Microsoft 365 Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The median Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 338 453
Rank change year-on-year +34 +115 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Specialist 5 4 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.051% 0.027% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.029% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £485 £248
25th Percentile - £538 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £425
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +52.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile - £675 £475
90th Percentile - - £520
UK median daily rate £452 £456 £450
% change year-on-year -0.93% +1.39% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.75 - -
Median hourly rate £63.50 £60.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% - -
75th Percentile £65.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £63.50 £60.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year +4.79% +175.45% -

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,198 13,724 22,626
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.64% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,183 9,248 16,034
10th Percentile £325 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 558 533
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.00 £22.50 £24.73
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.79%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Microsoft 365 Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 Specialist trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 Specialist.

Microsoft 365 Specialist daily rate 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 24 June 2025, 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 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Task Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) E-Discovery
2 4 (80.00%) Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) PSTN
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM

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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) PSTN
1 4 (80.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (80.00%) Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) E-Discovery
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) SAP