Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in the North West

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
England > North West

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the North West is £414 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 148 173
Rank change year-on-year +20 +25 -48
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 6 19 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.22% 0.58% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.61% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 7
10th Percentile £161 £342 £151
25th Percentile £213 £456 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.13% +14.71% +3.03%
75th Percentile £470 £550 £506
90th Percentile £481 £556 £550
England median daily rate £375 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,588 3,112 3,851
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 94.68% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,709 2,246 2,841
10th Percentile £276 £300 £204
25th Percentile £394 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £550
90th Percentile £676 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 140 179
10th Percentile £11.03 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £32.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.73% +64.39% +11.73%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.91 £43.75
90th Percentile £61.71 £65.78 £58.75
England median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
% change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the North West

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the North West

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the North West

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Manchester +17 2 £414 -15.13% 1
Merseyside +9 2 £168 -63.78%
Cheshire +5 2 £475 -15.78% 2
Microsoft 365 Engineer
England

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 North West region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Banking
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (33.33%) SCCM
5 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 2 (33.33%) Firewall
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (33.33%) Windows
5 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (16.67%) SLA
6 1 (16.67%) Data Security
6 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
6 1 (16.67%) IaaS
6 1 (16.67%) DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
1 1 (16.67%) Data Security
1 1 (16.67%) DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft