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 £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 568 715
Rank change year-on-year +52 +147 -103
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 34 68 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.091% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 48 47
10th Percentile £500 £504 £490
25th Percentile £531 £661 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £740 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% +23.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £743 £700
90th Percentile £835 £810 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
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 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 17 June 2024.

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 17 June 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
London +52 22 £588 -20.93% 3
Midlands - 3 £600 -
West Midlands - 3 £600 -
North of England +16 2 £450 -30.77% 2
North West +14 2 £450 -30.77% 2
South East +14 2 £625 -9.09% 2
South West +2 2 £450 - 2
East of England - 1 £625 -
Microsoft 365 Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 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 across the England region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 33 (97.06%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (85.29%) Microsoft
3 27 (79.41%) Azure
4 21 (61.76%) SharePoint
5 15 (44.12%) Migration
6 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
7 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (35.29%) Entra ID
9 11 (32.35%) OneDrive
10 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (29.41%) Data Loss Prevention
10 10 (29.41%) Power Platform
10 10 (29.41%) PowerShell
11 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
11 9 (26.47%) Public Sector
12 8 (23.53%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
12 8 (23.53%) Finance
12 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
13 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (20.59%) Change Management
13 7 (20.59%) Risk Assessment
13 7 (20.59%) Roadmaps
13 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (17.65%) Low-Code
14 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
14 6 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
14 6 (17.65%) Degree
15 5 (14.71%) Project Management
15 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification

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 21 (61.76%) SharePoint
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (97.06%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (79.41%) Azure
3 12 (35.29%) Entra ID
4 11 (32.35%) OneDrive
5 10 (29.41%) Power Platform
6 8 (23.53%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (5.88%) SaaS
9 1 (2.94%) Google Workspace
9 1 (2.94%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) MPLS
1 4 (11.76%) PBX
1 4 (11.76%) PSTN
1 4 (11.76%) SNMP
1 4 (11.76%) VoIP
1 4 (11.76%) Wireshark
2 2 (5.88%) DNS
2 2 (5.88%) Firewall
2 2 (5.88%) Network Security
2 2 (5.88%) SSL
2 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Public Sector
3 8 (23.53%) Finance
4 5 (14.71%) Banking
4 5 (14.71%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) OAuth
1 2 (5.88%) OpenID
1 2 (5.88%) SAML
1 2 (5.88%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Low-Code
2 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.88%) PKI
2 2 (5.88%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Migration
2 10 (29.41%) Data Loss Prevention
3 7 (20.59%) Change Management
3 7 (20.59%) Risk Assessment
3 7 (20.59%) Roadmaps
4 6 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
4 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (14.71%) Agile
5 5 (14.71%) Computer Science
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
5 5 (14.71%) E-Discovery
5 5 (14.71%) ITIL
5 5 (14.71%) PRINCE2
5 5 (14.71%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Data Protection
6 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (11.76%) Integration Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Load Balancing
6 4 (11.76%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
2 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (17.65%) Degree
5 5 (14.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (5.88%) CISA
6 2 (5.88%) CISM
6 2 (5.88%) CISSP
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.71%) PingFederate
3 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (85.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) CA