Microsoft 365 Architect Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
South East > Surrey

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in Surrey is £935, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £824 - -
25th Percentile £854 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £935 - -
75th Percentile £984 - -
90th Percentile £994 - -
South East median daily rate £760 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 449 294 551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 96.08% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 196 412
10th Percentile £204 £184 £201
25th Percentile £400 £263 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -7.75% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £613
90th Percentile £688 £656 £688
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 28 54
10th Percentile £42.32 £20.00 £12.34
25th Percentile £60.00 £24.18 £13.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £25.08 £22.54
Median % change year-on-year +169.19% +11.25% -49.91%
75th Percentile £85.40 £36.16 £58.00
90th Percentile £88.21 £62.50 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +50.77% -31.58% +5.56%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancy trend in Surrey

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in Surrey over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in Surrey

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Camberley - 1 £1,000 -
Microsoft 365 Architect
South East

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Surrey region featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) E-Discovery
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) OpenID
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust

Microsoft 365 Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft