Microsoft 365 Expert Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The median Microsoft 365 Expert (M365 Expert) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 347 403
Rank change year-on-year -49 +56 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Expert 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.007% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.73%
UK median daily rate £450 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +22.73%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 16,548 13,436 18,127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 92.34% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,191 7,978 11,768
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,650 749 1,283
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% -31.75% +80.14%
75th Percentile £58.63 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Microsoft 365 Expert
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft 365 Expert' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Microsoft 365 Expert job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Expert
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Microsoft 365 Expert
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 Expert within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Yorkshire - 2 £450 - 1
North of England - 2 £450 - 1
Microsoft 365 Expert
UK

Microsoft 365 Expert Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Microsoft 365 Expert 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 UK excluding London region featuring Microsoft 365 Expert in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Microsoft 365 Expert Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft