Microsoft 365 Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The median Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 442 506
Rank change year-on-year +63 +64 -93
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Consultant 12 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.063% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.067% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 16
10th Percentile £363 £413 £328
25th Percentile £428 £431 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £519 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +22.06% +13.33%
75th Percentile £536 £644 £550
90th Percentile £553 £663 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -26.67% +50.00%

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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
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 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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

Microsoft 365 Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +28 4 £438 -30.00% 4
South East +21 4 £495 +1.54% 1
West Midlands - 4 £438 - 3
North of England +27 3 £488 -7.14% 4
North West +19 2 £500 -4.76% 4
South West - 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £475 -
Microsoft 365 Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (33.33%) Migration
4 4 (33.33%) Azure
4 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) EDRMS
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Local Government
6 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
6 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (16.67%) ShareGate
6 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
6 2 (16.67%) Records Management
6 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 2 (16.67%) Windows
7 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
7 1 (8.33%) Application Security
7 1 (8.33%) Threat Modelling
7 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (8.33%) Information Governance

Microsoft 365 Consultant 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 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 2 (16.67%) ShareGate
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) EDRMS
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (8.33%) Android
2 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (16.67%) Information Security
2 2 (16.67%) Records Management
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) Application Security
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Data Security
3 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (8.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Security Management
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) CRISC
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Apple