Microsoft 365 Consultant Contracts

Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Consultant (M365 Consultant) daily rate in the UK is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 649 793
Rank change year-on-year +93 +144 -183
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Consultant 31 46 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.082% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.087% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 33 36
10th Percentile £363 £325 £388
25th Percentile £413 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £566 £638 £550
90th Percentile £600 £693 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +9.68%
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

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 39,824 53,123 83,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.61% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,845 37,082 58,755
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,796 1,480 1,998
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.28 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%

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 29 May 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 29 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 +94 28 £475 -2.56% 7
Work from Home +100 14 £450 -10.00% 6
London +80 14 £450 - 3
UK excluding London +52 14 £500 +5.26% 8
Midlands +18 4 £438 -30.00% 2
West Midlands +18 4 £438 +9.38% 2
South West - 4 £600 -
North of England +30 3 £488 -7.14% 1
South East +5 3 £450 -5.26% 1
North West +22 2 £500 -4.76% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £475 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 29 (93.55%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
3 15 (48.39%) Azure
4 12 (38.71%) SharePoint
4 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
5 11 (35.48%) Entra ID
6 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (22.58%) Migration
8 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
9 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
9 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (19.35%) PowerShell
9 6 (19.35%) Finance
9 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
9 6 (19.35%) OneDrive
9 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
10 5 (16.13%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (16.13%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (16.13%) Windows
10 5 (16.13%) SAP
10 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
10 5 (16.13%) Electronics
10 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
10 5 (16.13%) Degree
10 5 (16.13%) Digital Marketing
10 5 (16.13%) Marketing
10 5 (16.13%) Programme Management

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 (38.71%) SharePoint
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 29 (93.55%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (48.39%) Azure
3 11 (35.48%) Entra ID
4 6 (19.35%) OneDrive
5 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
7 3 (9.68%) Power Automate
8 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (6.45%) IaaS
8 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
8 2 (6.45%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) EDRMS
1 2 (6.45%) Power BI
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
2 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.13%) Electronics
3 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
3 5 (16.13%) Marketing
3 5 (16.13%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Local Government
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (22.58%) Migration
3 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (16.13%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (16.13%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (16.13%) Programme Management
5 4 (12.90%) Cloud Security
6 3 (9.68%) Change Management
6 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.45%) Customer Experience
7 2 (6.45%) Data Security
7 2 (6.45%) DevOps
7 2 (6.45%) Information Security
7 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.45%) Records Management
8 1 (3.23%) Application Security
8 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (3.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
1 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.13%) Degree
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.23%) CISM
4 1 (3.23%) CISSP
4 1 (3.23%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
1 2 (6.45%) GRC
1 2 (6.45%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) SAP
3 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.45%) VMware
5 1 (3.23%) Veeam