Microsoft 365 Architect Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
England > North of England

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in the North of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 158 183
Rank change year-on-year -20 +25 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 30 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.61% 0.030% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.032% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.22%
75th Percentile £552 - -
90th Percentile £570 - -
England median daily rate £530 £575 £635
% change year-on-year -7.91% -9.45% +8.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,496 3,086 4,581
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 92.45% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,977 1,811 2,994
10th Percentile £213 £231 £263
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £473 £490
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -3.47% -2.10%
75th Percentile £550 £568 £587
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 141 322
10th Percentile £16.03 £15.22 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.44 £18.00 £14.01
Median hourly rate £41.86 £27.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.30% +20.56% -3.06%
75th Percentile £57.25 £42.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.41 £68.18 £60.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in the North of England

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 26 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 - 30 £500 - 11
Microsoft 365 Architect
England

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 26 January 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 North of England region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 28 (93.33%) Microsoft
1 28 (93.33%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (70.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (63.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 18 (60.00%) E-Discovery
4 18 (60.00%) GDPR
4 18 (60.00%) OneDrive
4 18 (60.00%) SharePoint
5 16 (53.33%) Records Management
6 15 (50.00%) Information Governance
7 11 (36.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 11 (36.67%) PowerShell
8 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Graph
8 10 (33.33%) Rubrik
8 10 (33.33%) Runbook
9 9 (30.00%) FINRA
9 9 (30.00%) MiFID
10 8 (26.67%) Case Management
10 8 (26.67%) Data Architecture
10 8 (26.67%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (23.33%) CI/CD
11 7 (23.33%) Incident Response
11 7 (23.33%) Internal Audit
11 7 (23.33%) Windows
12 6 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
13 5 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
13 5 (16.67%) High Availability
14 4 (13.33%) Identity Management
15 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 21 (70.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (60.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 28 (93.33%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (63.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 18 (60.00%) OneDrive
4 10 (33.33%) Rubrik
5 3 (10.00%) ShareGate
6 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) DKIM
1 2 (6.67%) DMARC
1 2 (6.67%) DNS
1 2 (6.67%) SMTP
General
1 11 (36.67%) Legal
2 6 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Graph
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (60.00%) E-Discovery
2 16 (53.33%) Records Management
3 15 (50.00%) Information Governance
4 11 (36.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 10 (33.33%) Runbook
6 8 (26.67%) Case Management
6 8 (26.67%) Data Architecture
7 7 (23.33%) CI/CD
7 7 (23.33%) Incident Response
7 7 (23.33%) Internal Audit
8 6 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (16.67%) High Availability
10 4 (13.33%) Identity Management
11 3 (10.00%) Migration
11 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (10.00%) Zero Trust
12 2 (6.67%) Change Control
12 2 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
12 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) PowerShell
2 8 (26.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (60.00%) GDPR
2 9 (30.00%) FINRA
2 9 (30.00%) MiFID
Vendors
1 28 (93.33%) Microsoft