Microsoft 365 Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in Birmingham is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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
6 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 62 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.34% 0.28% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £370 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% - -
75th Percentile £410 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £300 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 528 680 822
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 95.37% 96.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 457 556
10th Percentile £182 £206 £263
25th Percentile £350 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £540 £625 £600
90th Percentile £640 £734 £706
West Midlands median daily rate £487 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 16 29
10th Percentile - £15.61 £13.46
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £31.81 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year -55.99% +51.70% +16.50%
75th Percentile £25.04 £50.63 £35.08
90th Percentile £32.57 £55.13 £67.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £20.97
% change year-on-year +28.38% -6.58% +16.50%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Birmingham

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 6 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 Birmingham region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Trello
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) ShareGate
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 Microsoft 365 Engineer jobs in the West Midlands