Microsoft 365 Architect Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in Leeds is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £700 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 829 456 733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 97.23% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 302 456
10th Percentile £325 £257 £300
25th Percentile £413 £352 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £637 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £498
% change year-on-year +2.63% -4.52% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 13
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.25 £31.47 £11.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £41.00 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -60.37% +227.21% -79.95%
75th Percentile £26.50 £98.56 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £17.67
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.00 £24.82 £14.34
% change year-on-year -11.36% +73.14% -55.89%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancy trend in Leeds

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Microsoft 365 Architect 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 Leeds region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) YAML

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft