Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £320, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 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
7 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 529 547
Rank change year-on-year +66 +18 +142
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 80 67 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 50 109
10th Percentile £193 £163 £200
25th Percentile £230 £263 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £438 £444 £538
90th Percentile £527 £540 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +15.38%
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 excluding London 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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 29,319 40,234 53,898
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 93.01% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,683 25,888 37,411
10th Percentile £287 £285 £313
25th Percentile £400 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,330 2,797 1,580
10th Percentile £13.75 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.36 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.64% -12.79% +72.00%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £74.00 £76.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.14% +97.75%

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 7 July 2025.

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 7 July 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
England +73 79 £323 -14.00% 31
UK excluding London +60 51 £300 -20.00% 28
Work from Home +55 37 £363 -14.71% 11
London +40 27 £325 +30.00% 7
North of England +17 21 £400 +45.45% 5
North West +16 17 £413 +10.00% 5
East of England +25 10 £225 +5.88%
Midlands +10 9 £300 -14.29% 2
South West +39 8 £321 -28.61% 6
South East +46 7 £275 +4.76% 14
West Midlands +1 7 £300 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £194 -
East Midlands - 2 £340 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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 featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (97.50%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (73.75%) Microsoft
3 50 (62.50%) Azure
4 48 (60.00%) Windows
5 47 (58.75%) SharePoint
6 42 (52.50%) Active Directory
7 41 (51.25%) Entra ID
8 39 (48.75%) Microsoft Exchange
9 29 (36.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 25 (31.25%) Finance
10 25 (31.25%) OneDrive
11 22 (27.50%) Social Skills
12 18 (22.50%) Data Loss Prevention
12 18 (22.50%) Microsoft Office
13 17 (21.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (21.25%) PowerShell
14 16 (20.00%) Banking
14 16 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 15 (18.75%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (17.50%) DNS
16 14 (17.50%) Firewall
16 14 (17.50%) Migration
17 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (15.00%) Windows Server
18 12 (15.00%) Security Operations
19 11 (13.75%) Azure Sentinel
19 11 (13.75%) ITIL
20 10 (12.50%) DHCP
20 10 (12.50%) VMware
20 10 (12.50%) ITSM

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 47 (58.75%) SharePoint
2 39 (48.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (22.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 78 (97.50%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (62.50%) Azure
3 41 (51.25%) Entra ID
4 25 (31.25%) OneDrive
5 15 (18.75%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (13.75%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (7.50%) SaaS
8 3 (3.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.75%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.50%) IaaS
9 2 (2.50%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.50%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.50%) ShareGate
9 2 (2.50%) Yammer
10 1 (1.25%) AWS
10 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.25%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.25%) Azure Storage
10 1 (1.25%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.50%) DNS
1 14 (17.50%) Firewall
2 10 (12.50%) DHCP
3 8 (10.00%) VPN
4 3 (3.75%) Skype
4 3 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.50%) MPLS
6 1 (1.25%) Intranet
6 1 (1.25%) PBX
6 1 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.25%) VLAN
6 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 25 (31.25%) Finance
2 22 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.00%) Banking
4 7 (8.75%) Legal
5 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.00%) Marketing
7 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Electronics
8 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.50%) Military
8 2 (2.50%) Spanish Language
8 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.25%) Automotive
9 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.25%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.25%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) Web Services
2 1 (1.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.00%) Smartphone
2 3 (3.75%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.50%) Social Media
4 1 (1.25%) BYOD
4 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.25%) iPhone
4 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.25%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 48 (60.00%) Windows
2 12 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.00%) VMS
4 7 (8.75%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.50%) Android
5 2 (2.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 16 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (17.50%) Migration
4 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (15.00%) Security Operations
6 11 (13.75%) ITIL
7 10 (12.50%) ITSM
8 9 (11.25%) DevOps
8 9 (11.25%) Identity Access Management
9 8 (10.00%) Cloud Security
9 8 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (10.00%) Fintech
9 8 (10.00%) Information Security
10 7 (8.75%) Agile
10 7 (8.75%) Identity Management
10 7 (8.75%) Privileged Identity Management
10 7 (8.75%) Server Hardening
10 7 (8.75%) Zero Trust
11 6 (7.50%) Impact Analysis
11 6 (7.50%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 7 (8.75%) Degree
4 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.25%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.25%) NIST
2 6 (7.50%) GDPR
2 6 (7.50%) HIPAA
2 6 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.75%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.75%) QA
System Software
1 42 (52.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (36.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.25%) WSUS
3 6 (7.50%) SCCM
4 3 (3.75%) QRadar
4 3 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.50%) PingFederate
6 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (73.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.50%) VMware
3 6 (7.50%) Darktrace
3 6 (7.50%) Zscaler
4 4 (5.00%) HP
5 3 (3.75%) Apple
5 3 (3.75%) Citrix
5 3 (3.75%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.50%) Adobe
6 2 (2.50%) Cisco
6 2 (2.50%) SAP
6 2 (2.50%) Varonis
7 1 (1.25%) Dell
7 1 (1.25%) Google
7 1 (1.25%) Proofpoint
33 Microsoft 365 Engineer jobs Nationwide