Microsoft 365 Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 446 513
Rank change year-on-year +60 +67 -82
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Administrator 12 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.038% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.040% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 5
10th Percentile - £333 -
25th Percentile £425 £416 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £488 £188
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% +160.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £250
90th Percentile - £663 £393
UK median daily rate £438 £488 £188
% change year-on-year -10.26% +160.00% -38.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,163 22,551 29,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.20% 95.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,700 15,818 20,751
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,248 1,160 1,483
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
Midlands +29 6 £625 -
West Midlands - 6 £625 -
South West +30 4 £425 +30.77%
South East - 1 £400 -
East of England - 1 - -
Microsoft 365 Administrator
UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Administrator 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 UK excluding London region featuring Microsoft 365 Administrator in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Azure
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (91.67%) SharePoint
3 9 (75.00%) PowerShell
4 6 (50.00%) Proactive Management
4 6 (50.00%) Web SSO
4 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 5 (41.67%) OneDrive
6 4 (33.33%) PaaS
6 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 4 (33.33%) JIRA
6 4 (33.33%) Problem Management
6 4 (33.33%) Identity Management
6 4 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (16.67%) ITIL
7 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
8 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
8 1 (8.33%) Server Patching
8 1 (8.33%) Security Patching
8 1 (8.33%) DevOps
8 1 (8.33%) Windows
8 1 (8.33%) Degree
8 1 (8.33%) Migration
8 1 (8.33%) Banking
8 1 (8.33%) Data Management

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 11 (91.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (41.67%) OneDrive
3 4 (33.33%) PaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (8.33%) Banking
1 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Proactive Management
1 6 (50.00%) Web SSO
2 4 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 4 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.33%) Data Management
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (8.33%) Security Patching
4 1 (8.33%) Server Patching
4 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft