Microsoft 365 Administrator Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin) daily rate in England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 631 769
Rank change year-on-year +93 +138 -146
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Administrator 16 14 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.029% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.030% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 7
10th Percentile £281 £378 -
25th Percentile £425 £469 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £544 £188
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +190.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £344
90th Percentile - £663 £458
UK median daily rate £438 £488 £188
% change year-on-year -10.26% +160.00% -40.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in England

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in England

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Administrator in England

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in England

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Midlands +33 6 £625 -
West Midlands - 6 £625 -
London +99 4 £343 - 4
South West +22 4 £425 +30.77%
South East - 1 £400 -
East of England - 1 - -
Microsoft 365 Administrator
UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft 365 Administrator in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 12 (75.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 10 (62.50%) PowerShell
4 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
5 6 (37.50%) OneDrive
5 6 (37.50%) Proactive Management
5 6 (37.50%) Web SSO
6 4 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (25.00%) PaaS
6 4 (25.00%) Identity Management
6 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) JIRA
6 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
6 4 (25.00%) Windows
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (18.75%) ITIL
7 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
7 3 (18.75%) Data Management
8 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle
8 2 (12.50%) Project Management
8 2 (12.50%) NetSuite
8 2 (12.50%) Task Automation
9 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 12 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (75.00%) Azure
3 6 (37.50%) OneDrive
4 4 (25.00%) PaaS
5 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) NAS
1 1 (6.25%) VoIP
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (6.25%) Banking
1 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Proactive Management
1 6 (37.50%) Web SSO
2 4 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 3 (18.75%) Data Management
3 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Task Automation
5 1 (6.25%) Budget Responsibility
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) ERP
5 1 (6.25%) Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (6.25%) Security Patching
5 1 (6.25%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Dell
3 1 (6.25%) HP