Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 354 363
Rank change year-on-year +81 +9 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 66 45 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.22% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.23% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 40 73
10th Percentile £148 £158 £226
25th Percentile £213 £225 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% -11.76% +25.93%
75th Percentile £475 £425 £500
90th Percentile £538 £518 £555
UK median daily rate £400 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £28.65
25th Percentile - - £28.88
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year - +69.49% +47.50%
75th Percentile - - £29.88
90th Percentile - - £29.95
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year - +69.49% +47.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +47 29 £425 +13.33% 5
North West +34 25 £450 +20.00% 3
South West +55 17 £425 - 1
Midlands +16 9 £313 -13.79% 2
West Midlands +10 7 £313 -13.79% 2
South East +38 6 £275 +22.22% 8
East of England +28 5 £225 +5.88% 1
Scotland +16 5 £148 -72.47%
Yorkshire - 4 £194 - 2
Northern Ireland -7 2 £148 -
East Midlands - 2 £340 -
Microsoft 365 Engineer
UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 64 (96.97%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (71.21%) Azure
3 45 (68.18%) Microsoft
4 43 (65.15%) SharePoint
5 40 (60.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 39 (59.09%) Active Directory
7 37 (56.06%) Entra ID
8 30 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 29 (43.94%) Windows
10 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
11 19 (28.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (25.76%) Migration
14 16 (24.24%) PowerShell
15 15 (22.73%) OneDrive
15 15 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
16 14 (21.21%) ITIL
16 14 (21.21%) DevOps
16 14 (21.21%) SaaS
17 13 (19.70%) DNS
17 13 (19.70%) VMware
17 13 (19.70%) ITSM
17 13 (19.70%) Windows Server
18 12 (18.18%) DHCP
18 12 (18.18%) WSUS
19 11 (16.67%) VMS
19 11 (16.67%) Legal
19 11 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
20 10 (15.15%) Finance
20 10 (15.15%) Agile

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 43 (65.15%) SharePoint
2 40 (60.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.52%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 64 (96.97%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (71.21%) Azure
3 37 (56.06%) Entra ID
4 15 (22.73%) OneDrive
5 14 (21.21%) SaaS
6 6 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (6.06%) Google Workspace
7 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (4.55%) IaaS
8 3 (4.55%) PaaS
9 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.52%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.52%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.70%) DNS
2 12 (18.18%) DHCP
3 6 (9.09%) Skype
4 3 (4.55%) Firewall
4 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (3.03%) VPN
6 1 (1.52%) Intranet
6 1 (1.52%) PBX
6 1 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Legal
3 10 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.15%) Finance
4 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.06%) Banking
5 4 (6.06%) Military
6 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.52%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Electronics
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.52%) Marketing
7 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (4.55%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.03%) BYOD
1 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.52%) iPhone
2 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.52%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (43.94%) Windows
2 13 (19.70%) Windows Server
3 11 (16.67%) VMS
4 5 (7.58%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.55%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (25.76%) Migration
4 14 (21.21%) DevOps
4 14 (21.21%) ITIL
5 13 (19.70%) ITSM
6 11 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (15.15%) Agile
8 9 (13.64%) E-Discovery
9 8 (12.12%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (10.61%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 7 (10.61%) Time Management
11 6 (9.09%) B2B
12 5 (7.58%) Task Automation
13 4 (6.06%) Change Management
13 4 (6.06%) Customer Service
13 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (6.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 4 (6.06%) Validation
14 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (24.24%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.03%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.52%) Degree
4 1 (1.52%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (18.18%) WSUS
3 7 (10.61%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.55%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.70%) VMware
3 8 (12.12%) Citrix
4 4 (6.06%) Google
5 2 (3.03%) Apple
5 2 (3.03%) Computacenter
5 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco
6 1 (1.52%) SAP