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 £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 488 522
Rank change year-on-year -17 +34 +143
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 56 75 118
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.21% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 49 88
10th Percentile £171 £210 £187
25th Percentile £288 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £503
90th Percentile £535 £587 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 30,175 35,003 44,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.96% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,066 21,137 30,622
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 1,436 1,528
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.08 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.56%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.52 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%

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 15 October 2025.

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
Top 13 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 15 October 2025. 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 -5 53 £400 -5.88% 19
UK excluding London -15 37 £400 -11.11% 20
Work from Home +33 23 £400 -3.03% 10
London +2 18 £400 +3.23% 2
South East +16 14 £450 -3.54% 15
East of England -3 6 £600 +72.04%
North West -12 6 £400 +6.67% 2
Midlands -14 6 £300 -25.00% 1
North of England -21 6 £400 +6.67% 2
West Midlands -14 5 £300 -25.00%
South West 0 4 £171 -67.43% 1
Scotland - 3 £500 - 1
East Midlands -4 1 £450 -11.76% 1

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 53 (94.64%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 36 (64.29%) Azure
4 33 (58.93%) Entra ID
5 31 (55.36%) SharePoint
6 29 (51.79%) Windows
7 26 (46.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 24 (42.86%) Active Directory
9 19 (33.93%) PowerShell
10 18 (32.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (30.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
12 16 (28.57%) OneDrive
13 15 (26.79%) Finance
14 14 (25.00%) Banking
15 13 (23.21%) Security Operations
15 13 (23.21%) Data Loss Prevention
16 11 (19.64%) NIST
16 11 (19.64%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
16 11 (19.64%) Identity Access Management
17 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
17 10 (17.86%) Degree
17 10 (17.86%) Firewall
18 9 (16.07%) Identity Management
18 9 (16.07%) Azure Certification
18 9 (16.07%) Cloud Security
19 8 (14.29%) Zero Trust
19 8 (14.29%) Power Platform
19 8 (14.29%) GDPR

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 31 (55.36%) SharePoint
2 26 (46.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 53 (94.64%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (64.29%) Azure
3 33 (58.93%) Entra ID
4 17 (30.36%) Microsoft Purview
5 16 (28.57%) OneDrive
6 11 (19.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (14.29%) Power Platform
8 6 (10.71%) PowerApps
9 4 (7.14%) ShareGate
10 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
10 3 (5.36%) SaaS
11 2 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (3.57%) Azure Storage
11 2 (3.57%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (3.57%) Viva Engage
12 1 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (1.79%) IaaS
12 1 (1.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.86%) Firewall
2 6 (10.71%) VPN
3 2 (3.57%) DNS
3 2 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.79%) DHCP
4 1 (1.79%) PBX
4 1 (1.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Power BI
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 15 (26.79%) Finance
2 14 (25.00%) Banking
3 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
4 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.79%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) JSON
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.79%) OAuth
1 1 (1.79%) REST
1 1 (1.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.57%) Chip and PIN
2 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (51.79%) Windows
2 7 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.57%) Android
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.21%) Data Loss Prevention
1 13 (23.21%) Security Operations
2 11 (19.64%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (16.07%) Cloud Security
3 9 (16.07%) Identity Management
4 8 (14.29%) Fintech
4 8 (14.29%) Information Security
4 8 (14.29%) ITIL
4 8 (14.29%) Privileged Identity Management
4 8 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (14.29%) Zero Trust
5 7 (12.50%) Agile
5 7 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
5 7 (12.50%) Migration
5 7 (12.50%) Server Hardening
6 6 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
6 6 (10.71%) Incident Management
6 6 (10.71%) Knowledge Transfer
6 6 (10.71%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (17.86%) Degree
2 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 9 (16.07%) Azure Certification
4 6 (10.71%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.64%) NIST
2 8 (14.29%) GDPR
2 8 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (12.50%) HIPAA
4 3 (5.36%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.57%) QA
6 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.14%) QRadar
2 4 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) Darktrace
2 6 (10.71%) Zscaler
3 3 (5.36%) Adobe
4 2 (3.57%) Apple
4 2 (3.57%) BMC
4 2 (3.57%) Dell
4 2 (3.57%) HP
4 2 (3.57%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.57%) Varonis
5 1 (1.79%) Qualys
5 1 (1.79%) Remedy