Microsoft 365 Business Analyst Contracts

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst (M365 BA)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Business Analyst (M365 BA) daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 577 696
Rank change year-on-year +53 +119 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Business Analyst 2 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.014% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.015% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £234 £425
25th Percentile £363 £339 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £388 £428 £534
90th Percentile - £481 £556
UK excluding London median daily rate - £325 £500
% change year-on-year - -35.00% -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,094 40,274 56,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,701 26,219 39,262
10th Percentile £300 £276 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,672 1,567
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.38
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Business Analyst in the UK

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Business Analyst in the UK

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Top 3 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 Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +66 2 £375 +1.69%
London +45 2 £375 +1.69%
Work from Home +40 1 £375 +1.69%

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Microsoft 365 Business Analyst 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 Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) VMS
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Human Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) VMS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Human Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft