Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £663 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 444 506
Rank change year-on-year +59 +62 -90
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 6 13 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.054% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.058% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile £534 £594 £468
25th Percentile £584 £622 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £663 £613
Median % change year-on-year - +8.16% +22.50%
75th Percentile £713 £697 £731
90th Percentile £735 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £585
% change year-on-year -10.71% +19.66% +11.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £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 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Architect
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 Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Midlands - 4 £700 -
West Midlands - 4 £700 -
North of England +24 1 - -
North West +17 1 - -
East of England - 1 £625 -
Microsoft 365 Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management

Microsoft 365 Architect 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (16.67%) CCSP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft