Microsoft 365 Engineer Contract Job Trends

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 395 494
Rank change year-on-year -145 +99 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 79 124 90
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.43% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.46% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 83 71
10th Percentile £313 £153 £163
25th Percentile £416 £216 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £540 £519 £464
90th Percentile £603 £626 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £413 £375
% change year-on-year +21.21% +10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.46 - -
Median hourly rate £21.84 - £50.00
75th Percentile £34.02 - -
90th Percentile £55.27 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.63 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - +69.49%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,460 27,000 41,116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 92.90% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,246 17,765 26,949
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.68% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,509 917 2,520
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.20 £32.50 £32.95
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -1.36% -24.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.25 £72.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £31.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.07% -3.45% -21.30%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft 365 Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 10 Contract Job 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 26 March 2026. 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 -138 77 £488 +8.33% 22
London -65 39 £450 -5.26% 4
UK excluding London -122 39 £500 +21.21% 20
Work from Home -61 22 £500 +17.65% 11
South East -33 20 £475 - 4
North of England -74 18 £520 +18.86% 7
North West -51 13 £558 +23.89% 4
Yorkshire -51 4 £325 +11.59% 3
Scotland +5 1 £650 +339.19% 1
North East - 1 £400 -

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Microsoft 365 Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 74 (93.67%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (77.22%) Microsoft
3 44 (55.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (36.71%) Active Directory
5 27 (34.18%) Entra ID
6 26 (32.91%) Azure
7 24 (30.38%) SharePoint
8 23 (29.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (29.11%) PowerShell
9 22 (27.85%) Migration
9 22 (27.85%) Security Cleared
10 20 (25.32%) Microsoft Office
11 16 (20.25%) Degree
11 16 (20.25%) DV Cleared
11 16 (20.25%) Roadmaps
12 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (18.99%) OneDrive
13 14 (17.72%) Windows
14 13 (16.46%) E-Discovery
15 12 (15.19%) High Availability
15 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery
16 11 (13.92%) Power Platform
16 11 (13.92%) Root Cause Analysis
17 10 (12.66%) Identity Access Management
17 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Purview
17 10 (12.66%) PowerApps
17 10 (12.66%) Project Delivery
18 9 (11.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 9 (11.39%) Firewall

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 44 (55.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (30.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (25.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 74 (93.67%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (34.18%) Entra ID
3 26 (32.91%) Azure
4 15 (18.99%) OneDrive
5 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Copilot
6 11 (13.92%) Power Platform
7 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Purview
7 10 (12.66%) PowerApps
8 8 (10.13%) Power Automate
9 5 (6.33%) AWS
10 3 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (2.53%) IaaS
11 2 (2.53%) Viva Engage
12 1 (1.27%) AWS CodeBuild
12 1 (1.27%) Azure Functions
12 1 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (1.27%) Azure Stack
12 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (1.27%) Mimecast
12 1 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.39%) Firewall
2 4 (5.06%) DNS
3 3 (3.80%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.53%) DKIM
4 2 (2.53%) MPLS
4 2 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.53%) VPN
4 2 (2.53%) Wireless
5 1 (1.27%) DHCP
5 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.27%) Terragrunt
General
1 22 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.19%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.33%) Banking
3 5 (6.33%) Finance
4 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.80%) International Banking
4 3 (3.80%) Legal
5 1 (1.27%) Automotive
5 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.53%) Web Services
3 1 (1.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) BYOD
2 4 (5.06%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.80%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.53%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.53%) Social Media
5 1 (1.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.72%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.06%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.53%) Android
4 2 (2.53%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Migration
2 16 (20.25%) Roadmaps
3 13 (16.46%) E-Discovery
4 12 (15.19%) High Availability
5 11 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (13.92%) Root Cause Analysis
6 10 (12.66%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (12.66%) Project Delivery
7 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.59%) Contingency Planning
8 6 (7.59%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (7.59%) Data Protection
8 6 (7.59%) PLM
8 6 (7.59%) Technology Roadmap
9 5 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (6.33%) Knowledge Transfer
9 5 (6.33%) Security Operations
10 4 (5.06%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (5.06%) SIEM
10 4 (5.06%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.27%) Python
2 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (27.85%) Security Cleared
2 16 (20.25%) Degree
2 16 (20.25%) DV Cleared
3 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (10.13%) MCSA
4 8 (10.13%) MCSE
5 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.27%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CCNA
7 1 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) SLA
2 3 (3.80%) GDPR
2 3 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.53%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (36.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.53%) QRadar
4 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.27%) SCCM
4 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (77.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) Cisco
3 3 (3.80%) Proofpoint
4 2 (2.53%) Apple
4 2 (2.53%) Dell
4 2 (2.53%) HP
4 2 (2.53%) Qualys
4 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.53%) Varonis
4 2 (2.53%) Verint
5 1 (1.27%) Google
5 1 (1.27%) OpenAI