Microsoft Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 357 392
Rank change year-on-year -17 +35 +101
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 10 5 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.029% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.031% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 19
10th Percentile £423 £482 £453
25th Percentile £463 £502 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +2.38% -
75th Percentile £519 £563 £600
90th Percentile £562 £585 £690
UK median daily rate £481 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -10.47% +2.38% +5.00%

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 14,261 15,903 19,853
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.62% 92.27% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,772 9,032 13,229
10th Percentile £206 £220 £220
25th Percentile £363 £370 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,341 1,203 1,255
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.40 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.47 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%

Microsoft Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Microsoft Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Consultant in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Microsoft 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 Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 October 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 West +20 3 £475 -20.83% 2
Scotland - 3 £583 - 4
South East +8 2 £438 -20.45% 2
Wales - 1 £525 - 2
East of England - 1 - -
Microsoft Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) Migration
3 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
5 5 (50.00%) Azure
5 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
6 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (40.00%) Data Migration
6 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
6 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
6 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
7 3 (30.00%) Finance
7 3 (30.00%) Validation
7 3 (30.00%) Change Management
7 3 (30.00%) Document Management
7 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (30.00%) QA
7 3 (30.00%) OneDrive
7 3 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (30.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (30.00%) ShareGate
7 3 (30.00%) GDPR
8 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
8 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
8 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Consultant 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 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (30.00%) OneDrive
3 3 (30.00%) ShareGate
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) SPFx
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) Document Management
3 3 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Data Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Commercialisation
5 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Runbook
5 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft