Microsoft 365 Architect Contracts

Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Architect (M365 Architect) daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 604 751
Rank change year-on-year +60 +147 -105
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Architect 35 80 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 57 59
10th Percentile £513 £504 £487
25th Percentile £539 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £700
90th Percentile £835 £810 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £55.00 -

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 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £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 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Architect over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Architect in the UK

Microsoft 365 Architect
Top 11 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 Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +62 32 £625 -15.54% 2
London +70 21 £606 -18.41% 1
Work from Home +72 16 £625 -15.54%
UK excluding London +43 8 £625 -7.41% 2
West Midlands - 4 £700 -
Midlands - 4 £700 -
North of England +27 1 - -
North West +14 1 - -
South West +9 1 - - 1
South East +8 1 £625 -9.09%
East of England - 1 £625 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Architect in the job title.

1 34 (97.14%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 26 (74.29%) Azure
4 19 (54.29%) SharePoint
5 14 (40.00%) Migration
6 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
7 11 (31.43%) Data Loss Prevention
7 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (28.57%) PowerShell
8 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (28.57%) OneDrive
8 10 (28.57%) Entra ID
9 8 (22.86%) Power Platform
9 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
9 8 (22.86%) Change Management
9 8 (22.86%) Finance
9 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
10 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
10 7 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
10 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (17.14%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (17.14%) Low-Code
11 6 (17.14%) Relational Database
11 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
11 6 (17.14%) Agile
11 6 (17.14%) Degree
11 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
12 5 (14.29%) Banking

Microsoft 365 Architect 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 19 (54.29%) SharePoint
2 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (97.14%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (74.29%) Azure
3 10 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 10 (28.57%) OneDrive
4 8 (22.86%) Power Platform
5 7 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) MPLS
1 4 (11.43%) PBX
1 4 (11.43%) PSTN
1 4 (11.43%) SNMP
1 4 (11.43%) VoIP
1 4 (11.43%) Wireshark
2 3 (8.57%) Network Security
3 2 (5.71%) DNS
3 2 (5.71%) Firewall
3 2 (5.71%) SSL
3 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.86%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.86%) Metadata
2 1 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
2 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.29%) Banking
3 5 (14.29%) Legal
4 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) OAuth
1 2 (5.71%) OpenID
1 2 (5.71%) SAML
1 2 (5.71%) SPML
2 1 (2.86%) CAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Low-Code
2 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) PKI
2 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
1 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Migration
2 11 (31.43%) Data Loss Prevention
3 8 (22.86%) Change Management
4 7 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (17.14%) Agile
5 6 (17.14%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 5 (14.29%) E-Discovery
6 5 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (14.29%) ITIL
6 5 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 5 (14.29%) Project Management
6 5 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (11.43%) Integration Testing
7 4 (11.43%) Load Balancing
7 4 (11.43%) Performance Monitoring
8 3 (8.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) Degree
4 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (8.57%) CISSP
6 2 (5.71%) CISA
6 2 (5.71%) CISM
7 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.86%) CCSP
7 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.29%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 30 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) CA