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 £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 386 434
Rank change year-on-year +50 +48 +64
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Specialist 7 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.020% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.021% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £388 £448 £271
25th Percentile £415 £481 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £431
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +33.33% -1.43%
75th Percentile £500 £694 £475
90th Percentile £515 £728 £520
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -

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 11,837 18,742 21,756
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 92.49% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,537 11,429 15,189
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 2,251 1,113
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £27.24 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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
Midlands +15 2 £465 -38.07%
Scotland +10 2 £445 -11.00%
South West - 2 £475 - 1
West Midlands +11 1 £429 -42.80%
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £500 -
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 16 May 2025, 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
3 3 (42.86%) Power Automate
3 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Power BI
4 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
4 2 (28.57%) CRM
4 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
5 1 (14.29%) Metadata
5 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) PBX
5 1 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Degree

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 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Power Automate
2 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Metadata Management
4 1 (14.29%) QMS
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft