Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in the Midlands is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 - 196
Rank change year-on-year - - -43
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £540 - £640
25th Percentile £600 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.72%
75th Percentile £725 - £788
90th Percentile £740 - £810
England median daily rate £625 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,519 3,341 4,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 94.30% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,708 2,345 3,662
10th Percentile £206 £220 £205
25th Percentile £327 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £645
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 137 178
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £13.59
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +17.65% +9.85%
75th Percentile £30.37 £27.13 £22.00
90th Percentile £52.34 £58.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
% change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
West Midlands - 4 £700 -
Microsoft 365 Architect
England

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Microsoft 365 Architect 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 Midlands region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft