Microsoft 365 Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in England is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 478 487
Rank change year-on-year +21 +9 +165
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 55 50 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.15% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.16% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 36 79
10th Percentile £129 £171 £188
25th Percentile £231 £250 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £419 £375
Median % change year-on-year -28.36% +11.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £438 £510 £528
90th Percentile £515 £560 £678
UK median daily rate £313 £419 £381
% change year-on-year -25.37% +9.84% +22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

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 25,377 30,623 39,527
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.98% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,381 19,128 27,584
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,363 1,485 1,349
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.60 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £54.88 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies 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 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies 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 18 September 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 +25 20 £300 +20.00% 2
South East +20 11 £275 -38.31% 13
North of England -12 8 £400 +28.00% 2
Midlands -11 7 £345 -24.18% 4
East of England +8 6 £600 +45.45%
North West -13 6 £400 +6.67%
West Midlands -6 5 £300 -25.00% 2
South West +21 4 £171 -67.43% 1
East Midlands -1 2 £475 -6.86% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £126 - 1
Microsoft 365 Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 53 (96.36%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (78.18%) Microsoft
3 36 (65.45%) Azure
4 34 (61.82%) Windows
5 28 (50.91%) Entra ID
6 27 (49.09%) Active Directory
7 24 (43.64%) SharePoint
8 19 (34.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Exchange
9 18 (32.73%) Banking
10 17 (30.91%) Finance
10 17 (30.91%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
12 15 (27.27%) OneDrive
13 14 (25.45%) PowerShell
14 13 (23.64%) Data Loss Prevention
14 13 (23.64%) Microsoft Purview
15 12 (21.82%) Security Operations
16 11 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (20.00%) NIST
17 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
17 10 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
17 10 (18.18%) Firewall
18 9 (16.36%) Identity Management
18 9 (16.36%) Degree
18 9 (16.36%) Cloud Security
19 8 (14.55%) Azure Certification
19 8 (14.55%) Zero Trust
19 8 (14.55%) Privileged Identity Management
19 8 (14.55%) Fintech

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 24 (43.64%) SharePoint
2 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 53 (96.36%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (65.45%) Azure
3 28 (50.91%) Entra ID
4 15 (27.27%) OneDrive
5 13 (23.64%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (7.27%) ShareGate
8 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
8 3 (5.45%) SaaS
9 2 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.64%) Azure Storage
9 2 (3.64%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.82%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.82%) IaaS
10 1 (1.82%) PaaS
10 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.18%) Firewall
2 6 (10.91%) VPN
3 2 (3.64%) DNS
3 2 (3.64%) PBX
3 2 (3.64%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.82%) DHCP
4 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
General
1 18 (32.73%) Banking
2 17 (30.91%) Finance
3 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.82%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) JSON
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.82%) OAuth
1 1 (1.82%) REST
1 1 (1.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.64%) Chip and PIN
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (3.64%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (61.82%) Windows
2 8 (14.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.64%) Android
3 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) Data Loss Prevention
2 12 (21.82%) Security Operations
3 10 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
3 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (16.36%) Cloud Security
4 9 (16.36%) Identity Management
5 8 (14.55%) Fintech
5 8 (14.55%) Migration
5 8 (14.55%) Privileged Identity Management
5 8 (14.55%) Zero Trust
6 7 (12.73%) Impact Analysis
6 7 (12.73%) Incident Management
6 7 (12.73%) Information Security
6 7 (12.73%) Server Hardening
7 6 (10.91%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (10.91%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (7.27%) Time Management
9 3 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.45%) Project Management
9 3 (5.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (16.36%) Degree
3 8 (14.55%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.45%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.00%) NIST
2 8 (14.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (12.73%) GDPR
3 7 (12.73%) HIPAA
4 4 (7.27%) QA
5 3 (5.45%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (49.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (30.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.91%) SCCM
3 3 (5.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (78.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Darktrace
2 6 (10.91%) Zscaler
3 4 (7.27%) Apple
3 4 (7.27%) HP
4 3 (5.45%) Adobe
5 2 (3.64%) BMC
5 2 (3.64%) Citrix
5 2 (3.64%) Dell
5 2 (3.64%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.64%) Varonis
6 1 (1.82%) CyberArk