Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
England > East of England

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the East of England is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 110 119
Rank change year-on-year +35 +9 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 8 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.80% 0.26% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.29% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £197 - £416
25th Percentile £213 £194 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £213 £456
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -53.42% +214.66%
75th Percentile £416 £419 £480
90th Percentile £550 £550 £492
England median daily rate £400 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 871 1,730 1,776
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.27% 89.13% 91.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 753 1,100
10th Percentile £200 £206 £189
25th Percentile £356 £313 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.94% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 607 253
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.05 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £41.25 £43.00 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% +2.85% +157.53%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.70 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.30 £39.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.82% -12.22% +88.21%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the East of England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the East of England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the East of England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Suffolk - 4 £225 -
Bedfordshire - 3 £600 - 5
Essex +14 1 £188 -11.76%
Microsoft 365 Engineer
England

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 East of England region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (100.00%) OneDrive
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (50.00%) Azure
4 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
5 3 (37.50%) NIST
5 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (37.50%) Zero Trust
5 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (37.50%) Impact Analysis
5 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (37.50%) GDPR
5 3 (37.50%) Privileged Identity Management
5 3 (37.50%) Identity Management
5 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
5 3 (37.50%) HIPAA
6 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (12.50%) Customer Service

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (100.00%) OneDrive
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (37.50%) Identity Management
1 3 (37.50%) Impact Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (37.50%) Privileged Identity Management
1 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
1 3 (37.50%) Zero Trust
2 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) HIPAA
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft