Microsoft 365 Consultant Contract Job Trends 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 £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 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
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 365 414
Rank change year-on-year -1 +49 +94
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Consultant 8 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.050% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.054% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 9
10th Percentile £439 £425 £350
25th Percentile £478 £435 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £531 £600 £488
90th Percentile £588 - £520
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £475
% change year-on-year -3.23% +14.21% -7.32%
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
% change year-on-year - - -21.99%

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 13,932 16,635 20,391
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.38% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,508 9,936 13,712
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £390
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% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,261 1,573 1,155
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.40 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.84% +10.00% +86.05%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant job vacancies 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 30 August 2025.

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

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant job vacancies 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 30 August 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
South East +16 2 £550 +22.22% 5
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
South West +26 1 £500 -16.67%
North West - 1 £425 -
Scotland - 1 - - 5
East of England - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 £425 - 2
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 30 August 2025, 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 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (12.50%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (12.50%) GTM Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
6 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
6 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Commercialisation
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
6 1 (12.50%) GCP
6 1 (12.50%) Server Building
6 1 (12.50%) Power BI
6 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Value Proposition
6 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
6 1 (12.50%) Document Management
6 1 (12.50%) Google

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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Commercialisation
3 1 (12.50%) Document Management
3 1 (12.50%) GTM Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Server Building
3 1 (12.50%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce