Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in the South West

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
England > South West

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the South West is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 151 149
Rank change year-on-year +48 -2 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 9 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.51% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.33% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile - - £211
25th Percentile £230 £425 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £438 £301
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +45.23% +0.42%
75th Percentile £438 £544 £397
90th Percentile £685 £574 £400
England median daily rate £323 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -14.00% -6.25% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £28.65
25th Percentile £57.50 - £28.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £29.50
75th Percentile £72.50 - £29.88
90th Percentile - - £29.95
England median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year +30.00% +69.49% +47.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 1,581 3,048 3,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.03% 92.67% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 1,906 2,334
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £368 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £620 £613 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £724
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 458 254
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.85 £17.56
25th Percentile £18.78 £27.50 £47.00
Median hourly rate £33.67 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.78% -12.70% +30.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.58 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.22% -9.47% +74.52%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the South West

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the South West

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the South West

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the South West

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Dorset - 4 £425 -
Gloucestershire +18 2 £230 -45.88% 1
Bristol - 2 - - 2
Somerset - 1 - -
Microsoft 365 Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 South West region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (77.78%) Azure
3 7 (77.78%) Entra ID
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 5 (55.56%) OneDrive
5 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
5 5 (55.56%) Migration
6 4 (44.44%) Finance
6 4 (44.44%) Legal
6 4 (44.44%) SaaS
6 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (33.33%) E-Discovery
7 3 (33.33%) B2B
7 3 (33.33%) Skype
7 3 (33.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
8 2 (22.22%) Windows
8 2 (22.22%) Agile
8 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
8 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
8 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (22.22%) PingFederate
9 1 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 1 (11.11%) GDPR
9 1 (11.11%) Client Onboarding

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 7 (77.78%) Entra ID
3 5 (55.56%) OneDrive
4 4 (44.44%) SaaS
5 3 (33.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (11.11%) ShareGate
6 1 (11.11%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Skype
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 1 (11.11%) Italian Language
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (33.33%) B2B
3 3 (33.33%) E-Discovery
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (11.11%) Privileged Identity Management
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
1 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (22.22%) PingFederate
3 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) SAP