Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 547 668
Rank change year-on-year +46 +121 -174
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 81 165 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.29% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 138 140
10th Percentile £163 £213 £170
25th Percentile £225 £295 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £394
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +7.94% +10.92%
75th Percentile £488 £508 £493
90th Percentile £575 £568 £553
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £425 £338
% change year-on-year -11.76% +25.93% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £28.65 -
25th Percentile - £28.88 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%
75th Percentile - £29.88 £30.00
90th Percentile - £29.95 £36.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -27.06%

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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 13 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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +55 74 £375 -6.25% 22
UK excluding London +16 46 £375 -11.76% 19
London +78 27 £450 +5.88% 5
Work from Home +86 22 £425 -10.53% 13
South East +4 14 £225 -35.71% 2
Midlands +40 12 £363 -28.22%
West Midlands +39 12 £363 -28.22%
South West +15 6 £425 +88.89% 8
East of England +10 6 £213 -55.26% 2
North of England +23 5 £375 -21.05% 4
North West +6 5 £375 -23.08% 2
Scotland +28 2 £538 +104.76%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Microsoft 365 Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 80 (98.77%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (72.84%) Microsoft
3 45 (55.56%) Azure
4 39 (48.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 35 (43.21%) Active Directory
6 34 (41.98%) Windows
7 29 (35.80%) SharePoint
8 25 (30.86%) PowerShell
9 22 (27.16%) Entra ID
10 21 (25.93%) OneDrive
10 21 (25.93%) Windows 10
11 20 (24.69%) Microsoft Intune
12 18 (22.22%) Security Cleared
13 17 (20.99%) Finance
13 17 (20.99%) SC Cleared
14 15 (18.52%) Windows Server
14 15 (18.52%) SCCM
15 14 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 14 (17.28%) Social Skills
16 13 (16.05%) Business Intelligence
17 12 (14.81%) Firewall
18 11 (13.58%) ITIL
19 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
20 9 (11.11%) Unified Communications
20 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
20 9 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
20 9 (11.11%) Public Sector
20 9 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
20 9 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
21 8 (9.88%) PowerApps

Microsoft 365 Engineer 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 39 (48.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (35.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.70%) IBM Domino
3 3 (3.70%) IBM Notes
4 2 (2.47%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) InfoPath
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 80 (98.77%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (55.56%) Azure
3 22 (27.16%) Entra ID
4 21 (25.93%) OneDrive
5 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
6 8 (9.88%) PowerApps
7 7 (8.64%) Power Automate
8 4 (4.94%) ShareGate
9 3 (3.70%) AWS
9 3 (3.70%) IaaS
9 3 (3.70%) Yammer
10 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (2.47%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.23%) NuGet
11 1 (1.23%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.81%) Firewall
2 9 (11.11%) Unified Communications
3 6 (7.41%) Network Security
4 5 (6.17%) DNS
5 4 (4.94%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.70%) SMTP
6 3 (3.70%) VoIP
7 2 (2.47%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (2.47%) MPLS
8 1 (1.23%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.23%) FTP
8 1 (1.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.41%) Power BI
3 2 (2.47%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 7 (8.64%) JIRA
General
1 17 (20.99%) Finance
2 14 (17.28%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.17%) Banking
5 4 (4.94%) Electronics
5 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.94%) Marketing
5 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Games
7 2 (2.47%) German Language
7 2 (2.47%) Local Government
8 1 (1.23%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Police
8 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (2.47%) SPFx
1 2 (2.47%) Web Services
2 1 (1.23%) COM
2 1 (1.23%) HTML
2 1 (1.23%) HTML5
2 1 (1.23%) JSON
2 1 (1.23%) React
2 1 (1.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.41%) Digital Signage
1 6 (7.41%) PKI
2 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.70%) Social Media
4 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.47%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.47%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 34 (41.98%) Windows
2 21 (25.93%) Windows 10
3 15 (18.52%) Windows Server
4 9 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (9.88%) Windows 7
6 3 (3.70%) Android
6 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.23%) Linux
7 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (16.05%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (13.58%) ITIL
4 8 (9.88%) Migration
5 7 (8.64%) Customer Service
5 7 (8.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 7 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (7.41%) Problem Management
6 6 (7.41%) Service Delivery
7 5 (6.17%) Change Control
7 5 (6.17%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (6.17%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (6.17%) Project Delivery
8 4 (4.94%) DevOps
8 4 (4.94%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (4.94%) Programme Management
9 3 (3.70%) Capacity Management
9 3 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (3.70%) SIEM
9 3 (3.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.70%) SQL
3 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.99%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.70%) Degree
5 2 (2.47%) CISM
5 2 (2.47%) CISSP
5 2 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.47%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (43.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.23%) Docker
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (24.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (18.52%) SCCM
3 9 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.47%) QRadar
4 2 (2.47%) Terraform
5 1 (1.23%) Autotask
Vendors
1 59 (72.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.41%) Cisco
2 6 (7.41%) Oracle
3 5 (6.17%) Citrix
4 4 (4.94%) SAP
4 4 (4.94%) VMware
5 3 (3.70%) IBM
5 3 (3.70%) Lotus
5 3 (3.70%) Proofpoint
5 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.47%) Apple
6 2 (2.47%) Google
6 2 (2.47%) Polycom
7 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.23%) Remedy
7 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.23%) Splunk
26 Microsoft 365 Engineer jobs Nationwide