Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in England is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 505 602
Rank change year-on-year +42 +97 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 22 37 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.099% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 34 41
10th Percentile £494 £504 £500
25th Percentile £613 £533 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -10.71% +14.29%
75th Percentile £751 £740 £743
90th Percentile - £891 £810
UK median daily rate £750 £625 £700
% change year-on-year +20.00% -10.71% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £56.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +29 15 £750 +20.00% 5
South West +46 2 £550 +11.68% 9
East of England +30 1 £751 +20.16% 12
Midlands +19 1 - - 17
North of England +18 1 - - 16
North West +16 1 - - 7
West Midlands +11 1 - - 10
South East - 1 - - 18
Microsoft 365 Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 England region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 19 (86.36%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (81.82%) Azure
3 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
4 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
4 12 (54.55%) PowerShell
4 12 (54.55%) Entra ID
5 11 (50.00%) Migration
6 10 (45.45%) SharePoint
7 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (40.91%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (36.36%) Serverless
8 8 (36.36%) SaaS
8 8 (36.36%) PaaS
9 7 (31.82%) Identity Management
9 7 (31.82%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (31.82%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (31.82%) OneDrive
9 7 (31.82%) IaaS
9 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
10 6 (27.27%) AWS
11 5 (22.73%) Finance
11 5 (22.73%) Windows
11 5 (22.73%) GCP
11 5 (22.73%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
11 5 (22.73%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (22.73%) Azure Functions
11 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
12 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 19 (86.36%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (81.82%) Azure
3 12 (54.55%) Entra ID
4 8 (36.36%) PaaS
4 8 (36.36%) SaaS
4 8 (36.36%) Serverless
5 7 (31.82%) Azure Logic Apps
5 7 (31.82%) IaaS
5 7 (31.82%) OneDrive
6 6 (27.27%) AWS
7 5 (22.73%) Azure Functions
7 5 (22.73%) GCP
8 3 (13.64%) Azure AKS
8 3 (13.64%) Azure Event Grid
8 3 (13.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
10 1 (4.55%) Azure Storage
10 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
10 1 (4.55%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Publishing
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (13.64%) ARM Templates
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (4.55%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Private Cloud
3 3 (13.64%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (13.64%) Reinsurance
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
1 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
2 3 (13.64%) Linux
3 2 (9.09%) Android
3 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Migration
2 9 (40.91%) Identity Access Management
3 7 (31.82%) Data Loss Prevention
3 7 (31.82%) Identity Management
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
5 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 4 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
5 4 (18.18%) IT Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) Storage Management
5 4 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (13.64%) Cost Management
6 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.64%) DevOps
6 3 (13.64%) High Availability
6 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) Zero Trust
7 2 (9.09%) Service Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.64%) Bicep
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
3 2 (9.09%) VB
3 2 (9.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) MCP
3 2 (9.09%) MCSA
3 2 (9.09%) MCSE
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.55%) CISA
4 1 (4.55%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) GDPR
1 3 (13.64%) SOC 2
2 2 (9.09%) NCSC
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (13.64%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (9.09%) BitLocker
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (13.64%) Terraform
2 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Google
2 2 (9.09%) McAfee
2 2 (9.09%) Symantec
2 2 (9.09%) VMware