Microsoft 365 Consultant Contracts

Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant) daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 650 799
Rank change year-on-year +94 +149 -166
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Consultant 28 47 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.085% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.090% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 35 36
10th Percentile £363 £325 £388
25th Percentile £413 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £550
90th Percentile £628 £685 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £506 £425
% change year-on-year -1.23% +19.12% +11.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £66.80
25th Percentile - £53.50 £68.00
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £56.50 £87.50
90th Percentile - - £92.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant in the UK

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant in the UK

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Consultant over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Consultant in the UK

Microsoft 365 Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Consultant in the UK

Microsoft 365 Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +79 27 £463 -7.50% 8
London +78 14 £450 - 2
UK excluding London +25 13 £500 -1.23% 11
Work from Home +94 12 £450 -10.00% 7
West Midlands +21 4 £438 +9.38% 3
Midlands +14 4 £438 -28.57% 3
South West - 4 £600 -
South East +14 3 £450 -5.26% 1
North of England +16 2 £475 -9.52% 2
North West +13 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £475 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Microsoft 365 Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 26 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 14 (50.00%) Azure
4 12 (42.86%) SharePoint
5 11 (39.29%) Entra ID
5 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
6 9 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
8 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
8 6 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (21.43%) OneDrive
8 6 (21.43%) Finance
8 6 (21.43%) Migration
8 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
9 5 (17.86%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (17.86%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (17.86%) Programme Management
9 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
9 5 (17.86%) Electronics
9 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
9 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
9 5 (17.86%) SAP
9 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
9 5 (17.86%) Degree
9 5 (17.86%) Marketing
9 5 (17.86%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (14.29%) Windows

Microsoft 365 Consultant 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 12 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 26 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (50.00%) Azure
3 11 (39.29%) Entra ID
4 6 (21.43%) OneDrive
5 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (14.29%) Power Platform
7 3 (10.71%) Power Automate
8 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (7.14%) IaaS
8 2 (7.14%) PowerApps
8 2 (7.14%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) EDRMS
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 5 (17.86%) Electronics
3 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
3 5 (17.86%) Marketing
3 5 (17.86%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Local Government
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (21.43%) Migration
2 6 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (17.86%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (17.86%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (17.86%) Programme Management
4 4 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 3 (10.71%) Change Management
5 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.14%) Customer Experience
6 2 (7.14%) DevOps
6 2 (7.14%) Information Security
6 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Records Management
7 1 (3.57%) Analytics
7 1 (3.57%) Application Security
7 1 (3.57%) Information Governance
7 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CISM
4 1 (3.57%) CISSP
4 1 (3.57%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) GDPR
1 2 (7.14%) GRC
1 2 (7.14%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) SAP
3 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.57%) Veeam
4 1 (3.57%) VMware