Microsoft 365 Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The median Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 362 409
Rank change year-on-year -32 +47 +92
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Manager 5 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.036% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.039% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile £414 £425 £438
25th Percentile £428 £444 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £553 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.55% +5.24% +18.31%
75th Percentile £475 £700 £675
90th Percentile £490 £745 £710
UK median daily rate £483 £608 £625
% change year-on-year -20.58% -2.80% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £68.03 -
UK median hourly rate - £68.03 -

All Contract 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 15,294 15,420 19,586
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.19% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,471 8,872 12,986
10th Percentile £206 £220 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
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 1,488 1,063 1,273
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.55 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +85.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.75 £73.71 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%

Microsoft 365 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Microsoft 365 Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Microsoft 365 Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Microsoft 365 Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 +1 2 £410 -9.89% 1
North West - 1 £500 -
South West - 1 £450 -
East of England - 1 - - 4
North of England - 1 £500 -
Microsoft 365 Manager
UK

Microsoft 365 Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Microsoft 365 Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) HP ALM
4 1 (20.00%) IaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) Information Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Information Management

Microsoft 365 Manager 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) IaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Taxonomies
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Information Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Information Management
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (20.00%) Logistics
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) HP