Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts in London

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
England > London

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 367 456
Rank change year-on-year +29 +89 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 15 24 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 23 31
10th Percentile £515 £513 £500
25th Percentile £675 £535 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £625 £740
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.54% +23.33%
75th Percentile £751 £650 £743
90th Percentile - £769 £810
England median daily rate £750 £625 £700
% change year-on-year +20.00% -10.71% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £56.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London -2 4 £751 +20.89% 1
Microsoft 365 Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 London region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Azure
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (53.33%) Entra ID
4 7 (46.67%) PaaS
4 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
4 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
4 7 (46.67%) Serverless
5 6 (40.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (40.00%) SaaS
5 6 (40.00%) Identity Management
5 6 (40.00%) IaaS
5 6 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
6 5 (33.33%) Azure Functions
7 4 (26.67%) Storage Management
7 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (26.67%) Cost Reduction
7 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (26.67%) Finance
7 4 (26.67%) AWS
7 4 (26.67%) Migration
7 4 (26.67%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (26.67%) OneDrive
7 4 (26.67%) Private Cloud
7 4 (26.67%) GCP

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Azure
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (53.33%) Entra ID
3 7 (46.67%) PaaS
3 7 (46.67%) Serverless
4 6 (40.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (40.00%) IaaS
4 6 (40.00%) SaaS
5 5 (33.33%) Azure Functions
6 4 (26.67%) AWS
6 4 (26.67%) GCP
6 4 (26.67%) OneDrive
7 2 (13.33%) Azure AKS
7 2 (13.33%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (6.67%) Azure WebJobs
8 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (13.33%) ARM Templates
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (6.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Private Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Public Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) Reinsurance
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 6 (40.00%) Identity Management
2 4 (26.67%) Cost Reduction
2 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
2 4 (26.67%) Migration
2 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
2 4 (26.67%) Storage Management
2 4 (26.67%) Strategic Planning
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (13.33%) Cost Management
3 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (13.33%) DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) High Availability
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Service Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) Bicep
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) CISA
2 1 (6.67%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
1 2 (13.33%) SOC 2
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Google