Hybrid/Remote Microsoft 365 Administrator Contract Job Trends

Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin)
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft 365 Administrator (M365 Admin) daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 320 370
Rank change year-on-year +14 +50 +184
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Administrator 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.042% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.046% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £310 - £294
25th Percentile £325 £425 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £443
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +1.69% -6.84%
75th Percentile £375 £475 £507
90th Percentile £390 - £533
UK median daily rate £310 £475 £388
% change year-on-year -34.74% +22.58% -18.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,476 10,969 16,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 93.14% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 6,942 11,190
10th Percentile £326 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 202 362
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.62 £23.50 £26.24
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -28.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft 365 Administrator' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 Administrator job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Microsoft 365 Administrator
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Microsoft 365 Administrator job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Microsoft 365 Administrator job vacancies

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Microsoft 365 Administrator 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Microsoft 365 Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Okta
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust

Microsoft 365 Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) RBAC
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Okta
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow