Microsoft Consultant Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Consultant
UK

The median Microsoft Consultant daily rate in the UK is £521, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 512 557
Rank change year-on-year -34 +45 +193
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 38 28 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.083% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.090% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 15
10th Percentile £463 £429 £428
25th Percentile £480 £454 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £613
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -14.29% +22.50%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £700
90th Percentile £613 £718 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £613 £638
% change year-on-year -14.29% -3.92% +21.43%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 33,673 31,116 40,613
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 92.74% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,283 19,110 27,220
10th Percentile £295 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 971 1,564
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.02 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +44.81%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Microsoft Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Consultant over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Top 12 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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 28 December 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 -28 25 £521 -2.02% 84
London -3 14 £521 -15.88% 11
UK excluding London -44 14 £525 -14.29% 75
Work from Home -2 13 £500 -4.76% 77
Scotland +8 4 £583 +5.91% 6
South West - 3 £475 - 8
South East -15 2 £575 +4.55% 22
West Midlands -25 2 £500 - 7
Midlands -39 2 £500 - 10
North of England -41 2 £550 -10.20% 18
Yorkshire - 2 £550 - 11
Wales - 1 £525 - 2

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, Microsoft Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Microsoft Consultant in the job title.

1 34 (89.47%) Microsoft
2 15 (39.47%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (28.95%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (23.68%) Azure
4 9 (23.68%) Migration
4 9 (23.68%) Power Automate
5 8 (21.05%) Entra ID
6 7 (18.42%) Data Loss Prevention
6 7 (18.42%) Data Modelling
6 7 (18.42%) Power Platform
6 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
6 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (15.79%) GDPR
7 6 (15.79%) Knowledge Transfer
7 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
7 6 (15.79%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
8 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
8 5 (13.16%) CRM
8 5 (13.16%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (13.16%) Data Migration
8 5 (13.16%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (13.16%) ERP
8 5 (13.16%) PowerApps
8 5 (13.16%) QA
8 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
9 4 (10.53%) Business Analysis
9 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (10.53%) Degree

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (39.47%) Dynamics 365
2 11 (28.95%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (23.68%) Azure
3 9 (23.68%) Power Automate
4 8 (21.05%) Entra ID
5 7 (18.42%) Power Platform
6 5 (13.16%) PowerApps
7 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (7.89%) OneDrive
8 3 (7.89%) ShareGate
9 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (2.63%) GitHub
10 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) PBX
1 1 (2.63%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Finance
3 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Banking
4 2 (5.26%) Marketing
4 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) PySpark
1 2 (5.26%) REST
1 2 (5.26%) SPFx
2 1 (2.63%) .NET
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Migration
2 7 (18.42%) Data Loss Prevention
2 7 (18.42%) Data Modelling
2 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (15.79%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (15.79%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
4 5 (13.16%) CRM
4 5 (13.16%) Customer Engagement
4 5 (13.16%) Data Migration
4 5 (13.16%) ERP
4 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
5 4 (10.53%) Business Analysis
5 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.53%) DevOps
5 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.89%) Analytics
6 3 (7.89%) Mentoring
6 3 (7.89%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.63%) Python
3 1 (2.63%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) GDPR
2 5 (13.16%) QA
3 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.63%) NIST
4 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (89.47%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) Databricks
3 1 (2.63%) Ribbon
3 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow