Microsoft 365 Developer Contract Job Trends

Microsoft 365 Developer (M365 Developer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Developer (M365 Developer) daily rate in the UK is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 September 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
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 557 625
Rank change year-on-year +7 +68 +176
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Developer 1 13 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.034% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.037% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 5
10th Percentile - - £277
25th Percentile - £400 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +42.86% -20.45%
75th Percentile - £550 £444
90th Percentile - £568 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate - £538 £278
% change year-on-year - +93.69% -47.64%

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 29,660 35,201 46,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.93% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,746 21,341 31,770
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,598 1,564 1,514
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.02
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.61 £74.83 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -41.69% -2.82% +101.14%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Developer job vacancies in the UK

Microsoft 365 Developer
Top 2 Contract Job 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 29 September 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 +13 1 £750 +42.86% 3
London +12 1 £750 +50.00% 1

Microsoft 365 Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 September 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft