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 £425, 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 375 470 513
Rank change year-on-year +95 +43 +101
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 110 72 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.21% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 54 119
10th Percentile £181 £161 £220
25th Percentile £230 £225 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £500 £450 £508
90th Percentile £603 £532 £579
UK median daily rate £400 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £28.65
25th Percentile - - £28.88
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year - +69.49% +47.50%
75th Percentile - - £29.88
90th Percentile - - £29.95
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year - +69.49% +47.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
London +62 50 £450 - 5
North of England +44 30 £413 +10.00% 5
North West +38 26 £438 +16.67% 3
South West +58 17 £425 - 1
Midlands +19 9 £313 -13.79% 2
West Midlands +9 7 £313 -13.79% 2
South East +38 6 £275 +22.22% 10
East of England +29 5 £225 +5.88% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £194 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £340 -
Microsoft 365 Engineer
UK

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

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 England region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 108 (98.18%) Microsoft 365
2 84 (76.36%) Microsoft
3 75 (68.18%) Azure
4 66 (60.00%) Entra ID
5 65 (59.09%) SharePoint
6 64 (58.18%) Microsoft Exchange
7 63 (57.27%) Active Directory
8 48 (43.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 43 (39.09%) Windows
10 41 (37.27%) OneDrive
11 34 (30.91%) Social Skills
12 33 (30.00%) PowerShell
13 26 (23.64%) Finance
13 26 (23.64%) Migration
14 25 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
15 23 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
16 22 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 20 (18.18%) Security Cleared
18 18 (16.36%) Collaborative Working
18 18 (16.36%) Power Platform
19 16 (14.55%) DNS
20 15 (13.64%) ITIL
20 15 (13.64%) SaaS
20 15 (13.64%) Windows Server
20 15 (13.64%) DevOps
20 15 (13.64%) Task Automation
21 14 (12.73%) Public Sector
21 14 (12.73%) Cloud Security
21 14 (12.73%) VMware
21 14 (12.73%) Legal

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 65 (59.09%) SharePoint
2 64 (58.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.82%) Confluence
3 2 (1.82%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) 1Password
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.91%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 108 (98.18%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (68.18%) Azure
3 66 (60.00%) Entra ID
4 41 (37.27%) OneDrive
5 18 (16.36%) Power Platform
6 15 (13.64%) SaaS
7 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (10.00%) Google Workspace
9 10 (9.09%) Power Automate
10 6 (5.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (4.55%) IaaS
12 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (2.73%) PaaS
12 3 (2.73%) Yammer
13 2 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.91%) GCP
14 1 (0.91%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.91%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.55%) DNS
2 12 (10.91%) DHCP
2 12 (10.91%) Firewall
3 8 (7.27%) Skype
4 7 (6.36%) Network Security
5 6 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (2.73%) VPN
7 2 (1.82%) MPLS
7 2 (1.82%) Wireless
8 1 (0.91%) Intranet
8 1 (0.91%) PBX
8 1 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.18%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.55%) Power BI
3 4 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.91%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.73%) JIRA
General
1 34 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.64%) Finance
3 14 (12.73%) Legal
3 14 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.91%) Banking
5 7 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.45%) Marketing
6 6 (5.45%) Military
7 5 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.73%) Electronics
8 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.73%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.82%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.82%) Italian Language
9 2 (1.82%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.91%) Automotive
10 1 (0.91%) French Language
10 1 (0.91%) German Language
10 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.91%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (2.73%) .NET
2 3 (2.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.55%) BYOD
2 5 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.64%) Smartphone
4 3 (2.73%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Licensing
4 3 (2.73%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.73%) Social Media
5 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.82%) iPhone
6 1 (0.91%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.91%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 43 (39.09%) Windows
2 15 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.82%) Windows 10
4 11 (10.00%) VMS
5 4 (3.64%) Android
6 3 (2.73%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.73%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.73%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.64%) Migration
2 23 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (16.36%) Collaborative Working
5 15 (13.64%) DevOps
5 15 (13.64%) ITIL
5 15 (13.64%) Task Automation
6 14 (12.73%) Cloud Security
6 14 (12.73%) ITSM
7 13 (11.82%) Agile
8 12 (10.91%) E-Discovery
9 11 (10.00%) High Availability
10 10 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
11 9 (8.18%) Mentoring
11 9 (8.18%) Service Delivery
12 8 (7.27%) Application Security
13 7 (6.36%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 7 (6.36%) Time Management
13 7 (6.36%) Translating Business Requirements
14 6 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 33 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.18%) Degree
3 9 (8.18%) DV Cleared
4 7 (6.36%) Azure Certification
4 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.91%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.64%) QA
2 3 (2.73%) Data Quality
System Software
1 63 (57.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.91%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (43.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (10.91%) WSUS
3 9 (8.18%) SCCM
4 7 (6.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.73%) PingFederate
6 2 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.82%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (76.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.73%) VMware
3 11 (10.00%) Google
4 5 (4.55%) HP
5 4 (3.64%) Apple
5 4 (3.64%) Citrix
6 3 (2.73%) Cisco
6 3 (2.73%) CyberArk
6 3 (2.73%) SAP
7 2 (1.82%) Dell
8 1 (0.91%) Adobe
8 1 (0.91%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.91%) Datto
8 1 (0.91%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.91%) Netskope
8 1 (0.91%) Proofpoint