Microsoft 365 Expert Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft 365 Expert (M365 Expert)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Expert (M365 Expert) daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 500 535
Rank change year-on-year -40 +35 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Expert 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.004% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.004% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.73%
UK median daily rate £450 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +22.73%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 28,978 26,109 33,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 92.88% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,528 16,189 23,132
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,750 814 1,430
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.91 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +40.01%
75th Percentile £61.23 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.41 £74.31 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Microsoft 365 Expert
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft 365 Expert' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Microsoft 365 Expert job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft 365 Expert
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Microsoft 365 Expert
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 Expert within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 2 £450 - 1
North of England - 2 £450 - 1
Microsoft 365 Expert
UK

Microsoft 365 Expert Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Microsoft 365 Expert contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft 365 Expert in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Microsoft 365 Expert Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft