Drupal
13 1 (0.062%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 254 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.19%) SPSS
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.12%) Eikon
4 2 (0.12%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.12%) Relativity
4 2 (0.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 1 (0.062%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.062%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.062%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.062%) Magento
5 1 (0.062%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.062%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.062%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.062%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.062%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.062%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 601 (37.12%) Azure
2 222 (13.71%) Entra ID
3 164 (10.13%) Power Platform
4 139 (8.59%) OneDrive
5 98 (6.05%) PowerApps
6 83 (5.13%) Power Automate
7 76 (4.69%) AWS
8 47 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (2.35%) IaaS
9 38 (2.35%) Mimecast
10 36 (2.22%) SaaS
11 34 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (1.42%) Azure Storage
13 23 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 23 (1.42%) PaaS
14 22 (1.36%) WhatsApp
15 19 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (1.11%) Google Workspace
17 17 (1.05%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 141 (8.71%) Firewall
2 138 (8.52%) DNS
3 95 (5.87%) Wi-Fi
4 91 (5.62%) DHCP
5 82 (5.06%) VPN
6 66 (4.08%) LAN
7 57 (3.52%) WAN
8 52 (3.21%) Wireless
9 50 (3.09%) VoIP
10 40 (2.47%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.16%) Skype
12 26 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
12 26 (1.61%) SAN
13 22 (1.36%) Intranet
13 22 (1.36%) Network Security
14 17 (1.05%) VLAN
15 15 (0.93%) Internet
15 15 (0.93%) MPLS
16 11 (0.68%) NAS
16 11 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 78 (4.82%) Power BI
3 10 (0.62%) NoSQL
3 10 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.19%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (0.19%) Metadata
6 3 (0.19%) Power Query
6 3 (0.19%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.12%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.12%) Tableau
8 1 (0.062%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.062%) DTS
8 1 (0.062%) MySQL
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 48 (2.96%) JIRA
2 15 (0.93%) GitLab
3 12 (0.74%) Hudson
4 9 (0.56%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.37%) Git
6 5 (0.31%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.062%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.062%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.062%) MSI
General
1 531 (32.80%) Social Skills
2 228 (14.08%) Finance
3 165 (10.19%) Public Sector
4 132 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (4.08%) Legal
6 59 (3.64%) Retail
7 52 (3.21%) Banking
8 49 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
9 43 (2.66%) Marketing
10 39 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 31 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.61%) Law
15 22 (1.36%) Electronics
16 21 (1.30%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 17 (1.05%) French Language
19 15 (0.93%) Advertising
20 14 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 262 (16.18%) Analyst
2 224 (13.84%) Support Engineer
3 166 (10.25%) IT Support
4 145 (8.96%) Architect
5 135 (8.34%) Service Analyst
6 133 (8.21%) Service Desk Analyst
7 104 (6.42%) IT Engineer
8 100 (6.18%) Desktop Support
9 97 (5.99%) 2nd Line Support
10 94 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 92 (5.68%) Senior
12 72 (4.45%) IT Support Engineer
13 70 (4.32%) Developer
14 69 (4.26%) Desktop Engineer
15 66 (4.08%) Consultant
16 65 (4.01%) Support Analyst
17 63 (3.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 63 (3.89%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 55 (3.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 51 (3.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.48%) .NET
2 19 (1.17%) REST
3 17 (1.05%) ARM Templates
4 15 (0.93%) XML
5 13 (0.80%) CSS
5 13 (0.80%) JSON
6 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
7 10 (0.62%) SPFx
8 9 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
9 7 (0.43%) HTML
10 6 (0.37%) jQuery
10 6 (0.37%) React
11 5 (0.31%) LDAP
11 5 (0.31%) OAuth
12 4 (0.25%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.25%) RESTful
12 4 (0.25%) SAML
12 4 (0.25%) SOAP
13 3 (0.19%) Software Packaging
13 3 (0.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (3.15%) Management Information System
2 49 (3.03%) PKI
2 49 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
3 47 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 33 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 26 (1.61%) iPhone
7 24 (1.48%) NHS
8 20 (1.24%) iPad
8 20 (1.24%) Video Editing
9 19 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.17%) Digital Signage
10 17 (1.05%) EPoS
10 17 (1.05%) Virtual Team
11 16 (0.99%) Data Structures
11 16 (0.99%) Smartphone
12 15 (0.93%) CMDB
12 15 (0.93%) Low-Code
13 13 (0.80%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 849 (52.44%) Windows
2 410 (25.32%) Windows 10
3 266 (16.43%) Windows Server
4 102 (6.30%) Apple iOS
5 84 (5.19%) Android
6 72 (4.45%) Linux
6 72 (4.45%) Mac OS
7 69 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 64 (3.95%) Windows 7
9 63 (3.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 61 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
12 17 (1.05%) Mac OS X
13 15 (0.93%) VMS
14 12 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.43%) Ubuntu
15 7 (0.43%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.31%) Unix
17 3 (0.19%) Debian
18 1 (0.062%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (18.59%) Customer Service
2 278 (17.17%) ITIL
3 240 (14.82%) Problem-Solving
4 204 (12.60%) Migration
5 153 (9.45%) Agile
6 131 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 103 (6.36%) Change Management
8 94 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
9 93 (5.74%) DevOps
10 91 (5.62%) Project Management
11 87 (5.37%) Service Delivery
12 79 (4.88%) Service Management
13 73 (4.51%) Incident Management
14 70 (4.32%) Mobile Device Management
15 68 (4.20%) Information Security
15 68 (4.20%) ITSM
16 64 (3.95%) Cybersecurity
17 63 (3.89%) Roadmaps
18 62 (3.83%) Stakeholder Management
19 60 (3.71%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 239 (14.76%) PowerShell
2 66 (4.08%) SQL
3 50 (3.09%) C#
4 27 (1.67%) JavaScript
5 19 (1.17%) Python
6 18 (1.11%) Bicep
6 18 (1.11%) VB
6 18 (1.11%) VBScript
7 10 (0.62%) C
8 9 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.49%) Swift
10 4 (0.25%) Bash
11 3 (0.19%) Java
11 3 (0.19%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 225 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 184 (11.37%) Degree
3 181 (11.18%) SC Cleared
4 125 (7.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 52 (3.21%) MCSA
6 49 (3.03%) A+ Certification
7 46 (2.84%) DV Cleared
8 43 (2.66%) Azure Certification
9 34 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
10 28 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 22 (1.36%) CCNA
14 18 (1.11%) DBS Check
14 18 (1.11%) MCSE
15 16 (0.99%) MCP
16 15 (0.93%) CISSP
17 12 (0.74%) CISM
18 10 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
19 6 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (7.23%) SLA
2 22 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.05%) QA
4 16 (0.99%) NIST
5 15 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 15 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (0.80%) GDPR
7 9 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.37%) GRC
9 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.25%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.19%) PMO
11 2 (0.12%) COBIT
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 785 (48.49%) Active Directory
2 91 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (3.40%) Hyper-V
4 47 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 41 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (1.24%) vSphere
7 14 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.74%) BitLocker
9 11 (0.68%) XenApp
10 9 (0.56%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.49%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.25%) Firmware
13 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.19%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 2 (0.12%) Docker
14 2 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.062%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 284 (17.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 229 (14.14%) SCCM
3 41 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
4 39 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 37 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (1.91%) SCOM
7 28 (1.73%) WSUS
8 22 (1.36%) Kubernetes
9 13 (0.80%) Terraform
10 11 (0.68%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.62%) Ansible
11 10 (0.62%) Autotask
11 10 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
12 9 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.49%) PingFederate
14 6 (0.37%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.25%) Packer
16 3 (0.19%) AppManager
16 3 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1,032 (63.74%) Microsoft
2 177 (10.93%) VMware
3 159 (9.82%) Citrix
4 154 (9.51%) ServiceNow
5 125 (7.72%) Apple
6 75 (4.63%) Cisco
7 42 (2.59%) Veeam
8 34 (2.10%) SAP
9 31 (1.91%) Google
10 30 (1.85%) HP
11 28 (1.73%) Adobe
12 27 (1.67%) NetApp
13 24 (1.48%) Dell
13 24 (1.48%) Oracle
14 19 (1.17%) Sophos
15 17 (1.05%) MobileIron
16 16 (0.99%) CA
17 15 (0.93%) Bloomberg
18 14 (0.86%) iManage
18 14 (0.86%) Palo Alto