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 in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 518 624
Rank change year-on-year +26 +106 -125
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 58 118 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.25% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.27% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 95 129
10th Percentile £163 £205 £165
25th Percentile £225 £285 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -9.68%
75th Percentile £425 £534 £488
90th Percentile £562 £588 £528
UK median daily rate £375 £413 £375
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
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 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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 12 June 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 12 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
London +45 18 £306 -32.69% 3
West Midlands +27 12 £363 +11.54% 2
Midlands +21 12 £363 +11.54% 2
South West +1 8 £425 +41.08% 2
South East +7 7 £225 -35.71% 1
East of England +8 5 £213 -53.42% 1
North of England +5 5 £375 -21.05% 4
North West +4 5 £375 -21.05% 3
Microsoft 365 Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the England region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 57 (98.28%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (74.14%) Microsoft
3 36 (62.07%) Azure
4 33 (56.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (53.45%) Active Directory
6 28 (48.28%) Windows
7 24 (41.38%) SharePoint
8 23 (39.66%) Entra ID
9 19 (32.76%) OneDrive
10 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 17 (29.31%) Security Cleared
10 17 (29.31%) PowerShell
11 16 (27.59%) SC Cleared
12 15 (25.86%) Windows 10
12 15 (25.86%) Windows Server
13 14 (24.14%) SCCM
14 12 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 11 (18.97%) Power Platform
15 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
15 11 (18.97%) Business Intelligence
16 10 (17.24%) Finance
17 9 (15.52%) PowerApps
17 9 (15.52%) Firewall
18 8 (13.79%) Migration
18 8 (13.79%) Power Automate
18 8 (13.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
18 8 (13.79%) Power BI
19 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
19 7 (12.07%) Single Sign-On
19 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2016

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 33 (56.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (41.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (98.28%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (62.07%) Azure
3 23 (39.66%) Entra ID
4 19 (32.76%) OneDrive
5 11 (18.97%) Power Platform
6 9 (15.52%) PowerApps
7 8 (13.79%) Power Automate
8 4 (6.90%) AWS
8 4 (6.90%) IaaS
8 4 (6.90%) ShareGate
9 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (3.45%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.72%) NuGet
11 1 (1.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.52%) Firewall
2 6 (10.34%) Unified Communications
3 3 (5.17%) DNS
3 3 (5.17%) MPLS
3 3 (5.17%) VoIP
4 2 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.72%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.72%) Network Security
5 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.79%) Power BI
2 6 (10.34%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.45%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.62%) Banking
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Local Government
6 1 (1.72%) Electronics
6 1 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.72%) French Language
6 1 (1.72%) German Language
6 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.72%) Marketing
6 1 (1.72%) Police
6 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.72%) React
1 1 (1.72%) SPFx
1 1 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Digital Signage
1 6 (10.34%) PKI
2 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.45%) Video Editing
3 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (48.28%) Windows
2 15 (25.86%) Windows 10
2 15 (25.86%) Windows Server
3 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (10.34%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.45%) Android
6 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (18.97%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (13.79%) Migration
3 8 (13.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
4 7 (12.07%) ITIL
5 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery
6 4 (6.90%) Problem Management
7 3 (5.17%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (5.17%) Identity Management
7 3 (5.17%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.17%) Time Management
8 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (3.45%) DevOps
8 2 (3.45%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (3.45%) Log Aggregation
8 2 (3.45%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (3.45%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (3.45%) Records Management
8 2 (3.45%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (29.31%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.45%) CISM
4 2 (3.45%) CISSP
4 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (53.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (24.14%) SCCM
3 7 (12.07%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (3.45%) QRadar
5 1 (1.72%) Autotask
5 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (74.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) Oracle
3 5 (8.62%) Citrix
3 5 (8.62%) VMware
4 3 (5.17%) Cisco
4 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.45%) Apple
5 2 (3.45%) Google
5 2 (3.45%) Polycom
6 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.72%) Okta
6 1 (1.72%) Remedy
6 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.72%) SAP