Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 542 652
Rank change year-on-year +34 +110 -115
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 67 140 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.26% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 113 145
10th Percentile £163 £222 £165
25th Percentile £225 £325 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £454 £538 £488
90th Percentile £574 £581 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £419 £325
% change year-on-year -10.45% +28.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -27.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +28 61 £375 -6.25% 8
UK excluding London +16 43 £375 -10.45% 7
Work from Home +92 21 £425 +9.68% 6
London +60 18 £306 -32.32% 2
Midlands +27 12 £363 +11.54% 1
West Midlands +23 12 £363 +11.54% 1
South East +5 9 £225 -35.71% 1
South West +4 7 £425 +41.08% 2
North of England +10 6 £414 -12.89% 1
North West +9 6 £414 -12.89%
East of England +8 6 £213 -57.50% 1
Scotland +34 2 £538 +38.71%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (98.51%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (73.13%) Microsoft
3 39 (58.21%) Azure
4 37 (55.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (46.27%) Windows
6 29 (43.28%) Active Directory
7 28 (41.79%) SharePoint
8 22 (32.84%) OneDrive
9 20 (29.85%) Entra ID
9 20 (29.85%) PowerShell
10 18 (26.87%) Security Cleared
11 17 (25.37%) SC Cleared
12 16 (23.88%) Windows 10
12 16 (23.88%) Windows Server
13 15 (22.39%) Microsoft Intune
14 13 (19.40%) SCCM
15 12 (17.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 12 (17.91%) Power Platform
15 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
16 11 (16.42%) Business Intelligence
17 10 (14.93%) Finance
18 9 (13.43%) Firewall
18 9 (13.43%) PowerApps
19 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2016
19 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2019
19 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
19 8 (11.94%) Migration
20 7 (10.45%) ITIL
20 7 (10.45%) SQL Server
20 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Office

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 37 (55.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (41.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.99%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) InfoPath
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 66 (98.51%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (58.21%) Azure
3 22 (32.84%) OneDrive
4 20 (29.85%) Entra ID
5 12 (17.91%) Power Platform
6 9 (13.43%) PowerApps
7 7 (10.45%) Power Automate
8 4 (5.97%) ShareGate
9 3 (4.48%) AWS
9 3 (4.48%) IaaS
10 2 (2.99%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.49%) NuGet
11 1 (1.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.43%) Firewall
2 6 (8.96%) Unified Communications
3 4 (5.97%) Network Security
4 3 (4.48%) VoIP
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (2.99%) DNS
5 2 (2.99%) MPLS
6 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.49%) FTP
6 1 (1.49%) HTTP
6 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Power BI
1 7 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.99%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) JIRA
General
1 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Finance
3 6 (8.96%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.46%) Banking
5 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.99%) German Language
6 2 (2.99%) Local Government
7 1 (1.49%) Electronics
7 1 (1.49%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.49%) Marketing
7 1 (1.49%) Police
7 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) COM
1 1 (1.49%) HTML
1 1 (1.49%) HTML5
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 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.99%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.99%) Video Editing
4 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 31 (46.27%) Windows
2 16 (23.88%) Windows 10
2 16 (23.88%) Windows Server
3 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (10.45%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.99%) Android
5 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.49%) Linux
6 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (16.42%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
3 8 (11.94%) Migration
4 7 (10.45%) ITIL
4 7 (10.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 6 (8.96%) Service Delivery
6 5 (7.46%) Problem Management
7 4 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (4.48%) SIEM
8 3 (4.48%) Threat Detection
8 3 (4.48%) Time Management
9 2 (2.99%) Change Control
9 2 (2.99%) Data Loss Prevention
9 2 (2.99%) Data Migration
9 2 (2.99%) DevOps
9 2 (2.99%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (2.99%) Records Management
9 2 (2.99%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 20 (29.85%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.48%) SQL
3 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
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+
4 2 (2.99%) Degree
5 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (43.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (22.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (19.40%) SCCM
3 7 (10.45%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.99%) QRadar
5 1 (1.49%) Autotask
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%) Citrix
3 4 (5.97%) VMware
4 3 (4.48%) Cisco
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%) Remedy
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.49%) SAP
6 1 (1.49%) Splunk