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 £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 544 598
Rank change year-on-year +57 +54 +162
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Consultant 16 16 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.044% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.048% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 25
10th Percentile £393 £425 £325
25th Percentile £453 £445 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +17.84% -5.13%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £540
90th Percentile £589 £696 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £500
% change year-on-year -1.41% +6.50% -
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 25,004 33,616 44,854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.94% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,265 22,076 31,771
10th Percentile £293 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,235 2,327 1,389
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.72 £19.40
Median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +33 5 £564 -4.04% 5
South East +32 3 £500 +1.01% 1
Midlands +3 2 - -
West Midlands -1 2 - -
North of England +5 1 £425 -10.53%
East of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 £425 -
Microsoft 365 Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 15 (93.75%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (56.25%) SharePoint
3 9 (56.25%) Azure
4 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (37.50%) Migration
5 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (37.50%) Entra ID
6 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
6 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
6 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (25.00%) Degree
7 4 (25.00%) ITIL
7 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (18.75%) Windows
8 3 (18.75%) Firewall
8 3 (18.75%) SCCM
8 3 (18.75%) Finance
8 3 (18.75%) Mimecast
8 3 (18.75%) AWS
8 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
8 3 (18.75%) Threat Management
8 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
8 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
8 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security
9 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
9 2 (12.50%) Containerisation

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 9 (56.25%) SharePoint
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (56.25%) Azure
3 6 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
5 3 (18.75%) AWS
5 3 (18.75%) Mimecast
5 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
6 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (6.25%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
7 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
7 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
2 2 (12.50%) VLAN
2 2 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Migration
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
3 3 (18.75%) Threat Management
3 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 2 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (12.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Robotic Process Automation
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (6.25%) Document Management
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (18.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Google