Microsoft 365 Manager Contracts

Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager) daily rate in the UK is £523, 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 490 552 679
Rank change year-on-year +62 +127 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Manager 30 30 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.069% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.074% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 28
10th Percentile £461 £481 £384
25th Percentile £486 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £533 £539
Median % change year-on-year -1.88% -1.16% +19.72%
75th Percentile £581 £584 £656
90th Percentile £744 £631 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £606
% change year-on-year -9.09% -9.20% +42.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00

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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
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 Manager 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 +57 25 £519 -3.94% 5
London +45 18 £550 +1.85% 4
Work from Home +40 12 £613 +22.50% 4
UK excluding London +60 7 £500 -9.09% 2
South East +46 3 - - 1
North of England +16 2 £494 -5.95% 1
Yorkshire +9 2 £494 -14.13% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
South West - 1 £513 -

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

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

1 25 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (56.67%) Agile
3 14 (46.67%) Project Management
4 13 (43.33%) SharePoint
4 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
5 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 10 (33.33%) Finance
7 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (30.00%) OneDrive
7 9 (30.00%) Azure
8 7 (23.33%) Waterfall
8 7 (23.33%) Power Platform
8 7 (23.33%) ITIL
8 7 (23.33%) Migration
9 6 (20.00%) Windows
9 6 (20.00%) PMP
9 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (16.67%) People Management
10 5 (16.67%) PRINCE2
10 5 (16.67%) Banking
10 5 (16.67%) Power Automate
11 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
11 4 (13.33%) Business Continuity
11 4 (13.33%) Statistical Analysis
11 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (13.33%) Adobe
11 4 (13.33%) PMI Certification
11 4 (13.33%) Acrobat
11 4 (13.33%) Service Management

Microsoft 365 Manager 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 (43.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 25 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (30.00%) Azure
2 9 (30.00%) OneDrive
3 7 (23.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (16.67%) Power Automate
5 4 (13.33%) PowerApps
6 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
7 2 (6.67%) Google Workspace
7 2 (6.67%) Snowflake
8 1 (3.33%) AWS
8 1 (3.33%) Mimecast
8 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) DHCP
1 1 (3.33%) DNS
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
1 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.33%) VLAN
1 1 (3.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (16.67%) Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Legal
5 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Aviation
6 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Low-Code
1 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Agile
2 14 (46.67%) Project Management
3 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (23.33%) ITIL
4 7 (23.33%) Migration
4 7 (23.33%) Waterfall
5 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.67%) People Management
6 5 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (13.33%) Business Continuity
7 4 (13.33%) DevOps
7 4 (13.33%) ITSM
7 4 (13.33%) Project Governance
7 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
7 4 (13.33%) Service Management
7 4 (13.33%) Statistical Analysis
7 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
8 3 (10.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) PMP
2 4 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 3 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) HP ALM
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.33%) SCCM
3 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Adobe
3 3 (10.00%) HP
4 2 (6.67%) Citrix
4 2 (6.67%) Google