Microsoft 365 Specialist Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist) daily rate in England is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 632 762
Rank change year-on-year +105 +130 -175
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Specialist 11 16 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.032% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.034% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 23
10th Percentile £380 £261 £201
25th Percentile £425 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £445
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +9.55% -1.11%
75th Percentile £675 £536 £488
90th Percentile £690 £539 £525
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £448
% change year-on-year +2.78% +0.56% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £22.00 -

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 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Specialist in England

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Specialist in England

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Specialist in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Specialist in England

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Specialist in England

Microsoft 365 Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London +95 8 £456 -6.41% 3
South East +23 2 £550 +155.81%
West Midlands - 1 £750 -
Midlands - 1 £750 -
Microsoft 365 Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
4 3 (27.27%) PowerApps
4 3 (27.27%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) OneDrive
5 2 (18.18%) User Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
5 2 (18.18%) Power BI
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
5 2 (18.18%) QA
5 2 (18.18%) SCCM
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (18.18%) UX Design
5 2 (18.18%) Azure
5 2 (18.18%) AWS
5 2 (18.18%) Proofpoint
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix
5 2 (18.18%) Windows

Microsoft 365 Specialist 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 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) OneDrive
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 3 (27.27%) PowerApps
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Mimecast
3 2 (18.18%) Power Automate
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
General
1 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
1 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
3 2 (18.18%) Business Case
3 2 (18.18%) Data Ingestion
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (18.18%) User Experience
3 2 (18.18%) UX Design
3 2 (18.18%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (9.09%) CCSP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 2 (18.18%) Proofpoint
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Google