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 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 42 33 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 -10 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 230 360 583
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.07% 6.35% 7.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.31% 21.48% 23.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 256 421
10th Percentile £150 £170 £140
25th Percentile £200 £202 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £330 £293
Median % change year-on-year -12.88% +12.82% -16.43%
75th Percentile £521 £538 £488
90th Percentile £608 £691 £588
England median daily rate £350 £380 £363
% change year-on-year -7.89% +4.83% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 40
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £12.55
25th Percentile - £16.69 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.69 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.55% - -4.99%
75th Percentile £54.98 £65.56 £22.25
90th Percentile £60.60 £79.19 £22.46
England median hourly rate £16.30 £18.97 £17.50
% change year-on-year -14.05% +8.37% +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 1,329 1,676 2,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 23.53% 29.56% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 1,218 1,803
10th Percentile £263 £250 £210
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 £638 £615
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 48 55
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.21 £13.63
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.13 £14.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.83 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.80% +32.52% -0.24%
75th Percentile £59.95 £70.00 £24.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.23 £54.15
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 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 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
Thames Valley -5 106 £386 -12.96% 100
Berkshire -7 75 £605 +0.83% 39
Hampshire -15 63 £200 -27.27% 46
Surrey -9 22 £325 +30.00% 28
Kent +3 19 £350 +6.06% 46
Buckinghamshire +1 17 £225 -29.69% 30
Oxfordshire -10 14 £145 -58.57% 31
West Sussex -5 7 £200 - 16
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 35 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 30 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Relativity
1 1 (0.43%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.17%) Azure
2 31 (13.48%) Entra ID
3 20 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
3 20 (8.70%) Azure Storage
4 10 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 10 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.61%) AWS
5 6 (2.61%) PowerApps
5 6 (2.61%) SaaS
6 4 (1.74%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.43%) GCP
8 1 (0.43%) GitHub
8 1 (0.43%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.43%) NuGet
8 1 (0.43%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.43%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.48%) Firewall
2 29 (12.61%) DHCP
2 29 (12.61%) DNS
3 22 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (8.26%) VoIP
5 17 (7.39%) Wireless
6 13 (5.65%) LAN
6 13 (5.65%) WAN
7 10 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
7 10 (4.35%) VPN
8 7 (3.04%) Network Security
9 6 (2.61%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.17%) VLAN
10 5 (2.17%) WebEx
11 3 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.87%) CTI
12 2 (0.87%) SAN
13 1 (0.43%) Fibre Channel
13 1 (0.43%) Skype
13 1 (0.43%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.61%) Power BI
2 3 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) GitLab
2 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.30%) Public Sector
3 24 (10.43%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (7.39%) Finance
5 15 (6.52%) Marketing
6 13 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.91%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.91%) Retail
8 8 (3.48%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.04%) Electronics
10 5 (2.17%) French Language
11 4 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.74%) Legal
11 4 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.30%) Banking
13 2 (0.87%) Automotive
13 2 (0.87%) Military
13 2 (0.87%) Portuguese Language
13 2 (0.87%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (15.65%) Support Engineer
2 34 (14.78%) IT Support
3 24 (10.43%) Active Directory Support
3 24 (10.43%) Senior
4 20 (8.70%) IT Engineer
5 17 (7.39%) Analyst
5 17 (7.39%) Support Specialist
6 15 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (6.09%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (6.09%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.65%) Support Technician
9 12 (5.22%) Desktop Support
10 11 (4.78%) Active Directory Engineer
10 11 (4.78%) Audio Visual Technician
11 10 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
12 9 (3.91%) 1st Line Support
12 9 (3.91%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (3.91%) Active Directory Support Engineer
12 9 (3.91%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.70%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.30%) XMPP
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
3 1 (0.43%) jQuery
3 1 (0.43%) SPFx
3 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (8.70%) PKI
3 19 (8.26%) Video Editing
4 9 (3.91%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.04%) Digital Signage
5 7 (3.04%) NHS
5 7 (3.04%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.74%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.87%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.43%) EPoS
9 1 (0.43%) iPhone
9 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.43%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 141 (61.30%) Windows
2 73 (31.74%) Windows 10
3 41 (17.83%) Apple iOS
4 36 (15.65%) Linux
4 36 (15.65%) Windows Server
5 25 (10.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (9.13%) Android
8 12 (5.22%) Windows 7
9 7 (3.04%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (17.39%) Customer Service
2 35 (15.22%) ITIL
3 28 (12.17%) Agile
4 23 (10.00%) Service Management
5 21 (9.13%) Analytics
5 21 (9.13%) CI/CD
5 21 (9.13%) DevOps
5 21 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (9.13%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (9.13%) Release Management
6 20 (8.70%) Identity Management
6 20 (8.70%) Log Analytics
6 20 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 20 (8.70%) Privileged Identity Management
6 20 (8.70%) RBAC
7 19 (8.26%) Roadmaps
8 17 (7.39%) Change Management
9 16 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (5.65%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 20 (8.70%) Bicep
2 20 (8.70%) C#
2 20 (8.70%) VB
2 20 (8.70%) VBScript
3 11 (4.78%) SQL
4 2 (0.87%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.52%) DV Cleared
3 34 (14.78%) SC Cleared
4 33 (14.35%) Degree
5 21 (9.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (3.04%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.61%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.43%) CISM
9 1 (0.43%) CISSP
9 1 (0.43%) CRISC
9 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.26%) SLA
2 8 (3.48%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.87%) GDPR
3 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.87%) PMO
4 1 (0.43%) GxP
4 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 123 (53.48%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 20 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.17%) BitLocker
5 5 (2.17%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.74%) vSphere
7 1 (0.43%) Docker
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (22.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (22.17%) SCCM
3 21 (9.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 21 (9.13%) Kubernetes
3 21 (9.13%) WSUS
4 20 (8.70%) SCOM
5 4 (1.74%) AirWatch
6 3 (1.30%) AppManager
7 2 (0.87%) Terraform
8 1 (0.43%) Ansible
8 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.43%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 138 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 50 (21.74%) Apple
3 23 (10.00%) Cisco
3 23 (10.00%) VMware
4 15 (6.52%) HP
5 12 (5.22%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.78%) MobileIron
7 10 (4.35%) Polycom
8 8 (3.48%) Adobe
8 8 (3.48%) Aruba
9 7 (3.04%) SAP
10 4 (1.74%) Citrix
10 4 (1.74%) Dell
10 4 (1.74%) F5
10 4 (1.74%) Planview
11 3 (1.30%) Google
11 3 (1.30%) Ivanti
12 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.87%) Reuters
12 2 (0.87%) Sophos