Microsoft 365 Developer Contracts

Microsoft 365 Developer (M365 Developer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Developer (M365 Developer) daily rate in the UK is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 574 702
Rank change year-on-year +81 +128 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Developer 27 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.018% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.020% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 10
10th Percentile £354 £395 £298
25th Percentile £455 £425 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +2.44% +16.48%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £597
90th Percentile £500 £545 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +4.44% +5.88% +3.03%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £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 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £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 -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Microsoft 365 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Developer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Developer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Developer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Developer
Top 11 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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +76 26 £470 -10.48% 2
UK excluding London +79 17 £470 +4.44% 2
North of England - 16 £470 -
Work from Home +55 15 £475 +18.75% 2
North West - 11 £470 -
London +37 6 £500 -4.76%
Yorkshire - 5 £465 -
Midlands - 4 £470 - 1
North East - 4 £470 -
West Midlands - 4 £470 - 1
South East - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Microsoft 365 Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (96.30%) SharePoint
3 24 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 24 (88.89%) Power Platform
4 22 (81.48%) PowerApps
5 21 (77.78%) PowerShell
6 20 (74.07%) Power Automate
7 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
8 16 (59.26%) HTML
8 16 (59.26%) JavaScript
8 16 (59.26%) CSS
9 15 (55.56%) Task Automation
10 14 (51.85%) Web Development
11 13 (48.15%) SPFx
11 13 (48.15%) TypeScript
11 13 (48.15%) React
12 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
13 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
14 5 (18.52%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (14.81%) Azure
16 3 (11.11%) Front End Development
17 2 (7.41%) User Experience
17 2 (7.41%) Translating Business Requirements
17 2 (7.41%) Tableau
17 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
17 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
17 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
17 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
17 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills

Microsoft 365 Developer 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 26 (96.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (88.89%) Power Platform
3 22 (81.48%) PowerApps
4 20 (74.07%) Power Automate
5 4 (14.81%) Azure
6 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MS Access
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.41%) Tableau
General
1 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
3 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (59.26%) CSS
1 16 (59.26%) HTML
2 13 (48.15%) React
2 13 (48.15%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Task Automation
2 14 (51.85%) Web Development
3 3 (11.11%) Front End Development
4 2 (7.41%) Agile
4 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
4 2 (7.41%) Data Integration
4 2 (7.41%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.41%) Data Modelling
4 2 (7.41%) Migration
4 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (7.41%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (7.41%) User Experience
4 2 (7.41%) UX Design
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) ITIL
5 1 (3.70%) Process Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (3.70%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) PowerShell
2 16 (59.26%) JavaScript
3 13 (48.15%) TypeScript
4 2 (7.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Microsoft