Microsoft 365 Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 362 395
Rank change year-on-year -5 +33 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 6 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.072% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.078% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 7
10th Percentile - £475 £485
25th Percentile - £481 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile - £638 £681
90th Percentile - £648 £723
UK median daily rate £700 £565 £710
% change year-on-year +23.89% -20.42% +13.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £56.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £55.00

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 13,807 16,641 20,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 92.36% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,451 9,909 13,671
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,252 1,562 1,156
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -42.78% +11.13% +83.95%
75th Percentile £54.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £76.62
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect
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 Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 September 2025. 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
West Midlands -8 3 - - 2
Midlands -10 3 - - 2
South West +23 1 £500 +2.56%
South East +18 1 - -
North West -6 1 - -
North of England -11 1 - -
Microsoft 365 Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 2025, Microsoft 365 Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Trello
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) AppDynamics
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (16.67%) ShareGate
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Storage

Microsoft 365 Architect 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Storage
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Data Security
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) AppDynamics
2 1 (16.67%) Google