Microsoft 365 Contracts in London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 49 61
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 730 1,166 1,548
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.17% 4.56% 3.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.71% 11.67% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 872 1,208
10th Percentile £175 £165 £163
25th Percentile £231 £231 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £435 £440
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% -1.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £568
90th Percentile £700 £740 £669
England median daily rate £350 £380 £363
% change year-on-year -7.89% +4.83% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 23 22
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.43 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.00 £19.97 £20.35
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -28.89% +117.74%
75th Percentile £24.15 £34.06 £43.19
90th Percentile £25.28 £62.90 £84.38
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.05% +8.37% +9.38%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,816 9,993 15,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.89% 39.06% 41.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,024 7,349 12,037
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 78 67
10th Percentile £17.16 £19.68 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £52.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.48% +26.51% +5.06%
75th Percentile £38.13 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £59.50 £90.00 £80.25
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London -6 126 £450 +38.46% 39
East London -5 20 £500 +150.00% 9
West London +11 16 £280 +19.15% 17
South London +4 14 £200 - 10
North London -4 1 £325 +132.14% 5
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 202 (27.67%) SharePoint
2 142 (19.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.88%) Skype for Business
4 15 (2.05%) Confluence
5 14 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (1.10%) IIS
9 6 (0.82%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.14%) Apache
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Drupal
11 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 124 (16.99%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.41%) SPSS
7 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.27%) Eikon
4 2 (0.27%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) Relativity
5 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 315 (43.15%) Azure
2 125 (17.12%) Entra ID
3 107 (14.66%) Power Platform
4 68 (9.32%) OneDrive
5 63 (8.63%) PowerApps
6 45 (6.16%) Power Automate
7 39 (5.34%) AWS
8 30 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.56%) IaaS
10 23 (3.15%) Mimecast
11 19 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (2.47%) WhatsApp
13 17 (2.33%) PaaS
13 17 (2.33%) SaaS
14 16 (2.19%) GitHub
15 15 (2.05%) Slack
16 14 (1.92%) Google Workspace
17 12 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
18 11 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 67 (9.18%) DNS
2 57 (7.81%) Firewall
3 40 (5.48%) DHCP
4 36 (4.93%) VPN
5 24 (3.29%) Skype
6 23 (3.15%) LAN
7 21 (2.88%) Wireless
8 20 (2.74%) VoIP
9 18 (2.47%) WAN
10 17 (2.33%) TCP/IP
11 14 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (1.78%) Cisco IOS
13 12 (1.64%) Internet
13 12 (1.64%) MPLS
14 11 (1.51%) Intranet
15 10 (1.37%) Network Security
16 8 (1.10%) SAN
17 7 (0.96%) SNMP
18 5 (0.68%) DKIM
18 5 (0.68%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (7.95%) Power BI
2 48 (6.58%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects XI
7 3 (0.41%) Power Query
7 3 (0.41%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.27%) Tableau
9 1 (0.14%) Big Data
9 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.14%) DTS
9 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.14%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 31 (4.25%) JIRA
2 13 (1.78%) GitLab
3 7 (0.96%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.68%) Git
4 5 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.55%) Hudson
6 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 221 (30.27%) Social Skills
2 172 (23.56%) Finance
3 80 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (10.96%) Public Sector
4 51 (6.99%) Banking
5 42 (5.75%) Legal
6 29 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (3.15%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.01%) Marketing
9 18 (2.47%) Financial Institution
10 15 (2.05%) Law
10 15 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.92%) Electronics
11 14 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.64%) Advertising
14 9 (1.23%) French Language
15 8 (1.10%) Retail
16 6 (0.82%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 92 (12.60%) Analyst
1 92 (12.60%) Architect
2 89 (12.19%) Support Engineer
3 61 (8.36%) IT Support
4 51 (6.99%) Developer
5 47 (6.44%) Desktop Support
5 47 (6.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 47 (6.44%) IT Engineer
6 40 (5.48%) Senior
7 39 (5.34%) Consultant
8 35 (4.79%) Project Manager
9 33 (4.52%) Service Analyst
10 32 (4.38%) 2nd Line Support
10 32 (4.38%) IT Support Engineer
11 31 (4.25%) Service Desk Analyst
12 27 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
13 23 (3.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 23 (3.15%) IT Analyst
