Microsoft 365 Administrator Contracts

Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin) daily rate in the UK is £438 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 574 701 842
Rank change year-on-year +127 +141 -162
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Administrator 17 17 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.029% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.030% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 7
10th Percentile £296 £348 -
25th Percentile £425 £469 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £188
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +160.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £344
90th Percentile - £663 £458
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £488 £188
% change year-on-year +28.21% +160.00% -42.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Administrator in the UK

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Administrator within the UK 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
England +112 16 £450 -17.24% 5
Work from Home +127 12 £525 +7.69%
UK excluding London +69 12 £625 +28.21% 1
Midlands +31 6 £625 -
West Midlands - 6 £625 -
London +99 4 £343 - 4
South West +26 4 £425 +30.77%
South East - 1 £400 -
East of England - 1 - -

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (76.47%) Azure
2 13 (76.47%) SharePoint
3 11 (64.71%) PowerShell
4 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
5 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (41.18%) OneDrive
7 6 (35.29%) Proactive Management
7 6 (35.29%) Web SSO
7 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
8 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
8 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
8 5 (29.41%) JIRA
8 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
9 4 (23.53%) PaaS
9 4 (23.53%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (23.53%) Identity Management
9 4 (23.53%) Windows
10 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (17.65%) ITIL
10 3 (17.65%) Data Management
10 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
11 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (11.76%) Oracle
11 2 (11.76%) Project Management
11 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
11 2 (11.76%) NetSuite
12 1 (5.88%) Regulatory Compliance
12 1 (5.88%) Entra ID

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (76.47%) SharePoint
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (76.47%) Azure
3 7 (41.18%) OneDrive
4 4 (23.53%) PaaS
5 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) NAS
1 1 (5.88%) VoIP
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.88%) Banking
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Proactive Management
1 6 (35.29%) Web SSO
2 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
3 4 (23.53%) Identity Management
4 3 (17.65%) Data Management
4 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
6 1 (5.88%) Budget Responsibility
6 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.88%) DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) ERP
6 1 (5.88%) Migration
6 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.88%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (5.88%) Security Patching
6 1 (5.88%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Dell
3 1 (5.88%) HP