Microsoft 365 Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
England > London

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 326 354
Rank change year-on-year -33 +28 +164
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 23 57 49
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.16% 0.38% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.41% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 38
10th Percentile £288 £229 £158
25th Percentile £300 £372 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +8.57% +28.68%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £533
90th Percentile £536 £626 £623
England median daily rate £425 £458 £413
% change year-on-year -7.26% +11.09% +17.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.46 - -
England median hourly rate £21.46 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,276 14,056 17,631
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 93.53% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,790 9,097 12,749
10th Percentile £345 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.65
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft 365 Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Central London -6 2 £500 -13.04% 1
North London - 1 £510 -
Microsoft 365 Engineer
England

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Microsoft 365 Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (91.30%) Microsoft
3 17 (73.91%) Entra ID
4 16 (69.57%) Azure
5 11 (47.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (47.83%) SharePoint
5 11 (47.83%) Windows
6 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
7 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (34.78%) PowerShell
8 6 (26.09%) Firewall
8 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (26.09%) Security Operations
9 5 (21.74%) Azure Certification
9 5 (21.74%) OneDrive
9 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
10 4 (17.39%) Break/Fix
10 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
10 4 (17.39%) Information Security
10 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (17.39%) QRadar
10 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
10 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
10 4 (17.39%) VPN
11 3 (13.04%) AI
11 3 (13.04%) Android
11 3 (13.04%) Apple

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (47.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (73.91%) Entra ID
3 16 (69.57%) Azure
4 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (21.74%) OneDrive
6 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
8 2 (8.70%) AWS
8 2 (8.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (8.70%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (4.35%) IaaS
9 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
9 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) VPN
3 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.70%) Wireless
4 1 (4.35%) DNS
4 1 (4.35%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) DTS
General
1 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Banking
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) JSON
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (4.35%) OAuth
1 1 (4.35%) REST
1 1 (4.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) BYOD
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
3 3 (13.04%) Android
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Security Operations
2 4 (17.39%) Break/Fix
2 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (17.39%) Information Security
3 3 (13.04%) AI
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
3 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
4 2 (8.70%) API Management
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
4 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (8.70%) Fintech
4 2 (8.70%) Identity Management
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Server Hardening
4 2 (8.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (21.74%) Azure Certification
3 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) Degree
5 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
6 1 (4.35%) CCNA
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
1 3 (13.04%) NIST
2 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (17.39%) QRadar
3 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Apple
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) Adobe
3 2 (8.70%) Darktrace
3 2 (8.70%) Dell
3 2 (8.70%) HP
3 2 (8.70%) OpenAI
3 2 (8.70%) Qualys
3 2 (8.70%) Zscaler
4 1 (4.35%) BMC
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Varonis