Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in Work from Home is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 410 542
Rank change year-on-year +86 +132 -169
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 22 59 78
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 46 58
10th Percentile £329 £219 £244
25th Percentile £411 £325 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £497 £517 £513
90th Percentile £558 £591 £550
UK median daily rate £375 £425 £394
% change year-on-year -11.76% +7.94% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,459 24,892 42,839
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.28% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,665 17,565 30,928
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £745 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 561 589 610
10th Percentile £14.27 £18.50 £12.88
25th Percentile £22.50 £27.73 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 24 April 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (54.55%) Azure
2 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 11 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 11 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
4 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
4 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (31.82%) OneDrive
6 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
6 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
6 6 (27.27%) JIRA
7 5 (22.73%) Problem Management
8 4 (18.18%) ShareGate
9 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (13.64%) Migration
10 2 (9.09%) Games
10 2 (9.09%) Local Government
10 2 (9.09%) CISM
10 2 (9.09%) EDRMS
10 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (9.09%) CISSP
10 2 (9.09%) ITIL
10 2 (9.09%) Records Management
10 2 (9.09%) DevOps
10 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (9.09%) German Language
10 2 (9.09%) SIEM
10 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune

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 11 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.55%) Confluence
3 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (54.55%) Azure
3 7 (31.82%) OneDrive
4 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
5 4 (18.18%) ShareGate
6 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.55%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (9.09%) Games
1 2 (9.09%) German Language
1 2 (9.09%) Local Government
1 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
1 1 (4.55%) React
1 1 (4.55%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Problem Management
2 3 (13.64%) Migration
3 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (9.09%) Data Sharing
3 2 (9.09%) DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) ITIL
3 2 (9.09%) Log Aggregation
3 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.09%) Records Management
3 2 (9.09%) SIEM
3 2 (9.09%) Threat Detection
4 1 (4.55%) Containerisation
4 1 (4.55%) Data Security
4 1 (4.55%) Identity Management
4 1 (4.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (4.55%) Project Management
4 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
4 1 (4.55%) Validation
4 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) CISM
2 2 (9.09%) CISSP
2 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.09%) QRadar
3 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) Salesforce