13 23 (3.15%) Support Analyst
14 21 (2.88%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.78%) XML
2 12 (1.64%) JSON
2 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
3 11 (1.51%) .NET
4 9 (1.23%) REST
5 8 (1.10%) HTML5 Canvas
6 5 (0.68%) OAuth
6 5 (0.68%) SPFx
7 4 (0.55%) CSS
7 4 (0.55%) LDAP
7 4 (0.55%) React
7 4 (0.55%) RESTful
7 4 (0.55%) SAML
7 4 (0.55%) SOAP
8 3 (0.41%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.41%) jQuery
8 3 (0.41%) OpenID
8 3 (0.41%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.27%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.38%) Management Information System
2 27 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
3 26 (3.56%) Data Centre
4 23 (3.15%) PKI
5 19 (2.60%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.05%) iPhone
8 15 (2.05%) Low-Code
9 14 (1.92%) iPad
10 11 (1.51%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.37%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 8 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.10%) Smartphone
14 7 (0.96%) Hedge funds
15 6 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.82%) Cyberattack
15 6 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 332 (45.48%) Windows
2 150 (20.55%) Windows 10
3 101 (13.84%) Windows Server
4 36 (4.93%) Android
5 28 (3.84%) Mac OS
5 28 (3.84%) Windows 7
6 25 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 20 (2.74%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (1.78%) Mac OS X
10 10 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
11 9 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (1.10%) Linux
13 6 (0.82%) Unix
13 6 (0.82%) VMS
14 5 (0.68%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (17.95%) Migration
2 117 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (15.34%) ITIL
4 94 (12.88%) Customer Service
5 89 (12.19%) Agile
6 72 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
7 61 (8.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 57 (7.81%) Project Management
9 55 (7.53%) Change Management
9 55 (7.53%) DevOps
10 41 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
11 40 (5.48%) Data Loss Prevention
12 38 (5.21%) Asset Management
12 38 (5.21%) Roadmaps
13 35 (4.79%) Project Delivery
14 34 (4.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (4.66%) Service Delivery
15 32 (4.38%) Information Security
16 31 (4.25%) Data Migration
17 30 (4.11%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 124 (16.99%) PowerShell
2 31 (4.25%) SQL
3 21 (2.88%) C#
4 14 (1.92%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.37%) Python
5 10 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.41%) Java
7 2 (0.27%) VBA
8 1 (0.14%) Bash
8 1 (0.14%) Bicep
8 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.14%) VB
8 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (12.60%) Degree
2 91 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 78 (10.68%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (2.88%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (1.64%) CISSP
9 11 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.51%) CISM
10 8 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.10%) MCSA
11 7 (0.96%) CCNA
12 5 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.55%) MCSE
13 4 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.41%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.71%) SLA
2 15 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.92%) QA
4 13 (1.78%) NIST
5 9 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.96%) GDPR
7 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.41%) GRC
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) GLBA
11 1 (0.14%) IASME
11 1 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
11 1 (0.14%) PMO
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 317 (43.42%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.88%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.92%) vSphere
6 11 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.68%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.27%) XenApp
11 1 (0.14%) Docker
11 1 (0.14%) Firmware
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.14%) vCloud
11 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 106 (14.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 97 (13.29%) SCCM
3 21 (2.88%) Jamf Pro
4 17 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (1.78%) SCOM
6 10 (1.37%) Terraform
7 9 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.10%) Ansible
8 8 (1.10%) PingFederate
9 5 (0.68%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.68%) WSUS
10 4 (0.55%) Kubernetes
11 3 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.41%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (0.41%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.41%) Packer
11 3 (0.41%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.41%) VxRail
12 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.27%) Nessus
Vendors
1 514 (70.41%) Microsoft
2 67 (9.18%) VMware
3 58 (7.95%) Citrix
4 57 (7.81%) ServiceNow
5 45 (6.16%) Apple
6 25 (3.42%) Cisco
7 20 (2.74%) NetApp
8 19 (2.60%) Google
8 19 (2.60%) SAP
9 16 (2.19%) Oracle
10 15 (2.05%) Dell
11 14 (1.92%) Adobe
12 13 (1.78%) CA
13 12 (1.64%) Bloomberg
14 11 (1.51%) Veeam
15 10 (1.37%) HP
16 9 (1.23%) iManage
16 9 (1.23%) Reuters
17 8 (1.10%) Cadence
17 8 (1.10%) Qualys