Microsoft 365 Consultant Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant) daily rate in England is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 510 621
Rank change year-on-year +56 +111 +123
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Consultant 14 26 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.070% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.076% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 24
10th Percentile £393 £363 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £540 £628
90th Percentile £589 £640 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
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
% change year-on-year - - -26.67%

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 22,563 34,396 47,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.72% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,024 22,838 33,731
10th Percentile £300 £280 £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 £640 £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 907 2,437 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.66 £76.85
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant in England

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant in England

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Consultant in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Consultant in England

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant in England

Microsoft 365 Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +37 6 £509 +13.06% 1
South East +34 2 £363 -26.77% 2
Midlands +16 2 - -
West Midlands +11 2 - -
North of England +10 2 £513 +5.13% 2
North West +9 1 £425 -15.00% 2
East of England - 1 - -
North East - 1 £600 -
Microsoft 365 Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Microsoft 365 Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (71.43%) SharePoint
3 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (57.14%) Azure
4 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
5 5 (35.71%) Finance
5 5 (35.71%) Migration
5 5 (35.71%) OneDrive
5 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
5 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (21.43%) PowerApps
7 3 (21.43%) Threat Management
7 3 (21.43%) Power BI
7 3 (21.43%) Mimecast
7 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
7 3 (21.43%) AWS
7 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (21.43%) SCCM
7 3 (21.43%) Firewall
7 3 (21.43%) ITIL
7 3 (21.43%) Windows
8 2 (14.29%) WAN
8 2 (14.29%) DHCP
8 2 (14.29%) DNS
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification

Microsoft 365 Consultant 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 (71.43%) SharePoint
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (57.14%) Azure
3 6 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 5 (35.71%) OneDrive
4 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (21.43%) AWS
6 3 (21.43%) Mimecast
6 3 (21.43%) PowerApps
7 2 (14.29%) Power Automate
8 1 (7.14%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) DHCP
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
2 2 (14.29%) VLAN
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Threat Management
2 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 2 (14.29%) Change Control
3 2 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 2 (14.29%) Data Security
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Virtualisation
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Robotic Process Automation
3 2 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Document Management
4 1 (7.14%) Identity Management
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (7.14%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (21.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft