Hybrid/Remote Microsoft 365 Engineer Contract Job Trends

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

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 319 355
Rank change year-on-year +33 +36 +178
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 21 18 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 37
10th Percentile £288 £240 £200
25th Percentile £300 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £467 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +16.63% +14.29%
75th Percentile £438 £500 £675
90th Percentile £450 £550 £810
UK median daily rate £313 £419 £381
% change year-on-year -25.37% +9.84% +22.00%

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 9,232 11,907 18,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.46% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,085 7,637 13,405
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 295 439
10th Percentile £13.36 £19.42 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +4.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies

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 18 September 2025.

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

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (90.48%) Microsoft
3 17 (80.95%) Azure
4 15 (71.43%) Entra ID
4 15 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (71.43%) Windows
5 14 (66.67%) SharePoint
6 12 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (52.38%) Finance
8 10 (47.62%) Banking
8 10 (47.62%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (42.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
9 9 (42.86%) Security Operations
10 8 (38.10%) Firewall
10 8 (38.10%) Cloud Security
10 8 (38.10%) NIST
11 7 (33.33%) OneDrive
11 7 (33.33%) Azure Certification
11 7 (33.33%) Fintech
11 7 (33.33%) Server Hardening
11 7 (33.33%) Information Security
11 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
12 6 (28.57%) Zscaler
12 6 (28.57%) Darktrace
13 5 (23.81%) GDPR
13 5 (23.81%) Privileged Identity Management
13 5 (23.81%) Zero Trust
13 5 (23.81%) Impact Analysis

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 14 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 12 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (80.95%) Azure
3 15 (71.43%) Entra ID
4 9 (42.86%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (33.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
General
1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Data Loss Prevention
2 9 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 8 (38.10%) Cloud Security
4 7 (33.33%) Fintech
4 7 (33.33%) Information Security
4 7 (33.33%) Server Hardening
5 5 (23.81%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (23.81%) Identity Management
5 5 (23.81%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (23.81%) Privileged Identity Management
5 5 (23.81%) Zero Trust
6 4 (19.05%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (14.29%) Break/Fix
7 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 3 (14.29%) Migration
7 3 (14.29%) Project Management
8 2 (9.52%) Agile
8 2 (9.52%) ITIL
8 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 5 (23.81%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) NIST
2 5 (23.81%) GDPR
2 5 (23.81%) HIPAA
2 5 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (14.29%) QRadar
3 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Darktrace
2 6 (28.57%) Zscaler
3 3 (14.29%) Adobe
4 2 (9.52%) Varonis
5 1 (4.76%) Remedy