Microsoft 365 Manager Contracts

Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Manager (M365 Manager) daily rate in the UK is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 647 688
Rank change year-on-year +102 +41 -90
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Manager 26 40 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.070% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.074% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 28 137
10th Percentile - £384 £363
25th Percentile £500 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £540 £465
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% +16.13% +3.33%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £540
90th Percentile £643 £679 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £601 £425
% change year-on-year +8.20% +41.35% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Microsoft 365 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Manager.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Manager in the UK

Microsoft 365 Manager
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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 +98 21 £540 - 2
London +93 13 £540 - 2
Work from Home +101 12 £525 +5.00% 1
UK excluding London +52 5 £650 +8.20%
South East +30 3 £775 +15.97%
North of England +34 2 £563 +125.00%
North West +21 1 £475 +90.00%
North East - 1 £650 -

Microsoft 365 Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Manager 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 job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Manager in the job title.

1 24 (92.31%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (73.08%) Microsoft
3 14 (53.85%) SharePoint
3 14 (53.85%) Agile
4 12 (46.15%) Project Management
4 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
5 8 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 8 (30.77%) Azure
6 7 (26.92%) Legal
7 6 (23.08%) Migration
7 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
7 6 (23.08%) OneDrive
7 6 (23.08%) Power BI
7 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
7 6 (23.08%) PowerApps
8 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
8 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
8 5 (19.23%) DevOps
8 5 (19.23%) Finance
9 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
9 4 (15.38%) Windows
9 4 (15.38%) Performance Testing
9 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (11.54%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
10 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills

Microsoft 365 Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (53.85%) SharePoint
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (92.31%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (30.77%) Azure
3 6 (23.08%) OneDrive
3 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 6 (23.08%) PowerApps
4 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) CTI
1 2 (7.69%) Internet
1 2 (7.69%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Power BI
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Legal
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) German Language
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Electronics
5 2 (7.69%) Games
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Law
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Agile
2 12 (46.15%) Project Management
3 8 (30.77%) Waterfall
4 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (23.08%) Migration
4 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
5 5 (19.23%) DevOps
5 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 4 (15.38%) Performance Testing
6 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.54%) Functional Testing
7 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
7 3 (11.54%) Scrum
7 3 (11.54%) Test Strategy
8 2 (7.69%) Agile Project Management
8 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 2 (7.69%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Google
2 1 (3.85%) SAP