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 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 302 362 383
Rank change year-on-year +60 +21 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 51 39 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.18% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.20% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 33 49
10th Percentile £191 £194 £223
25th Percentile £230 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £438 £425 £488
90th Percentile £538 £530 £564
UK median daily rate £320 £386 £419
% change year-on-year -17.15% -7.76% +19.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £28.65
25th Percentile £57.50 - £28.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +69.49% +47.50%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £29.88
90th Percentile - - £29.95
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year +30.00% +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 12,414 19,637 21,543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 92.44% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 11,718 14,908
10th Percentile £220 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 960 2,494 1,118
10th Percentile £13.46 £12.60 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.59 £15.97 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £57.52 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.48 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.67% -12.79% +68.63%

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 25 June 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 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
North of England +34 21 £400 +45.45% 4
North West +15 17 £413 +10.00% 4
East of England +29 10 £225 +5.88%
South West +48 9 £413 -5.71% 5
Midlands +11 9 £300 -14.29% 3
West Midlands +3 7 £300 -14.29% 2
South East +47 6 £275 +22.22% 5
Yorkshire - 4 £194 -
East Midlands - 2 £340 - 1
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 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 UK excluding London region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (96.08%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (72.55%) Microsoft
3 35 (68.63%) SharePoint
4 32 (62.75%) Windows
4 32 (62.75%) Azure
5 29 (56.86%) Entra ID
5 29 (56.86%) Active Directory
6 27 (52.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 17 (33.33%) OneDrive
7 17 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (27.45%) Data Loss Prevention
9 13 (25.49%) PowerShell
9 13 (25.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Office
10 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
11 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (19.61%) ITIL
11 10 (19.61%) DNS
11 10 (19.61%) ITSM
11 10 (19.61%) Finance
11 10 (19.61%) Migration
11 10 (19.61%) VMware
11 10 (19.61%) Windows Server
12 9 (17.65%) Security Operations
12 9 (17.65%) WSUS
12 9 (17.65%) DHCP
12 9 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (15.69%) VMS

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 35 (68.63%) SharePoint
2 27 (52.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.96%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 49 (96.08%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (62.75%) Azure
3 29 (56.86%) Entra ID
4 17 (33.33%) OneDrive
5 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (11.76%) SaaS
8 3 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (3.92%) ShareGate
10 1 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.96%) Azure Storage
10 1 (1.96%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.96%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.61%) DNS
2 9 (17.65%) DHCP
3 6 (11.76%) Firewall
4 3 (5.88%) Skype
5 1 (1.96%) Intranet
5 1 (1.96%) PBX
5 1 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.61%) Finance
3 7 (13.73%) Banking
4 5 (9.80%) Legal
5 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Military
7 1 (1.96%) Automotive
7 1 (1.96%) Electronics
7 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.96%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) .NET
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.96%) iPhone
2 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.96%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (62.75%) Windows
2 10 (19.61%) Windows Server
3 8 (15.69%) VMS
4 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.96%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) Data Loss Prevention
2 13 (25.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (19.61%) ITIL
3 10 (19.61%) ITSM
3 10 (19.61%) Migration
4 9 (17.65%) Security Operations
5 8 (15.69%) DevOps
5 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (11.76%) Identity Management
6 6 (11.76%) Impact Analysis
6 6 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
6 6 (11.76%) Privileged Identity Management
6 6 (11.76%) Zero Trust
7 5 (9.80%) Agile
7 5 (9.80%) Cloud Security
7 5 (9.80%) Fintech
7 5 (9.80%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (9.80%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (13.73%) Degree
3 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) NIST
2 6 (11.76%) GDPR
2 6 (11.76%) HIPAA
2 6 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.92%) QA
4 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (56.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (17.65%) WSUS
3 3 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (3.92%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.96%) QRadar
Vendors
1 37 (72.55%) Microsoft
2 10 (19.61%) VMware
3 4 (7.84%) Darktrace
3 4 (7.84%) Zscaler
4 3 (5.88%) Citrix
5 2 (3.92%) Apple
5 2 (3.92%) Varonis
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco
6 1 (1.96%) Google
6 1 (1.96%) SAP