Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in Work from Home is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 405 580
Rank change year-on-year +81 +175 -131
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 17 50 39
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.20% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.21% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 40 32
10th Percentile £513 £524 £490
25th Percentile £522 £648 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £740 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +18.40% +13.64%
75th Percentile £850 £743 £681
90th Percentile £925 £810 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

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 13,766 23,608 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 16,691 30,789
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 541 595
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.71 £19.45
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.19 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Microsoft 365 Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft 365 Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Architect
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 Architect.

Microsoft 365 Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 Architect over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

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

Microsoft 365 Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft 365 Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
3 14 (82.35%) Azure
4 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
5 8 (47.06%) Entra ID
5 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
6 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
6 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (35.29%) Relational Database
7 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
7 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
7 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
7 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
8 5 (29.41%) Low-Code
8 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (29.41%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (29.41%) Data Modelling
9 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (23.53%) Migration
9 4 (23.53%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (23.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 4 (23.53%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
9 4 (23.53%) Strategic Roadmap
10 3 (17.65%) OneDrive
10 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (17.65%) PowerShell

Microsoft 365 Architect 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 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (82.35%) Azure
3 8 (47.06%) Entra ID
4 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
5 5 (29.41%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (17.65%) OneDrive
7 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
7 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Intranet
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.88%) Metadata
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) CAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Low-Code
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Data Modelling
1 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (23.53%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (23.53%) Migration
2 4 (23.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 4 (23.53%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
2 4 (23.53%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (11.76%) Information Security
4 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
5 1 (5.88%) Agile
5 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.88%) Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.88%) Remediation Plan
5 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (5.88%) CCSP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Microsoft