Microsoft 365 Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The median Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist) daily rate in Work from Home is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 463 617
Rank change year-on-year +115 +154 -165
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Specialist 4 7 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.027% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.028% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 15
10th Percentile £503 £198 £325
25th Percentile £581 £259 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £694 £506 £459
90th Percentile £728 £538 £505
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £448
% change year-on-year +2.78% +0.56% +11.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,380 24,650 42,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,617 17,416 30,864
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 564 610
10th Percentile £14.30 £18.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Microsoft 365 Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 Specialist.

Microsoft 365 Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 Specialist over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Microsoft 365 Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Microsoft 365 Specialist 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Microsoft 365 Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Agile

Microsoft 365 Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) CCSP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft