Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in England is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 470 509 617
Rank change year-on-year +39 +108 -156
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 72 136 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.28% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 115 122
10th Percentile £161 £216 £166
25th Percentile £225 £289 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £450 £509 £479
90th Percentile £532 £579 £536
UK median daily rate £375 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -11.76% +21.43% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £28.65 -
25th Percentile - £28.88 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%
75th Percentile - £29.88 £30.00
90th Percentile - £29.95 £36.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 33,916 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,507 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,425 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
London +66 26 £450 - 8
South East +14 14 £225 -36.17% 3
Midlands +38 12 £363 +11.54% 2
West Midlands +35 12 £363 +11.54%
East of England -1 6 £213 -55.26% 2
South West +12 5 £425 +41.08% 5
North West +7 5 £375 -22.08% 1
North of England +5 5 £375 -21.05% 4
Microsoft 365 Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 71 (98.61%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (72.22%) Microsoft
3 42 (58.33%) Azure
4 34 (47.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (45.83%) Active Directory
6 31 (43.06%) Windows
7 24 (33.33%) SharePoint
8 21 (29.17%) PowerShell
8 21 (29.17%) Entra ID
8 21 (29.17%) Windows 10
9 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Intune
10 16 (22.22%) Finance
10 16 (22.22%) OneDrive
11 15 (20.83%) Windows Server
11 15 (20.83%) SC Cleared
11 15 (20.83%) Security Cleared
11 15 (20.83%) SCCM
12 13 (18.06%) Social Skills
13 12 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (16.67%) Firewall
13 12 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (12.50%) Unified Communications
14 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
14 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
14 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
15 8 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
15 8 (11.11%) Power Platform
15 8 (11.11%) Migration
15 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
15 8 (11.11%) ITIL

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 34 (47.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.17%) IBM Domino
3 3 (4.17%) IBM Notes
4 1 (1.39%) Confluence
4 1 (1.39%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (98.61%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (58.33%) Azure
3 21 (29.17%) Entra ID
4 16 (22.22%) OneDrive
5 8 (11.11%) Power Platform
6 7 (9.72%) PowerApps
7 6 (8.33%) Power Automate
8 4 (5.56%) ShareGate
9 3 (4.17%) AWS
9 3 (4.17%) IaaS
9 3 (4.17%) Yammer
10 2 (2.78%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.39%) NuGet
11 1 (1.39%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.67%) Firewall
2 9 (12.50%) Unified Communications
3 6 (8.33%) Network Security
4 5 (6.94%) DNS
5 4 (5.56%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.17%) SMTP
6 3 (4.17%) VoIP
7 2 (2.78%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (2.78%) MPLS
8 1 (1.39%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.33%) Power BI
3 2 (2.78%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 6 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (22.22%) Finance
2 13 (18.06%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.72%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.94%) Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Electronics
5 3 (4.17%) Financial Institution
5 3 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.17%) Marketing
5 3 (4.17%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) German Language
6 2 (2.78%) Local Government
7 1 (1.39%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.39%) Games
7 1 (1.39%) Legal
7 1 (1.39%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) Web Services
2 1 (1.39%) JSON
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.39%) React
2 1 (1.39%) SPFx
2 1 (1.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Digital Signage
1 6 (8.33%) PKI
2 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.17%) Social Media
4 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.78%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 31 (43.06%) Windows
2 21 (29.17%) Windows 10
3 15 (20.83%) Windows Server
4 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (11.11%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.17%) Android
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (11.11%) ITIL
2 8 (11.11%) Migration
3 7 (9.72%) Customer Service
3 7 (9.72%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 6 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.33%) Service Delivery
5 5 (6.94%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (6.94%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (6.94%) Problem Management
5 5 (6.94%) Project Delivery
6 4 (5.56%) Change Control
7 3 (4.17%) Capacity Management
7 3 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (4.17%) Programme Management
7 3 (4.17%) SIEM
7 3 (4.17%) Threat Detection
7 3 (4.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (29.17%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 15 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.78%) CISM
3 2 (2.78%) CISSP
3 2 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.39%) Docker
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (20.83%) SCCM
3 8 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.78%) QRadar
4 2 (2.78%) Terraform
5 1 (1.39%) Autotask
5 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) Cisco
2 6 (8.33%) Oracle
3 4 (5.56%) Citrix
3 4 (5.56%) VMware
4 3 (4.17%) IBM
4 3 (4.17%) Lotus
4 3 (4.17%) Proofpoint
4 3 (4.17%) SAP
4 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.78%) Apple
5 2 (2.78%) Google
5 2 (2.78%) Polycom
6 1 (1.39%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.39%) Remedy
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.39%) Splunk