Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 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
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 133 203
Rank change year-on-year 0 +70 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 3 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.32% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.34% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile - £191 £253
25th Percentile - £224 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £505
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.74% +14.77%
75th Percentile £455 £413 £508
90th Percentile £488 £563 £517
England median daily rate £450 £400 £319
% change year-on-year +12.50% +25.49% -8.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,467 2,619 4,543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.21% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,830 3,207
10th Percentile £230 £213 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 120 132
10th Percentile £12.69 £13.93 £11.81
25th Percentile £15.10 £16.63 £14.50
Median hourly rate £23.82 £20.00 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +13.90% +15.79%
75th Percentile £32.60 £34.50 £20.80
90th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £41.29
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +50.00% +50.00%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the Midlands

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
West Midlands +1 2 £400 +6.67%
East Midlands -2 1 £510 +137.21%
Microsoft 365 Engineer
England

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 Midlands region featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Skype
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
3 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Skype
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft