Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 549 649
Rank change year-on-year +34 +100 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 72 157 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.29% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 129 138
10th Percentile £161 £213 £170
25th Percentile £225 £300 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £413 £363
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £462 £506 £488
90th Percentile £575 £579 £558
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £425 £331
% change year-on-year -11.76% +28.30% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £28.65 -
25th Percentile - £28.88 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%
75th Percentile - £29.88 £30.00
90th Percentile - £29.95 £36.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -27.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,586 54,569 84,106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.66% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,744 38,105 59,089
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,669 1,523 2,070
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.02 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 May 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
England +45 66 £375 -6.25% 21
UK excluding London +25 42 £375 -11.76% 16
London +58 23 £450 - 7
Work from Home +82 21 £425 +13.33% 9
West Midlands +32 12 £363 +11.54%
Midlands +28 12 £363 +11.54% 2
South East +13 11 £225 -35.71% 2
East of England +11 6 £213 -55.26% 3
North West +12 5 £375 -22.08% 2
South West +6 5 £425 +41.08% 3
North of England +5 5 £375 -21.05% 3
Scotland +35 2 £538 +86.96%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 71 (98.61%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (73.61%) Microsoft
3 42 (58.33%) Azure
4 36 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (43.06%) Active Directory
6 30 (41.67%) Windows
7 26 (36.11%) SharePoint
8 22 (30.56%) PowerShell
9 21 (29.17%) Entra ID
10 20 (27.78%) OneDrive
11 18 (25.00%) Windows 10
11 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
12 16 (22.22%) SC Cleared
12 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
13 15 (20.83%) Windows Server
14 14 (19.44%) SCCM
14 14 (19.44%) Finance
15 13 (18.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 12 (16.67%) Social Skills
17 11 (15.28%) Firewall
17 11 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
18 9 (12.50%) ITIL
18 9 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
18 9 (12.50%) Power Platform
18 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
18 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
19 8 (11.11%) PowerApps
19 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
19 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
19 8 (11.11%) Unified Communications

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (36.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.78%) IBM Domino
3 2 (2.78%) IBM Notes
3 2 (2.78%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) InfoPath
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 71 (98.61%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (58.33%) Azure
3 21 (29.17%) Entra ID
4 20 (27.78%) OneDrive
5 9 (12.50%) Power Platform
6 8 (11.11%) PowerApps
7 6 (8.33%) Power Automate
8 4 (5.56%) ShareGate
9 3 (4.17%) AWS
9 3 (4.17%) IaaS
10 2 (2.78%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.39%) NuGet
11 1 (1.39%) Slack
11 1 (1.39%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) Firewall
2 8 (11.11%) Unified Communications
3 6 (8.33%) Network Security
4 4 (5.56%) DNS
5 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.17%) VoIP
6 2 (2.78%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (2.78%) MPLS
6 2 (2.78%) SMTP
7 1 (1.39%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.39%) FTP
7 1 (1.39%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.33%) Power BI
3 2 (2.78%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 7 (9.72%) JIRA
General
1 14 (19.44%) Finance
2 12 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.94%) Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Electronics
6 2 (2.78%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.78%) Games
6 2 (2.78%) German Language
6 2 (2.78%) Local Government
6 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing
6 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.39%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.39%) Legal
7 1 (1.39%) Police
7 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) COM
1 1 (1.39%) HTML
1 1 (1.39%) HTML5
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.39%) React
1 1 (1.39%) SPFx
1 1 (1.39%) Web Services
1 1 (1.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Digital Signage
1 6 (8.33%) PKI
2 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.78%) Video Editing
4 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.39%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (41.67%) Windows
2 18 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 15 (20.83%) Windows Server
4 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (11.11%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.78%) Android
8 1 (1.39%) Linux
8 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (12.50%) ITIL
4 8 (11.11%) Migration
5 7 (9.72%) Customer Service
5 7 (9.72%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 6 (8.33%) Problem Management
6 6 (8.33%) Service Delivery
7 5 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.56%) Change Control
8 4 (5.56%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (5.56%) Project Delivery
9 3 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.17%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (4.17%) SIEM
9 3 (4.17%) Threat Detection
9 3 (4.17%) Time Management
10 2 (2.78%) Data Migration
10 2 (2.78%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (2.78%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.56%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.17%) Degree
4 2 (2.78%) CISM
4 2 (2.78%) CISSP
4 2 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (43.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.39%) Docker
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (19.44%) SCCM
3 9 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.78%) QRadar
5 1 (1.39%) Autotask
5 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (73.61%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) Oracle
3 5 (6.94%) Cisco
4 4 (5.56%) Citrix
4 4 (5.56%) VMware
5 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.78%) Apple
6 2 (2.78%) Google
6 2 (2.78%) IBM
6 2 (2.78%) Lotus
6 2 (2.78%) Polycom
6 2 (2.78%) Proofpoint
6 2 (2.78%) SAP
7 1 (1.39%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.39%) Remedy
7 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.39%) Splunk
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