Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 674 760
Rank change year-on-year +131 +86 -156
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 44 62 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 50 64
10th Percentile £509 £500 £490
25th Percentile £533 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £769 £743 £700
90th Percentile £925 £810 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -9.62% +4.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £55.00 -

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 40,655 58,114 85,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.57% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,578 40,502 60,282
10th Percentile £275 £309 £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 £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,591 1,650 2,130
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.37
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.94
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +96.16% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.45 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +117.26% +2.63%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect over the 6 months to 15 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Top 10 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 Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +108 39 £625 -10.71% 10
London +92 26 £625 -15.54% 8
Work from Home +104 23 £700 -5.41% 8
UK excluding London +75 11 £588 -9.62% 1
Midlands - 4 £700 -
West Midlands - 4 £700 -
Scotland +33 3 £588 -2.08%
North of England +40 2 £650 +1.96% 1
North West +30 2 £650 +1.96% 1
South West - 2 £493 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 42 (95.45%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (84.09%) Microsoft
3 32 (72.73%) Azure
4 19 (43.18%) SharePoint
5 18 (40.91%) Migration
6 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
7 15 (34.09%) Data Loss Prevention
7 15 (34.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (34.09%) Entra ID
8 13 (29.55%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (27.27%) PowerShell
10 11 (25.00%) Public Sector
11 10 (22.73%) Roadmaps
11 10 (22.73%) Finance
11 10 (22.73%) Change Management
12 9 (20.45%) Risk Assessment
12 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
12 9 (20.45%) OneDrive
12 9 (20.45%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (20.45%) Power Platform
13 8 (18.18%) Degree
14 7 (15.91%) Computer Science
14 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (15.91%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (15.91%) SC Cleared
14 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
15 6 (13.64%) Relational Database
15 6 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
15 6 (13.64%) Agile

Microsoft 365 Architect 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 19 (43.18%) SharePoint
2 13 (29.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.27%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (95.45%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (72.73%) Azure
3 15 (34.09%) Entra ID
4 9 (20.45%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (20.45%) OneDrive
4 9 (20.45%) Power Platform
5 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (6.82%) Power Automate
6 3 (6.82%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.55%) IaaS
7 2 (4.55%) PaaS
7 2 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) MPLS
1 4 (9.09%) PBX
1 4 (9.09%) PSTN
1 4 (9.09%) SNMP
1 4 (9.09%) VoIP
1 4 (9.09%) Wireshark
2 3 (6.82%) Network Security
3 2 (4.55%) DNS
3 2 (4.55%) Firewall
3 2 (4.55%) SSL
3 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.27%) Intranet
4 1 (2.27%) LAN
4 1 (2.27%) Skype
4 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) Relational Database
2 3 (6.82%) Power BI
3 1 (2.27%) Metadata
General
1 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 10 (22.73%) Finance
4 5 (11.36%) Banking
4 5 (11.36%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Legal
5 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) OAuth
1 2 (4.55%) OpenID
1 2 (4.55%) SAML
1 2 (4.55%) SPML
2 1 (2.27%) CAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Low-Code
2 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) PKI
2 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.27%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Windows
1 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Migration
2 15 (34.09%) Data Loss Prevention
3 10 (22.73%) Change Management
3 10 (22.73%) Roadmaps
4 9 (20.45%) Risk Assessment
5 7 (15.91%) Computer Science
5 7 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.64%) Agile
6 6 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (11.36%) Data Modelling
7 5 (11.36%) E-Discovery
7 5 (11.36%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (11.36%) ITIL
7 5 (11.36%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (11.36%) PRINCE2
7 5 (11.36%) Project Management
7 5 (11.36%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (9.09%) Load Balancing
8 4 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
2 7 (15.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (15.91%) SC Cleared
2 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.36%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (6.82%) CISSP
5 2 (4.55%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.55%) CISA
5 2 (4.55%) CISM
6 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.27%) CCSP
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (34.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.36%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 37 (84.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Avaya
2 2 (4.55%) CA
2 2 (4.55%) Veeam