Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in Cumbria

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
North West > Cumbria

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in Cumbria is £525, 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 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 4.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £438 £375 £488
% change year-on-year +16.67% -23.08% +14.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 181 246 53
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 144 30
10th Percentile £362 £438 £350
25th Percentile £414 £492 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £525
90th Percentile £638 £725 £705
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 61 7
10th Percentile £25.26 - £38.79
25th Percentile £30.13 £10.95 £52.05
Median hourly rate £54.88 £13.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +322.15% -76.58% +10.97%
75th Percentile £74.00 £44.74 £71.91
90th Percentile £82.00 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

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

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 Cumbria region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) DHCP
1 8 (100.00%) DNS
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
1 8 (100.00%) WSUS
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (87.50%) DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server
2 7 (87.50%) ITSM
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (87.50%) VMS
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) Military
6 1 (12.50%) Agile

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (87.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) DHCP
1 8 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) VMS
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) ITSM
3 4 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) WSUS
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
3 Microsoft 365 Engineer jobs in the North West