Microsoft 365 Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager)
Central London > City of London

The median Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager) daily rate in the City of London is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 115 127
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Manager 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.21% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.23% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £477 -
25th Percentile £608 £507 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £563 £700
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -19.64% +65.68%
75th Percentile £653 £590 -
90th Percentile - £603 -
Central London median daily rate £630 £563 £700
% change year-on-year +12.00% -19.64% +65.68%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,765 1,750 2,293
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 93.04% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 1,069 1,649
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +2.22% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £788
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.45% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 20
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.18 £16.58
25th Percentile £24.37 £20.00 £18.45
Median hourly rate £37.25 £27.25 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.70% +13.54% -5.88%
75th Percentile £43.86 £58.19 £41.69
90th Percentile £52.96 £112.00 £52.60
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

Microsoft 365 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft 365 Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Microsoft 365 Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Microsoft 365 Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Microsoft 365 Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 30 January 2026, Microsoft 365 Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Microsoft 365 Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Exchequer
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Mimecast
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Management

Microsoft 365 Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Mimecast
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft