Microsoft 365 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 34 28 20
Rank change year-on-year -6 -8 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,044 1,478 2,273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.90% 6.51% 7.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.10% 19.94% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 657 1,077 1,629
10th Percentile £150 £155 £138
25th Percentile £180 £189 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £300 £275
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £438 £475 £438
90th Percentile £608 £608 £538
UK median daily rate £350 £383 £375
% change year-on-year -8.50% +2.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 80 174
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.92 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.30 £17.50 £16.28
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +7.51% +1.73%
75th Percentile £21.37 £23.19 £20.00
90th Percentile £23.40 £56.73 £22.68
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% +10.24%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,466 7,412 9,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.63% 32.66% 32.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,807 5,454 7,397
10th Percentile £220 £238 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £594
90th Percentile £674 £694 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 216 273
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.57 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.15 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £27.35 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -26.87% +43.27% -4.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.19 £29.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.63 £64.60
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England -1 236 £250 -16.67% 302
South East -7 235 £290 -9.38% 273
Midlands 0 180 £260 -22.39% 227
North West -1 153 £283 -12.92% 159
Scotland +4 138 £350 +1.45% 73
South West -9 138 £225 -28.00% 159
West Midlands -2 120 £344 -8.33% 132
East of England -9 93 £325 +30.00% 108
Yorkshire -11 72 £220 -14.15% 114
East Midlands +1 60 £200 -11.11% 95
Wales +3 24 £145 -29.27% 27
North East +10 10 £190 -5.00% 33
Northern Ireland -17 5 £363 +119.70% 11
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 237 (22.70%) SharePoint
2 208 (19.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.86%) Skype for Business
4 8 (0.77%) CMS
5 5 (0.48%) Confluence
6 4 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.38%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.38%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.19%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.19%) WordPress
8 1 (0.096%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.096%) Drupal
8 1 (0.096%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.096%) Umbraco
Applications
1 122 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.96%) Photoshop
5 9 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.29%) InfoPath
7 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.19%) Maximo
4 1 (0.096%) assyst
4 1 (0.096%) Relativity
4 1 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.096%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.096%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 326 (31.23%) Azure
2 122 (11.69%) Entra ID
3 92 (8.81%) Power Platform
4 81 (7.76%) OneDrive
5 52 (4.98%) PowerApps
6 48 (4.60%) Power Automate
7 42 (4.02%) AWS
8 31 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
8 31 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (2.01%) Azure Storage
10 20 (1.92%) SaaS
11 17 (1.63%) Yammer
12 13 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (1.15%) Slack
14 11 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.05%) Canva
14 11 (1.05%) PaaS
15 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (0.96%) Mimecast
16 7 (0.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (9.39%) Firewall
2 82 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
3 79 (7.57%) DNS
4 52 (4.98%) DHCP
5 45 (4.31%) LAN
5 45 (4.31%) VPN
6 35 (3.35%) WAN
7 32 (3.07%) VoIP
8 30 (2.87%) Wireless
9 25 (2.39%) Intranet
10 24 (2.30%) TCP/IP
11 22 (2.11%) SAN
12 16 (1.53%) VLAN
13 15 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
14 11 (1.05%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (1.05%) Skype
15 9 (0.86%) NAS
16 8 (0.77%) FTP
16 8 (0.77%) NetScaler
16 8 (0.77%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.35%) Power BI
2 34 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.38%) GIS
4 4 (0.38%) QGIS
5 2 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.19%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.096%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.096%) DTS
6 1 (0.096%) Metadata
6 1 (0.096%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.096%) MySQL
6 1 (0.096%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.096%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.096%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (1.92%) JIRA
2 7 (0.67%) Hudson
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.19%) GitLab
6 1 (0.096%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.096%) Git
6 1 (0.096%) MSI
6 1 (0.096%) Subversion
General
1 386 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 128 (12.26%) Public Sector
3 75 (7.18%) Finance
4 67 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (4.60%) Retail
7 31 (2.97%) Manufacturing
8 26 (2.49%) Legal
8 26 (2.49%) Marketing
9 23 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.44%) Publishing
12 12 (1.15%) Local Government
13 11 (1.05%) Electronics
14 9 (0.86%) Automotive
14 9 (0.86%) Law
15 8 (0.77%) Military
16 7 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 204 (19.54%) Analyst
2 159 (15.23%) Support Engineer
3 147 (14.08%) IT Support
4 100 (9.58%) Service Analyst
5 99 (9.48%) Service Desk Analyst
6 80 (7.66%) IT Engineer
7 67 (6.42%) Senior
8 66 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support
9 62 (5.94%) Support Analyst
10 57 (5.46%) Architect
10 57 (5.46%) IT Support Engineer
11 53 (5.08%) Desktop Support
12 49 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 46 (4.41%) IT Analyst
14 42 (4.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 42 (4.02%) Desktop Engineer
15 40 (3.83%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 37 (3.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 34 (3.26%) Active Directory Support
18 33 (3.16%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.01%) ARM Templates
2 20 (1.92%) .NET
3 11 (1.05%) CSS
4 10 (0.96%) REST
5 6 (0.57%) HTML
6 5 (0.48%) React
7 3 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (0.29%) RESTful
7 3 (0.29%) SPFx
7 3 (0.29%) XMPP
8 2 (0.19%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.19%) ADSI
8 2 (0.19%) HTML5
8 2 (0.19%) LAMP
8 2 (0.19%) LDAP
8 2 (0.19%) XML
9 1 (0.096%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.096%) Svelte
9 1 (0.096%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 37 (3.54%) PKI
1 37 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (2.87%) Video Editing
3 26 (2.49%) Driving Licence
4 21 (2.01%) NHS
5 20 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
6 19 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 19 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.63%) Digital Signage
8 14 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.25%) CMDB
9 13 (1.25%) EPoS
9 13 (1.25%) iPhone
10 12 (1.15%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.05%) iPad
11 11 (1.05%) Product Ownership
12 9 (0.86%) BYOD
12 9 (0.86%) Clustering
12 9 (0.86%) Smartphone
13 8 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 547 (52.39%) Windows
2 274 (26.25%) Windows 10
3 181 (17.34%) Windows Server
4 85 (8.14%) Apple iOS
5 66 (6.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 63 (6.03%) Linux
7 55 (5.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 44 (4.21%) Android
9 42 (4.02%) Mac OS
10 41 (3.93%) Windows Server 2012
11 30 (2.87%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.77%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.77%) VMS
13 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.29%) Debian
15 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.096%) AIX
16 1 (0.096%) CentOS
16 1 (0.096%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (20.02%) Customer Service
2 190 (18.20%) ITIL
3 160 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (7.76%) Migration
5 79 (7.57%) Agile
6 71 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 66 (6.32%) Incident Management
8 65 (6.23%) Change Management
9 59 (5.65%) Service Management
9 59 (5.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 57 (5.46%) Service Delivery
11 49 (4.69%) Mobile Device Management
12 48 (4.60%) Project Management
13 43 (4.12%) DevOps
13 43 (4.12%) ITSM
14 38 (3.64%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (3.54%) Identity Management
16 36 (3.45%) Roadmaps
17 33 (3.16%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (3.16%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 133 (12.74%) PowerShell
2 36 (3.45%) C#
3 28 (2.68%) SQL
4 21 (2.01%) Bicep
4 21 (2.01%) VB
4 21 (2.01%) VBScript
5 19 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.15%) C
7 8 (0.77%) Swift
8 5 (0.48%) Python
9 4 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.096%) Bash
10 1 (0.096%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 155 (14.85%) Security Cleared
2 109 (10.44%) SC Cleared
3 108 (10.34%) Degree
4 87 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 62 (5.94%) DV Cleared
6 45 (4.31%) MCSA
7 44 (4.21%) A+ Certification
8 23 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 23 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 17 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 17 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (1.53%) MCSE
11 13 (1.25%) CCNA
11 13 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.05%) MCP
13 8 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.57%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 5 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.84%) SLA
2 14 (1.34%) Disclosure Scotland
3 10 (0.96%) Accessibility
4 8 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (0.67%) PMO
6 5 (0.48%) GDPR
6 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.29%) NIST
9 2 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.096%) COBIT
10 1 (0.096%) GxP
10 1 (0.096%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.096%) QA
10 1 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 505 (48.37%) Active Directory
2 64 (6.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (4.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 43 (4.12%) Hyper-V
5 30 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (1.05%) BitLocker
6 11 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.86%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.86%) vSphere
8 8 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 8 (0.77%) XenApp
8 8 (0.77%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.29%) Firmware
9 3 (0.29%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.19%) NFS
11 1 (0.096%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.096%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 184 (17.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 136 (13.03%) SCCM
3 28 (2.68%) SCOM
3 28 (2.68%) WSUS
4 26 (2.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (2.20%) Kubernetes
6 21 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (1.05%) Autotask
9 10 (0.96%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.38%) Terraform
13 3 (0.29%) AirWatch
13 3 (0.29%) AppManager
14 2 (0.19%) Nessus
14 2 (0.19%) SCDPM
14 2 (0.19%) SCVMM
15 1 (0.096%) Ansible
15 1 (0.096%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 613 (58.72%) Microsoft
2 118 (11.30%) VMware
3 107 (10.25%) Citrix
4 94 (9.00%) ServiceNow
5 76 (7.28%) Apple
6 58 (5.56%) Cisco
7 28 (2.68%) Veeam
8 21 (2.01%) HP
9 17 (1.63%) SAP
10 15 (1.44%) Adobe
10 15 (1.44%) Oracle
11 14 (1.34%) Sophos
12 13 (1.25%) Dell
13 12 (1.15%) MobileIron
14 11 (1.05%) Aruba
15 10 (0.96%) Google
15 10 (0.96%) NetApp
15 10 (0.96%) Polycom
16 9 (0.86%) Okta
16 9 (0.86%) Palo Alto