Microsoft 365 Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 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
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 506 563
Rank change year-on-year +3 +57 +177
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 14 30 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.050% 0.091% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.098% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 23 31
10th Percentile £409 £451 £500
25th Percentile £468 £500 £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £565 £743
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -23.96% +23.83%
75th Percentile £718 £650 -
90th Percentile £722 £785 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £565 £732
% change year-on-year +6.19% -22.76% +17.04%
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 25,334 30,643 40,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 93.04% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,335 19,292 28,395
10th Percentile £280 £305 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,355 1,523 1,355
10th Percentile £13.71 £14.66 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% +70.66%
75th Percentile £53.75 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -0.76% +66.65%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies 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 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies 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 13 September 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 +24 6 £705 +26.17%
Midlands -8 4 £390 -30.36% 1
West Midlands -12 4 £390 -25.00% 1
South East +17 1 - -
South West +16 1 £500 +2.56%
North West -9 1 - -
North of England -17 1 - -
Microsoft 365 Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 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 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (71.43%) Azure
2 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (50.00%) Migration
3 7 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (35.71%) OneDrive
4 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (28.57%) SaaS
5 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (21.43%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (21.43%) Project Management
6 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
7 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 2 (14.29%) JIRA
7 2 (14.29%) Agile
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (14.29%) Data Security
7 2 (14.29%) Finance
7 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
7 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (14.29%) Private Cloud
7 2 (14.29%) IaaS
7 2 (14.29%) PaaS

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 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (71.43%) Azure
3 7 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (35.71%) OneDrive
5 4 (28.57%) SaaS
6 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (14.29%) AWS
7 2 (14.29%) Azure Storage
7 2 (14.29%) IaaS
7 2 (14.29%) PaaS
7 2 (14.29%) ShareGate
8 1 (7.14%) Azure Functions
8 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (7.14%) GCP
8 1 (7.14%) Google Workspace
8 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
8 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
8 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 2 (14.29%) Private Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (14.29%) Data Security
4 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 2 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (14.29%) Service Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.14%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (7.14%) IT Strategy
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) Storage Management
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CISA
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) AppDynamics
2 1 (7.14%) Google