Microsoft 365 Expert Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft 365 Expert (M365 Expert)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Microsoft 365 Expert (M365 Expert) daily rate in South Yorkshire 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 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Expert 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 714 258 400
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 86.87% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 156 245
10th Percentile £316 £183 £355
25th Percentile £400 £312 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £538 £598 £612
90th Percentile £610 £684 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 13
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £12.63
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -9.53% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £46.25
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +30.95% +5.00% -6.98%

Microsoft 365 Expert
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield - 2 £450 - 1
Microsoft 365 Expert
Yorkshire

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

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 South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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