Microsoft Engineer Contracts in London

Microsoft Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in London is £575, 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 329 381 477
Rank change year-on-year +52 +96 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 24 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.056% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.060% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 11
10th Percentile £385 £373 £181
25th Percentile £500 £394 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £626 £588 £556
90th Percentile £630 £600 -
England median daily rate £523 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +11.17% -6.00% +5.26%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft 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 Engineer within the London 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
Central London +12 9 £588 +6.82% 2
Microsoft Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Microsoft 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 London region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (58.33%) PowerShell
2 14 (58.33%) Azure
2 14 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (54.17%) SharePoint
4 12 (50.00%) Power Platform
4 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 11 (45.83%) OneDrive
5 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
5 11 (45.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (41.67%) High Availability
6 10 (41.67%) Power Automate
6 10 (41.67%) Entra ID
7 9 (37.50%) Task Automation
7 9 (37.50%) DV Cleared
8 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
8 8 (33.33%) Degree
9 7 (29.17%) Service Delivery
9 7 (29.17%) Network Security
9 7 (29.17%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (29.17%) Application Security
9 7 (29.17%) Cloud Security
10 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
10 5 (20.83%) Windows
11 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
12 3 (12.50%) Software Licensing
12 3 (12.50%) Finance
12 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Licensing

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 13 (54.17%) SharePoint
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.17%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 14 (58.33%) Azure
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 11 (45.83%) OneDrive
4 10 (41.67%) Entra ID
4 10 (41.67%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.17%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (4.17%) GCP
6 1 (4.17%) GitHub
6 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
6 1 (4.17%) Rubrik
6 1 (4.17%) SaaS
6 1 (4.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
2 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) High Availability
2 9 (37.50%) Task Automation
3 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 7 (29.17%) Application Security
4 7 (29.17%) Cloud Security
4 7 (29.17%) Service Delivery
4 7 (29.17%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Software Licensing
7 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (4.17%) API Integration
8 1 (4.17%) Application Virtualisation
8 1 (4.17%) Break/Fix
8 1 (4.17%) Critical Thinking
8 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure as Code
8 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Automation
8 1 (4.17%) Product Thinking
8 1 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (4.17%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (58.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) Bicep
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) Opsgenie
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Citrix
2 2 (8.33%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe
3 1 (4.17%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (4.17%) Datto
3 1 (4.17%) Freshdesk
3 1 (4.17%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) NetApp
3 1 (4.17%) Netskope
3 1 (4.17%) New Relic
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk
3 1 (4.17%) Sybase
3 1 (4.17%) VMware