Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 323 419
Rank change year-on-year +60 +96 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 41 22 58
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 18 45
10th Percentile £211 £329 £239
25th Percentile £237 £411 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £497 £508
90th Percentile £500 £558 £593
UK median daily rate £400 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +13.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 Engineer.

Microsoft 365 Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft 365 Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 Engineer.

Microsoft 365 Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (80.49%) Microsoft
3 29 (70.73%) SharePoint
4 27 (65.85%) Azure
5 24 (58.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 23 (56.10%) Entra ID
7 21 (51.22%) Active Directory
8 15 (36.59%) Windows
8 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
9 14 (34.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 13 (31.71%) OneDrive
10 13 (31.71%) PowerShell
11 12 (29.27%) Migration
12 11 (26.83%) Finance
13 10 (24.39%) SaaS
14 9 (21.95%) Collaborative Working
14 9 (21.95%) ITIL
15 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Office
15 8 (19.51%) Onboarding
16 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 7 (17.07%) Firewall
16 7 (17.07%) ITSM
16 7 (17.07%) VMware
17 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
17 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
17 6 (14.63%) DNS
18 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
18 5 (12.20%) DHCP
18 5 (12.20%) WSUS

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 29 (70.73%) SharePoint
2 24 (58.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.88%) Confluence
4 1 (2.44%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (65.85%) Azure
3 23 (56.10%) Entra ID
4 13 (31.71%) OneDrive
5 10 (24.39%) SaaS
6 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
7 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (7.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (7.32%) Google Workspace
8 3 (7.32%) IaaS
8 3 (7.32%) PaaS
8 3 (7.32%) Yammer
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.07%) Firewall
2 6 (14.63%) DNS
3 5 (12.20%) DHCP
4 4 (9.76%) Skype
5 3 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.44%) Intranet
6 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Banking
3 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Electronics
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
4 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.32%) Marketing
4 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.44%) French Language
6 1 (2.44%) German Language
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) .NET
1 3 (7.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.32%) BYOD
2 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.32%) Social Media
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Windows 10
2 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.76%) VMS
4 2 (4.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (29.27%) Migration
3 9 (21.95%) Collaborative Working
3 9 (21.95%) ITIL
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (17.07%) ITSM
5 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (12.20%) Cloud Security
5 5 (12.20%) Cost Reduction
5 5 (12.20%) DevOps
5 5 (12.20%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 5 (12.20%) Security Operations
6 4 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (9.76%) Cost Optimisation
6 4 (9.76%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (9.76%) DevSecOps
6 4 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (9.76%) Information Security
6 4 (9.76%) RBAC
6 4 (9.76%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (31.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
1 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) Azure Certification
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
4 1 (2.44%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (51.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (12.20%) WSUS
3 4 (9.76%) SCCM
3 4 (9.76%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.44%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 33 (80.49%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) VMware
3 3 (7.32%) Google
3 3 (7.32%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) Citrix
4 1 (2.44%) CyberArk