Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in Central London

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
London > Central London

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in Central London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 124 167
Rank change year-on-year +4 +43 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 9 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.45% 0.37% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.39% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 4
10th Percentile £480 £331 -
25th Percentile £506 - £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £288
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +56.52% -32.35%
75th Percentile £600 £513 £402
90th Percentile - £585 £416
London median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Central London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Central London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +4 4 - - 1
Microsoft 365 Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Central London region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
3 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
3 7 (77.78%) OneDrive
4 5 (55.56%) High Availability
4 5 (55.56%) Power Platform
4 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
5 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
5 4 (44.44%) Degree
5 4 (44.44%) Network Security
5 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
5 4 (44.44%) Power Automate
5 4 (44.44%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (33.33%) Task Automation
6 3 (33.33%) Windows
6 3 (33.33%) Firewall
7 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
7 2 (22.22%) Finance
7 2 (22.22%) Migration
7 2 (22.22%) DNS
7 2 (22.22%) MPLS
7 2 (22.22%) Skype for Business
7 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (22.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
1 9 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (77.78%) OneDrive
3 5 (55.56%) Power Platform
4 4 (44.44%) Power Automate
5 2 (22.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) MPLS
3 2 (22.22%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) NonStop SQL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Spanish Language
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) BYOD
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Licensing
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) High Availability
2 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Application Security
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Software Licensing
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (22.22%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) VMware