Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in Work from Home is £600 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 332 425 589
Rank change year-on-year +93 +164 -155
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 20 45 45
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.17% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 37 36
10th Percentile £493 £520 £490
25th Percentile £513 £625 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £740 £625
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +18.40% +25.00%
75th Percentile £769 £743 £681
90th Percentile £925 £810 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,380 24,650 42,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,617 17,416 30,864
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 564 610
10th Percentile £14.30 £18.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 Architect.

Microsoft 365 Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 Architect over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Microsoft 365 Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 Architect.

Microsoft 365 Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (80.00%) Azure
2 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
5 8 (40.00%) Power Platform
5 8 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (35.00%) Migration
6 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
6 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
6 7 (35.00%) Public Sector
7 6 (30.00%) Relational Database
8 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
8 5 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (25.00%) Low-Code
9 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
9 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 4 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (15.00%) Finance
10 3 (15.00%) OneDrive
10 3 (15.00%) Power BI

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (80.00%) Azure
3 10 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 8 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (40.00%) Power Platform
5 3 (15.00%) OneDrive
5 3 (15.00%) Power Automate
5 3 (15.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (5.00%) IaaS
6 1 (5.00%) PaaS
6 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Intranet
1 1 (5.00%) LAN
1 1 (5.00%) Network Security
1 1 (5.00%) Skype
1 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Relational Database
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
3 1 (5.00%) Metadata
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 5 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 4 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (10.00%) Information Security
5 2 (10.00%) Task Automation
6 1 (5.00%) Agile
6 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (5.00%) DevOps
6 1 (5.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.00%) Remediation Plan
6 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.00%) CCSP
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft