Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK > England

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in England is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 521 623
Rank change year-on-year +50 +102 -158
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 67 129 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.27% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.28% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 108 122
10th Percentile £161 £223 £165
25th Percentile £225 £298 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £363
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +10.41% -3.33%
75th Percentile £450 £530 £486
90th Percentile £554 £579 £536
UK median daily rate £375 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £28.65 -
25th Percentile - £28.88 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%
75th Percentile - £29.88 £30.00
90th Percentile - £29.95 £36.00
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
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,713 45,324 67,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.59% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,377 32,182 47,955
10th Percentile £283 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £763 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,449 1,335 1,849
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.51 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £77.50 £63.95
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in England

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +66 20 £406 -9.72% 5
West Midlands +34 13 £375 +15.38% 1
Midlands +29 13 £375 +15.38% 2
South East +6 11 £225 -35.71% 3
South West +11 7 £425 +41.08% 2
North of England +18 6 £414 -12.89% 4
East of England +8 6 £213 -56.41% 2
North West +6 6 £414 -12.89% 3
Microsoft 365 Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (98.51%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (73.13%) Microsoft
3 41 (61.19%) Azure
4 34 (50.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 30 (44.78%) Active Directory
6 29 (43.28%) Windows
7 24 (35.82%) SharePoint
8 21 (31.34%) Entra ID
9 19 (28.36%) OneDrive
10 18 (26.87%) Security Cleared
10 18 (26.87%) PowerShell
11 17 (25.37%) SC Cleared
11 17 (25.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 17 (25.37%) Windows 10
12 15 (22.39%) Windows Server
13 14 (20.90%) SCCM
14 12 (17.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 11 (16.42%) Social Skills
16 10 (14.93%) Power Platform
16 10 (14.93%) Finance
16 10 (14.93%) Firewall
16 10 (14.93%) Business Intelligence
17 9 (13.43%) Windows Server 2016
17 9 (13.43%) Windows Server 2019
18 8 (11.94%) PowerApps
18 8 (11.94%) Single Sign-On
18 8 (11.94%) Windows 7
18 8 (11.94%) ITIL
18 8 (11.94%) SQL Server
18 8 (11.94%) Migration

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 34 (50.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (35.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.49%) Confluence
3 1 (1.49%) IBM Domino
3 1 (1.49%) IBM Notes
3 1 (1.49%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (98.51%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (61.19%) Azure
3 21 (31.34%) Entra ID
4 19 (28.36%) OneDrive
5 10 (14.93%) Power Platform
6 8 (11.94%) PowerApps
7 7 (10.45%) Power Automate
8 4 (5.97%) ShareGate
9 3 (4.48%) AWS
9 3 (4.48%) IaaS
9 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.99%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.49%) NuGet
11 1 (1.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.93%) Firewall
2 7 (10.45%) Unified Communications
3 6 (8.96%) Network Security
4 3 (4.48%) DNS
4 3 (4.48%) VoIP
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (2.99%) MPLS
5 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.49%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.45%) Power BI
3 2 (2.99%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) JIRA
General
1 11 (16.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Finance
3 5 (7.46%) Banking
3 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.99%) German Language
5 2 (2.99%) Local Government
6 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.49%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.49%) Games
6 1 (1.49%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.49%) React
1 1 (1.49%) SPFx
1 1 (1.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.96%) Digital Signage
1 6 (8.96%) PKI
2 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.99%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.99%) Video Editing
3 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 29 (43.28%) Windows
2 17 (25.37%) Windows 10
3 15 (22.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (13.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (13.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (11.94%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.99%) Android
8 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (14.93%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (11.94%) ITIL
3 8 (11.94%) Migration
4 7 (10.45%) Customer Service
4 7 (10.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 6 (8.96%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.97%) Problem Management
7 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (4.48%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (4.48%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (4.48%) Project Delivery
7 3 (4.48%) SIEM
7 3 (4.48%) Threat Detection
7 3 (4.48%) Time Management
8 2 (2.99%) Budget Responsibility
8 2 (2.99%) Change Control
8 2 (2.99%) Cloud Security
8 2 (2.99%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (2.99%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.87%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.48%) SQL
3 1 (1.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) Security Cleared
2 17 (25.37%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.99%) CISM
4 2 (2.99%) CISSP
4 2 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.49%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (44.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (25.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (20.90%) SCCM
3 8 (11.94%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.99%) QRadar
5 1 (1.49%) Autotask
5 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (73.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) Oracle
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco
3 4 (5.97%) Citrix
3 4 (5.97%) VMware
4 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.99%) Apple
5 2 (2.99%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Polycom
6 1 (1.49%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.49%) IBM
6 1 (1.49%) Lotus
6 1 (1.49%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.49%) Remedy
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.49%) Splunk