Microsoft 365 Architect Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in Sheffield is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 34 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 4.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 26 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £558 - -
90th Percentile £613 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 721 205 344
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.57% 85.77% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 129 213
10th Percentile £350 £209 £340
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £538 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £712
South Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.10 -
25th Percentile £16.68 £12.62 £10.90
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.85 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.36% -34.02% +12.50%
75th Percentile £22.33 £16.68 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £16.97 £25.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £14.85 £13.23
% change year-on-year +31.36% +12.21% -25.34%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in Sheffield over the 6 months to 7 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 7 February 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 Sheffield region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 32 (94.12%) Microsoft
1 32 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (70.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (64.71%) GDPR
3 22 (64.71%) Microsoft Purview
4 21 (61.76%) E-Discovery
4 21 (61.76%) OneDrive
4 21 (61.76%) SharePoint
5 18 (52.94%) Records Management
6 17 (50.00%) Information Governance
7 14 (41.18%) PowerShell
8 13 (38.24%) Data Loss Prevention
9 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Graph
9 12 (35.29%) Rubrik
10 11 (32.35%) FINRA
10 11 (32.35%) MiFID
10 11 (32.35%) Runbook
11 10 (29.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (26.47%) Case Management
12 9 (26.47%) Data Architecture
13 8 (23.53%) CI/CD
13 8 (23.53%) Incident Response
13 8 (23.53%) Internal Audit
13 8 (23.53%) Windows
14 7 (20.59%) Technical Leadership
15 6 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
15 6 (17.65%) High Availability
16 5 (14.71%) Identity Management
17 3 (8.82%) Exchange Server 2013
17 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 24 (70.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (61.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.82%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (64.71%) Microsoft Purview
3 21 (61.76%) OneDrive
4 12 (35.29%) Rubrik
5 3 (8.82%) ShareGate
6 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) DKIM
1 2 (5.88%) DMARC
1 2 (5.88%) DNS
1 2 (5.88%) SMTP
General
1 13 (38.24%) Legal
2 8 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) E-Discovery
2 18 (52.94%) Records Management
3 17 (50.00%) Information Governance
4 13 (38.24%) Data Loss Prevention
5 11 (32.35%) Runbook
6 9 (26.47%) Case Management
6 9 (26.47%) Data Architecture
7 8 (23.53%) CI/CD
7 8 (23.53%) Incident Response
7 8 (23.53%) Internal Audit
8 7 (20.59%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (17.65%) High Availability
10 5 (14.71%) Identity Management
11 3 (8.82%) Migration
11 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (8.82%) Zero Trust
12 2 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
12 2 (5.88%) Service Design
12 2 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) PowerShell
2 10 (29.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (64.71%) GDPR
2 11 (32.35%) FINRA
2 11 (32.35%) MiFID
Vendors
1 32 (94.12%) Microsoft