Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 446 488
Rank change year-on-year +65 +42 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 12 13 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.054% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.057% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 14
10th Percentile £474 £594 £468
25th Percentile £500 £622 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £663 £638
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +3.92% +27.50%
75th Percentile £650 £697 £725
90th Percentile £710 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,264 22,670 29,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,896 20,739
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £395 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £595 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,165 1,484
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.45 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Midlands - 4 £700 -
West Midlands - 4 £700 -
Scotland +31 3 £588 -9.62%
North of England +28 2 £650 -
North West +23 2 £650 -
South West - 2 £493 -
East of England - 1 £625 -
Microsoft 365 Architect
UK

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 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 UK excluding London region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (33.33%) Migration
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 3 (25.00%) OneDrive
5 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (16.67%) IaaS
6 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (16.67%) Power BI
6 2 (16.67%) PowerApps
6 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
6 2 (16.67%) Architectural Design
6 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) SaaS

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
3 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (25.00%) OneDrive
5 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
6 2 (16.67%) IaaS
6 2 (16.67%) PaaS
6 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
6 2 (16.67%) PowerApps
6 2 (16.67%) SaaS
7 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) LAN
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
1 1 (8.33%) Skype
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (16.67%) Architectural Design
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft