Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 688 850 1042
Rank change year-on-year +162 +192 -376
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 211 131 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 191 122 165
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,590 £29,100
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,625 - £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.42% +11.76% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +159 196 £46,000 -23.33% 22
UK excluding London +88 136 £43,500 -8.42% 16
London +134 70 £65,000 - 7
Work from Home +78 45 £52,250 -0.48% 8
North of England +65 41 £43,500 +17.57% 3
South East +30 34 £45,000 -26.53% 2
North West +23 25 £43,500 +74.00% 2
South West -15 23 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Yorkshire +90 16 £42,137 +13.12% 1
East of England +30 13 £40,000 +42.86% 3
Midlands -9 12 £50,000 -13.04% 2
West Midlands +8 10 £50,000 -13.04%
Northern Ireland +35 9 £35,000 - 3
Scotland -57 4 £36,500 -16.57%
East Midlands -17 2 £44,500 -17.21% 2

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 210 (99.53%) Microsoft 365
2 177 (83.89%) Microsoft
3 147 (69.67%) Azure
4 102 (48.34%) Active Directory
5 99 (46.92%) Windows
6 89 (42.18%) Microsoft Exchange
7 83 (39.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 74 (35.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 69 (32.70%) SharePoint
10 66 (31.28%) Windows Server
11 65 (30.81%) PowerShell
12 47 (22.27%) Social Skills
13 46 (21.80%) Entra ID
14 45 (21.33%) Hyper-V
15 44 (20.85%) ITIL
16 42 (19.91%) OneDrive
17 39 (18.48%) VMware
18 34 (16.11%) Citrix
18 34 (16.11%) Degree
18 34 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
19 33 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
20 32 (15.17%) DNS
20 32 (15.17%) Power Platform
21 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
22 29 (13.74%) Finance
23 28 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
24 27 (12.80%) Migration
25 26 (12.32%) AWS
26 25 (11.85%) DHCP
27 23 (10.90%) Incident Management

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 89 (42.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (32.70%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.79%) SharePoint 2010
3 8 (3.79%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.79%) InfoPath
4 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 210 (99.53%) Microsoft 365
2 147 (69.67%) Azure
3 46 (21.80%) Entra ID
4 42 (19.91%) OneDrive
5 32 (15.17%) Power Platform
6 26 (12.32%) AWS
7 14 (6.64%) Mimecast
8 13 (6.16%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (5.69%) Power Automate
9 12 (5.69%) PowerApps
10 8 (3.79%) GCP
10 8 (3.79%) WhatsApp
11 6 (2.84%) Slack
12 5 (2.37%) SaaS
13 4 (1.90%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.90%) Serverless
14 3 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (15.17%) DNS
2 25 (11.85%) DHCP
3 21 (9.95%) Firewall
4 16 (7.58%) WAN
5 12 (5.69%) LAN
5 12 (5.69%) VoIP
6 11 (5.21%) Unified Communications
7 8 (3.79%) FTP
7 8 (3.79%) HTTP
8 7 (3.32%) VPN
9 6 (2.84%) VLAN
10 4 (1.90%) Internet
10 4 (1.90%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.95%) Network Security
11 2 (0.95%) SAN
11 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.95%) WLAN
12 1 (0.47%) MPLS
12 1 (0.47%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.42%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 47 (22.27%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.74%) Finance
3 20 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (3.32%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.84%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.37%) Electronics
7 5 (2.37%) Marketing
7 5 (2.37%) Retail
7 5 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.90%) Law
9 3 (1.42%) Local Government
10 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.79%) COM
1 8 (3.79%) HTML
1 8 (3.79%) HTML5
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.95%) SPFx
3 1 (0.47%) ADSI
3 1 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.58%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.69%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.32%) BYOD
4 6 (2.84%) Blackberry
5 3 (1.42%) iPad
5 3 (1.42%) Mobile Computing
5 3 (1.42%) Replication
6 2 (0.95%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.95%) EMC VNX
6 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.47%) Derivative
7 1 (0.47%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.47%) iPhone
7 1 (0.47%) PKI
7 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.47%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 99 (46.92%) Windows
2 66 (31.28%) Windows Server
3 21 (9.95%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.32%) Android
5 7 (3.32%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.90%) Linux
9 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.95%) CentOS
10 2 (0.95%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.95%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (35.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (20.85%) ITIL
3 34 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (12.80%) Migration
6 23 (10.90%) Incident Management
7 22 (10.43%) Roadmaps
8 20 (9.48%) Capacity Planning
9 19 (9.00%) Computer Science
9 19 (9.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (8.06%) Customer Service
10 17 (8.06%) Proactive Monitoring
11 15 (7.11%) Task Automation
12 14 (6.64%) Mentoring
13 13 (6.16%) Server Management
14 12 (5.69%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (5.69%) Project Delivery
14 12 (5.69%) Service Delivery
15 11 (5.21%) Coaching
15 11 (5.21%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (30.81%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.79%) JavaScript
3 7 (3.32%) SQL
4 4 (1.90%) R
5 2 (0.95%) Bash
6 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (16.11%) Degree
2 19 (9.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 19 (9.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (4.74%) MCSE
4 8 (3.79%) MCITP
4 8 (3.79%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.79%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.37%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.95%) CCNA
8 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.21%) SLA
2 1 (0.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 102 (48.34%) Active Directory
2 45 (21.33%) Hyper-V
3 28 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.27%) XenDesktop
5 8 (3.79%) XenApp
6 6 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.95%) Docker
7 2 (0.95%) vSphere
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 83 (39.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (10.43%) SCCM
3 11 (5.21%) Terraform
4 5 (2.37%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.90%) CASB
6 3 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.95%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.95%) Nagios
8 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 177 (83.89%) Microsoft
2 39 (18.48%) VMware
3 34 (16.11%) Citrix
4 17 (8.06%) Cisco
5 12 (5.69%) Dell
6 10 (4.74%) Google
7 9 (4.27%) HP
7 9 (4.27%) Meraki
8 8 (3.79%) Symantec
9 7 (3.32%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.84%) Veeam
11 5 (2.37%) SAP
12 4 (1.90%) Adobe
12 4 (1.90%) Sophos
13 3 (1.42%) Aruba
13 3 (1.42%) EMC
13 3 (1.42%) Oracle
13 3 (1.42%) SonicWALL
14 2 (0.95%) Palo Alto
14 2 (0.95%) SolarWinds