Hybrid/Remote Microsoft 365 Consultant Contract Job Trends

Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant)
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant) daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £543, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 317 387
Rank change year-on-year +7 +70 +186
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Consultant 12 6 15
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.050% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.053% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 13
10th Percentile £436 £528 £363
25th Percentile £475 £550 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +33.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 - £550
90th Percentile £631 - £635
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £483
% change year-on-year -8.70% +19.17% -5.85%

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 9,396 11,293 17,427
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 93.20% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,146 7,100 12,209
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 196 380
10th Percentile £14.84 £19.45 £17.13
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.42 £25.99
Median hourly rate £41.50 £41.53 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% -17.76% +1.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Microsoft 365 Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft 365 Consultant over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Microsoft 365 Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Microsoft 365 Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Microsoft 365 Consultant job vacancies

Microsoft 365 Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Microsoft 365 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Microsoft 365 Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (58.33%) Azure
3 7 (58.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (50.00%) Migration
4 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 4 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
5 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
5 4 (33.33%) PowerApps
5 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) Identity Management
6 3 (25.00%) ITIL
6 3 (25.00%) Power Automate
6 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) Windows
7 2 (16.67%) Agile
7 2 (16.67%) AWS
7 2 (16.67%) B2B
7 2 (16.67%) Backlog Management
7 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (16.67%) Firewall
7 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (16.67%) Mimecast

Microsoft 365 Consultant 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 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (33.33%) PowerApps
4 3 (25.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (16.67%) AWS
5 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (16.67%) Mimecast
6 1 (8.33%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (8.33%) ShareGate
6 1 (8.33%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) REST
1 2 (16.67%) SPFx
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) B2B
4 2 (16.67%) Backlog Management
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) Threat Management
4 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
5 1 (8.33%) Information Security
5 1 (8.33%) Service Design
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
5 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Remedy
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Sophos