Microsoft 365 Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The median Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 451 496
Rank change year-on-year +64 +45 -89
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Specialist 4 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.021% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.022% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 13
10th Percentile £448 £271 £229
25th Percentile £481 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £431 £425
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +1.47% +13.33%
75th Percentile £694 £475 £450
90th Percentile £728 £520 £473
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - +12.50%

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 19,146 22,670 29,649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,707 15,894 20,753
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £595 £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 2,224 1,166 1,488
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.46 £12.04
25th Percentile £15.74 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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

Microsoft 365 Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
South East +21 2 £550 +155.81%
Scotland +33 1 £500 +15.94%
Midlands - 1 £750 -
West Midlands - 1 £750 -
Microsoft 365 Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Microsoft 365 Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Power BI
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) CCSP

Microsoft 365 Specialist 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 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Google