Microsoft 365 Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
South East > Berkshire

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in Berkshire is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 109 112
Rank change year-on-year +18 +3 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.41% 0.059% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.065% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £129 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £180 £500
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -64.00% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £479 - -
South East median daily rate £300 £467 £450
% change year-on-year -35.69% +3.67% +63.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,099 1,533 1,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 90.98% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 818 1,058
10th Percentile £300 £313 £263
25th Percentile £406 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 72 61
10th Percentile £14.75 £31.47 £18.50
25th Percentile £16.66 £55.87 £45.21
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.60 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% +8.29% +13.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.24 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.64 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.77% +16.35% +105.00%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Berkshire

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. 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
Slough - 2 £129 -
Wokingham - 2 £300 -
Reading +29 1 £583 +223.61% 2
Microsoft 365 Engineer
South East

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (40.00%) Viva Engage
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Viva Engage
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft