Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
South West > Dorset

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in Dorset is £500, 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 14 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 10 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 10.20% - 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.31% - 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £410 - £222
25th Percentile £413 - £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £228
75th Percentile £675 - £309
90th Percentile £745 - £356
South West median daily rate £425 £425 £228
% change year-on-year - +86.81% -32.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 97 163 198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.98% 98.79% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 106 115
10th Percentile £200 £172 £160
25th Percentile £363 £175 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £431 £463
Median % change year-on-year +7.25% -6.76% -2.63%
75th Percentile £563 £630 £575
90th Percentile £671 £797 £650
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 41 47
10th Percentile £14.47 £11.87 £13.55
25th Percentile £14.99 £13.69 £17.50
Median hourly rate £21.63 £15.62 £54.83
Median % change year-on-year +38.44% -71.51% +0.36%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.83 £61.35
90th Percentile - £57.50 £68.56
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Dorset

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Dorset

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in Dorset

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth - 9 £575 -
Poole - 1 £413 -
Microsoft 365 Engineer
South West

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

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 Dorset region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 10 (100.00%) Legal
1 10 (100.00%) Migration
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (60.00%) B2B
3 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 6 (60.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (60.00%) Skype
3 6 (60.00%) OneDrive
3 6 (60.00%) SaaS
3 6 (60.00%) E-Discovery
3 6 (60.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (40.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (40.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (40.00%) Google
4 4 (40.00%) Validation
4 4 (40.00%) SQL

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 6 (60.00%) OneDrive
2 6 (60.00%) SaaS
3 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 10 (100.00%) Legal
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (30.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (60.00%) B2B
2 6 (60.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 6 (60.00%) E-Discovery
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Change Management
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Validation
4 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (30.00%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Google