Microsoft 365 Manager Contracts

Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager) daily rate in the UK is £533 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 570 674 691
Rank change year-on-year +104 +17 -119
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Manager 30 39 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.065% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.069% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 146
10th Percentile £481 £384 £363
25th Percentile £500 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £539 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +19.72% -
75th Percentile £584 £656 £540
90th Percentile £631 £679 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £606 £425
% change year-on-year -9.20% +42.53% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +66.67% +16.13%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,448 56,471 84,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,348 39,474 59,497
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,658 1,569 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%

Microsoft 365 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Manager over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Manager within the UK 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
England +98 25 £540 - 2
Work from Home +111 13 £500 -4.76% 1
London +98 11 £540 +0.47% 1
UK excluding London +65 10 £550 -9.20% 1
North of England +33 5 £525 +110.00%
North West +26 3 £475 +90.00%
South East +16 3 £775 +14.81%
West Midlands +28 2 £525 +40.00%
Midlands +26 2 £525 +13.51%
North East - 1 £650 -
Yorkshire - 1 £575 -

Microsoft 365 Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Microsoft 365 Manager 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 featuring Microsoft 365 Manager in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 20 (66.67%) SharePoint
4 14 (46.67%) Agile
5 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
6 10 (33.33%) Azure
6 10 (33.33%) Project Management
7 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (23.33%) Windows
7 7 (23.33%) Legal
7 7 (23.33%) Power Platform
7 7 (23.33%) PowerApps
8 6 (20.00%) Project Delivery
8 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
8 6 (20.00%) Waterfall
8 6 (20.00%) OneDrive
8 6 (20.00%) Power BI
8 6 (20.00%) Migration
8 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (20.00%) Finance
9 5 (16.67%) Windows 10
9 5 (16.67%) DevOps
9 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
9 5 (16.67%) Roadmaps
10 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (13.33%) Performance Testing
10 4 (13.33%) ITIL
10 4 (13.33%) Programme Management

Microsoft 365 Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (33.33%) Azure
3 7 (23.33%) Power Platform
3 7 (23.33%) PowerApps
4 6 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) CTI
1 2 (6.67%) Internet
1 2 (6.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.33%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Legal
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Electronics
5 3 (10.00%) German Language
5 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.67%) Banking
6 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Games
6 2 (6.67%) Marketing
6 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.33%) Automotive
7 1 (3.33%) Law
7 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) Project Management
3 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (20.00%) Migration
4 6 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 5 (16.67%) DevOps
5 5 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 4 (13.33%) ITIL
6 4 (13.33%) Performance Testing
6 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.33%) Programme Management
7 3 (10.00%) Change Management
7 3 (10.00%) Functional Testing
7 3 (10.00%) Resource Management
7 3 (10.00%) Scrum
7 3 (10.00%) Test Strategy
8 2 (6.67%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
3 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) Google