Microsoft 365 Contracts in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 43 31 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 -7 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 223 377 594
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.08% 6.69% 7.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.98% 22.26% 24.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 272 427
10th Percentile £148 £176 £140
25th Percentile £193 £206 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £350 £293
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +19.66% -17.44%
75th Percentile £480 £538 £488
90th Percentile £608 £688 £588
England median daily rate £350 £386 £350
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.36% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 23 40
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.90 £12.55
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.30 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -5.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £18.75 £61.63 £22.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £78.35 £22.46
England median hourly rate £16.47 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.00% +5.71% +9.38%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,313 1,694 2,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 24.03% 30.04% 31.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 898 1,238 1,795
10th Percentile £250 £250 £206
25th Percentile £406 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £629 £613
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 51 57
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.21 £13.03
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £23.22 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% +14.29% -2.44%
75th Percentile £59.50 £68.13 £24.25
90th Percentile £61.59 £75.00 £55.10
England median hourly rate £21.37 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -34.04% +50.70% +2.14%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South East

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East 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
Thames Valley -16 100 £370 -7.62% 106
Berkshire -19 66 £605 -1.63% 37
Hampshire -18 60 £200 -42.86% 54
Kent +6 22 £375 +6.38% 34
Surrey -6 19 £400 +52.38% 31
Buckinghamshire -8 18 £225 -29.69% 31
Oxfordshire -4 16 £145 -58.57% 38
West Sussex -8 9 £173 -13.75% 21
Middlesex - 6 £275 -
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 34 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (10.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 33 (14.80%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.24%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Relativity
1 1 (0.45%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 52 (23.32%) Azure
2 30 (13.45%) Entra ID
3 17 (7.62%) Azure Monitor
3 17 (7.62%) Azure Storage
4 11 (4.93%) OneDrive
5 8 (3.59%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.14%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.69%) AWS
7 6 (2.69%) SaaS
8 5 (2.24%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.90%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.45%) GCP
10 1 (0.45%) GitHub
10 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.45%) NuGet
10 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.45%) Firewall
2 27 (12.11%) DHCP
3 26 (11.66%) DNS
4 22 (9.87%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (8.52%) VoIP
6 18 (8.07%) Wireless
7 14 (6.28%) LAN
7 14 (6.28%) WAN
8 11 (4.93%) VPN
9 10 (4.48%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (4.04%) Network Security
11 8 (3.59%) TCP/IP
12 5 (2.24%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (2.24%) VLAN
12 5 (2.24%) WebEx
13 2 (0.90%) CTI
13 2 (0.90%) SAN
14 1 (0.45%) Fibre Channel
14 1 (0.45%) Skype
14 1 (0.45%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.35%) Power BI
3 1 (0.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (2.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) GitLab
2 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (35.43%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.66%) Organisational Skills
2 26 (11.66%) Public Sector
3 15 (6.73%) Marketing
4 13 (5.83%) Finance
5 12 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.04%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.04%) Retail
7 8 (3.59%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.14%) Electronics
9 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.79%) Legal
10 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Automotive
11 2 (0.90%) French Language
11 2 (0.90%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.90%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.45%) Banking
12 1 (0.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 37 (16.59%) Support Engineer
2 35 (15.70%) IT Support
3 21 (9.42%) Active Directory Support
3 21 (9.42%) IT Engineer
4 19 (8.52%) Support Specialist
5 17 (7.62%) Senior
6 16 (7.17%) Analyst
6 16 (7.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.28%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (6.28%) Azure Specialist
9 13 (5.83%) Desktop Support
9 13 (5.83%) Support Technician
10 11 (4.93%) 1st Line Support
10 11 (4.93%) Audio Visual Technician
10 11 (4.93%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 10 (4.48%) Desktop Engineer
12 9 (4.04%) Senior Technician
13 8 (3.59%) Active Directory Engineer
13 8 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.62%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.35%) XMPP
3 2 (0.90%) CSS
3 2 (0.90%) HTML
3 2 (0.90%) jQuery
3 2 (0.90%) SPFx
4 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.87%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (8.52%) Video Editing
3 17 (7.62%) PKI
4 10 (4.48%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.14%) Digital Signage
5 7 (3.14%) NHS
6 5 (2.24%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.24%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.79%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.90%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.45%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.45%) CMDB
9 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.45%) EPoS
9 1 (0.45%) iPhone
9 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 144 (64.57%) Windows
2 79 (35.43%) Windows 10
3 42 (18.83%) Apple iOS
4 34 (15.25%) Windows Server
5 33 (14.80%) Linux
6 24 (10.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (10.31%) Android
8 21 (9.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (6.73%) Windows 7
10 7 (3.14%) Mac OS
11 6 (2.69%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.45%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (20.63%) Customer Service
2 32 (14.35%) ITIL
3 25 (11.21%) Agile
3 25 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (9.42%) Service Management
5 18 (8.07%) Analytics
5 18 (8.07%) CI/CD
5 18 (8.07%) DevOps
5 18 (8.07%) Identity Management
5 18 (8.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (8.07%) Release Management
6 17 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (7.62%) Log Analytics
6 17 (7.62%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 17 (7.62%) Privileged Identity Management
6 17 (7.62%) RBAC
7 13 (5.83%) Change Management
7 13 (5.83%) Migration
8 11 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (4.48%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.45%) PowerShell
2 17 (7.62%) Bicep
2 17 (7.62%) C#
2 17 (7.62%) VB
2 17 (7.62%) VBScript
3 12 (5.38%) SQL
4 2 (0.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (19.28%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.80%) Degree
3 31 (13.90%) SC Cleared
4 30 (13.45%) DV Cleared
5 18 (8.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (3.14%) DBS Check
6 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.69%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.90%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.45%) CISM
10 1 (0.45%) CISSP
10 1 (0.45%) CRISC
10 1 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.31%) SLA
2 8 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.35%) GDPR
4 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.90%) PMO
5 1 (0.45%) GxP
5 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 126 (56.50%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.62%) Virtual Desktop
2 17 (7.62%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.69%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.24%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.79%) vSphere
7 1 (0.45%) Docker
7 1 (0.45%) Firmware
7 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 49 (21.97%) Microsoft Intune
1 49 (21.97%) SCCM
2 18 (8.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 18 (8.07%) Kubernetes
2 18 (8.07%) WSUS
3 17 (7.62%) SCOM
4 4 (1.79%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.35%) AppManager
6 2 (0.90%) Terraform
7 1 (0.45%) Ansible
7 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.45%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 132 (59.19%) Microsoft
2 51 (22.87%) Apple
3 23 (10.31%) Cisco
3 23 (10.31%) VMware
4 18 (8.07%) HP
5 15 (6.73%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.38%) MobileIron
7 10 (4.48%) Polycom
8 9 (4.04%) Adobe
9 8 (3.59%) Aruba
10 7 (3.14%) SAP
11 4 (1.79%) Dell
11 4 (1.79%) F5
11 4 (1.79%) Ivanti
11 4 (1.79%) Planview
12 3 (1.35%) Citrix
12 3 (1.35%) Google
13 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.90%) McAfee
13 2 (0.90%) Reuters