Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 680 864 1055
Rank change year-on-year +184 +191 -379
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 211 131 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 191 122 165
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,590 £28,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% +2.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,625 - £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.42% +11.76% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +159 196 £46,000 -23.33% 28
UK excluding London +76 137 £43,500 -8.42% 19
London +131 69 £65,000 +8.33% 10
Work from Home +66 46 £52,500 - 9
North of England +66 41 £43,500 +16.78% 3
South East +42 35 £45,000 -26.53% 3
North West +23 25 £43,500 +20.00% 1
South West -12 22 £37,500 -16.67% 5
Yorkshire +88 16 £42,137 +13.12% 2
East of England +23 14 £37,500 +33.93% 3
Midlands +1 12 £50,000 -13.04% 2
West Midlands +9 10 £50,000 -13.04%
Northern Ireland +35 9 £35,000 - 3
Scotland -57 4 £36,500 -16.57%
East Midlands -13 2 £44,500 -17.21% 2

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 210 (99.53%) Microsoft 365
2 177 (83.89%) Microsoft
3 147 (69.67%) Azure
4 103 (48.82%) Active Directory
5 99 (46.92%) Windows
6 89 (42.18%) Microsoft Exchange
7 82 (38.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 73 (34.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 68 (32.23%) SharePoint
10 66 (31.28%) Windows Server
11 64 (30.33%) PowerShell
12 47 (22.27%) Entra ID
12 47 (22.27%) Social Skills
13 45 (21.33%) ITIL
14 44 (20.85%) Hyper-V
15 43 (20.38%) OneDrive
16 39 (18.48%) VMware
17 34 (16.11%) Degree
17 34 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
18 33 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
18 33 (15.64%) DNS
19 32 (15.17%) Citrix
19 32 (15.17%) Power Platform
20 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
21 29 (13.74%) Migration
22 28 (13.27%) Finance
23 27 (12.80%) VMware Infrastructure
24 26 (12.32%) DHCP
25 24 (11.37%) AWS
26 23 (10.90%) Incident Management

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 89 (42.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (32.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.84%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (2.84%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.79%) InfoPath
4 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 210 (99.53%) Microsoft 365
2 147 (69.67%) Azure
3 47 (22.27%) Entra ID
4 43 (20.38%) OneDrive
5 32 (15.17%) Power Platform
6 24 (11.37%) AWS
7 15 (7.11%) Mimecast
8 12 (5.69%) Power Automate
8 12 (5.69%) PowerApps
9 11 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.79%) WhatsApp
11 6 (2.84%) GCP
11 6 (2.84%) Slack
12 5 (2.37%) SaaS
13 4 (1.90%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.90%) Serverless
14 3 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 33 (15.64%) DNS
2 26 (12.32%) DHCP
3 21 (9.95%) Firewall
4 14 (6.64%) WAN
5 12 (5.69%) VoIP
6 11 (5.21%) Unified Communications
7 10 (4.74%) LAN
8 9 (4.27%) VPN
9 8 (3.79%) FTP
9 8 (3.79%) HTTP
10 7 (3.32%) VLAN
11 4 (1.90%) Internet
11 4 (1.90%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.95%) Network Security
12 2 (0.95%) SAN
12 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.95%) WLAN
13 1 (0.47%) MPLS
13 1 (0.47%) NetScaler
13 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.42%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 47 (22.27%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.27%) Finance
3 18 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.79%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.84%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.37%) Electronics
8 5 (2.37%) Marketing
8 5 (2.37%) Retail
8 5 (2.37%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.90%) Law
10 3 (1.42%) Local Government
11 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.79%) COM
1 8 (3.79%) HTML
1 8 (3.79%) HTML5
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.95%) SPFx
3 1 (0.47%) ADSI
3 1 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.11%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.69%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.32%) BYOD
4 6 (2.84%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.90%) Replication
6 3 (1.42%) iPad
6 3 (1.42%) Mobile Computing
7 2 (0.95%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.95%) EMC VNX
7 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.47%) Derivative
8 1 (0.47%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.47%) iPhone
8 1 (0.47%) PKI
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.47%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 99 (46.92%) Windows
2 66 (31.28%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.43%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.32%) Android
5 7 (3.32%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.90%) Linux
7 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.95%) CentOS
8 2 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.95%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (34.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (21.33%) ITIL
3 34 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (13.74%) Migration
6 23 (10.90%) Incident Management
6 23 (10.90%) Roadmaps
7 20 (9.48%) Capacity Planning
8 19 (9.00%) Computer Science
8 19 (9.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (8.06%) Customer Service
9 17 (8.06%) Proactive Monitoring
10 15 (7.11%) Task Automation
11 14 (6.64%) Mentoring
12 13 (6.16%) Server Management
12 13 (6.16%) Service Delivery
13 12 (5.69%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (5.69%) Project Delivery
14 11 (5.21%) Coaching
14 11 (5.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 64 (30.33%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.79%) JavaScript
3 7 (3.32%) SQL
4 4 (1.90%) R
5 2 (0.95%) Bash
6 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (16.11%) Degree
2 19 (9.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.79%) MCSE
5 7 (3.32%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.32%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.84%) MCITP
7 5 (2.37%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.95%) CCNA
10 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.69%) SLA
2 1 (0.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 103 (48.82%) Active Directory
2 44 (20.85%) Hyper-V
3 27 (12.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.32%) XenDesktop
5 6 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.84%) XenApp
6 3 (1.42%) vSphere
7 2 (0.95%) Docker
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 82 (38.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (9.48%) SCCM
3 10 (4.74%) Terraform
4 5 (2.37%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.90%) CASB
6 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.95%) Nagios
8 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 177 (83.89%) Microsoft
2 39 (18.48%) VMware
3 32 (15.17%) Citrix
4 15 (7.11%) Cisco
5 10 (4.74%) Dell
6 9 (4.27%) Meraki
7 8 (3.79%) Google
8 7 (3.32%) HP
8 7 (3.32%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.32%) Veeam
9 6 (2.84%) Symantec
10 5 (2.37%) SAP
10 5 (2.37%) Sophos
11 4 (1.90%) Adobe
11 4 (1.90%) Aruba
11 4 (1.90%) SonicWALL
12 3 (1.42%) EMC
12 3 (1.42%) Oracle
12 3 (1.42%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.95%) N-able