Microsoft 365 Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 32 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -17 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 228 287 574
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.93% 5.15% 8.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.62% 14.26% 22.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 207 448
10th Percentile £143 £155 £145
25th Percentile £185 £200 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £305 £260
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +17.12% -7.56%
75th Percentile £425 £475 £438
90th Percentile £548 £564 £525
England median daily rate £350 £375 £355
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.63% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 40
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.73 £15.04
25th Percentile £13.06 £16.09 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £17.82
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -1.80% +4.82%
75th Percentile £17.72 £20.00 £21.78
90th Percentile £18.88 £23.75 £25.21
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.89% +5.71% +12.90%

All Cloud Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,372 2,013 2,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.64% 36.10% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 974 1,492 1,902
10th Percentile £263 £302 £188
25th Percentile £391 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £684 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 41 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £16.31
Median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +30.95% +10.85%
75th Percentile £22.00 £56.40 £60.88
90th Percentile £44.48 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.37 £34.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -37.87% +59.99% +2.14%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the North of England

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North West +1 146 £260 -29.73% 153
Yorkshire -5 72 £240 -8.57% 128
North East +16 10 £190 +8.57% 29
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 54 (23.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (17.98%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.51%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.88%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
Applications
1 47 (20.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.44%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 66 (28.95%) Azure
2 26 (11.40%) Entra ID
3 17 (7.46%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.58%) AWS
5 13 (5.70%) OneDrive
6 7 (3.07%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.19%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.19%) IaaS
7 5 (2.19%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.19%) SaaS
8 4 (1.75%) GCP
9 3 (1.32%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.44%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.44%) OCI
11 1 (0.44%) PaaS
11 1 (0.44%) Supabase
11 1 (0.44%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.65%) Firewall
2 15 (6.58%) VPN
3 11 (4.82%) DNS
4 8 (3.51%) LAN
4 8 (3.51%) WAN
5 5 (2.19%) DHCP
5 5 (2.19%) VLAN
5 5 (2.19%) VoIP
5 5 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.32%) Intranet
7 3 (1.32%) NAS
7 3 (1.32%) SAN
8 2 (0.88%) Internet
8 2 (0.88%) Skype
9 1 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.44%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.44%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.44%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.51%) Power BI
1 8 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.44%) MySQL
2 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.07%) Hudson
2 1 (0.44%) Dreamweaver
General
1 83 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.40%) Public Sector
3 15 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.26%) Finance
5 10 (4.39%) Retail
6 7 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.07%) Law
6 7 (3.07%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.32%) Aviation
7 3 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.32%) Local Government
7 3 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.32%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.88%) Automotive
8 2 (0.88%) Banking
8 2 (0.88%) Legal
8 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.44%) Advertising
9 1 (0.44%) Marketing
9 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (20.61%) Analyst
2 44 (19.30%) IT Support
3 33 (14.47%) Support Engineer
4 22 (9.65%) 2nd Line Support
5 21 (9.21%) Service Analyst
5 21 (9.21%) Service Desk Analyst
6 19 (8.33%) Architect
6 19 (8.33%) Desktop Support
7 17 (7.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 16 (7.02%) Senior
8 16 (7.02%) Support Analyst
9 13 (5.70%) IT Engineer
9 13 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (4.82%) Desktop Engineer
12 10 (4.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (4.39%) 3rd Line Support
12 10 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.39%) IT Technician
12 10 (4.39%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.88%) ADSI
2 1 (0.44%) LDAP
2 1 (0.44%) Node.js
2 1 (0.44%) Svelte
2 1 (0.44%) SvelteKit
2 1 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.14%) EPoS
2 9 (3.95%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.95%) Virtual Team
3 8 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (2.19%) iPhone
5 4 (1.75%) Clustering
5 4 (1.75%) Digital Signage
5 4 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.75%) NHS
5 4 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.32%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.32%) PKI
7 2 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.88%) iPad
7 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.88%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 143 (62.72%) Windows
2 73 (32.02%) Windows 10
3 37 (16.23%) Windows Server
4 17 (7.46%) Mac OS
5 16 (7.02%) Apple iOS
6 14 (6.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (4.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (3.95%) Linux
9 6 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.19%) Android
10 5 (2.19%) VMS
11 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.75%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.32%) Debian
13 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (26.32%) Customer Service
2 35 (15.35%) ITIL
3 32 (14.04%) Migration
4 25 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (10.53%) Mobile Device Management
6 22 (9.65%) Service Management
7 12 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (4.82%) Asset Management
9 10 (4.39%) E-Commerce
9 10 (4.39%) Project Management
10 9 (3.95%) CRM
10 9 (3.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 9 (3.95%) ITSM
10 9 (3.95%) Software Deployment
11 8 (3.51%) Agile
12 7 (3.07%) Server Virtualisation
13 6 (2.63%) Customer Experience
13 6 (2.63%) Desktop Virtualisation
13 6 (2.63%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.96%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.63%) SQL
3 1 (0.44%) Bash
3 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.44%) Python
3 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (10.09%) Degree
2 20 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.82%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.95%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.63%) MCSE
6 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.75%) CCNA
7 4 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.88%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.88%) APMG
8 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.88%) MCITP
8 2 (0.88%) MCP
9 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.44%) GIAC
9 1 (0.44%) MOS
9 1 (0.44%) PMP
9 1 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.46%) SLA
2 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.44%) GDPR
3 1 (0.44%) NIST
System Software
1 144 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 23 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.14%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.44%) NFS
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
5 1 (0.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (25.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (10.53%) SCCM
3 9 (3.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 5 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.32%) Autotask
5 3 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 141 (61.84%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.47%) VMware
3 23 (10.09%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.58%) Citrix
5 14 (6.14%) Apple
6 10 (4.39%) Sophos
7 9 (3.95%) Cisco
8 7 (3.07%) Veeam
9 4 (1.75%) Logitech
10 3 (1.32%) Adobe
10 3 (1.32%) Datto
10 3 (1.32%) Dell
10 3 (1.32%) Google
10 3 (1.32%) iManage
11 2 (0.88%) Autodesk
11 2 (0.88%) CA
11 2 (0.88%) HP
11 2 (0.88%) Meraki
11 2 (0.88%) Oracle
11 2 (0.88%) Wyse