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 £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 501 515
Rank change year-on-year -80 +14 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 90 58 58
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.19% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 46 42
10th Percentile £240 £129 £182
25th Percentile £430 £241 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £313 £419
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -25.37% +11.67%
75th Percentile £550 £447 £510
90th Percentile £638 £521 £560
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £345 £458
% change year-on-year +44.93% -24.71% +24.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 -

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 50,111 30,002 35,564
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 91.08% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,702 18,956 21,934
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £621 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,778 1,570 1,684
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.27 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.01%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +5.88%

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 16 September 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
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 16 September 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 -107 89 £500 +66.67% 45
London -58 51 £450 +50.00% 28
UK excluding London -102 38 £500 +44.93% 19
Work from Home -45 30 £500 +25.00% 21
South East -62 17 £500 +81.82% 8
North of England -68 16 £510 +27.54% 5
Yorkshire -38 9 £500 +296.83%
North West -43 7 £511 +27.76% 4
South West -47 3 £550 +221.64% 1
Midlands -48 2 £375 +8.70% 4
East Midlands -11 1 £250 -47.37% 3
East of England -27 1 £320 -46.67%
West Midlands -55 1 £500 +66.67% 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 90 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 58 (64.44%) SharePoint
4 52 (57.78%) Entra ID
5 40 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 33 (36.67%) Azure
7 32 (35.56%) Active Directory
8 27 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (28.89%) Security Cleared
10 24 (26.67%) OneDrive
11 23 (25.56%) SC Cleared
12 22 (24.44%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (21.11%) Windows
14 18 (20.00%) Migration
15 17 (18.89%) PowerShell
16 14 (15.56%) Zero Trust
17 13 (14.44%) Microsoft Copilot
18 12 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
19 11 (12.22%) Technical Leadership
20 10 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 10 (11.11%) Power Platform
20 10 (11.11%) Service Delivery
20 10 (11.11%) SIEM
21 9 (10.00%) Cloud Security
21 9 (10.00%) Threat Detection
22 8 (8.89%) AI
22 8 (8.89%) Change Management
22 8 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
22 8 (8.89%) DevOps
22 8 (8.89%) Single Sign-On

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 58 (64.44%) SharePoint
2 40 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 90 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (57.78%) Entra ID
3 33 (36.67%) Azure
4 24 (26.67%) OneDrive
5 22 (24.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (14.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (11.11%) Power Platform
8 5 (5.56%) PowerApps
8 5 (5.56%) SaaS
9 4 (4.44%) Power Automate
9 4 (4.44%) ShareGate
10 3 (3.33%) AWS
10 3 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (3.33%) Google Workspace
11 2 (2.22%) AWS CodeBuild
11 2 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (2.22%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (2.22%) GitHub
11 2 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (2.22%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.78%) DNS
2 6 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (5.56%) Firewall
4 3 (3.33%) DHCP
4 3 (3.33%) Skype
5 2 (2.22%) DKIM
5 2 (2.22%) LAN
5 2 (2.22%) Unified Communications
5 2 (2.22%) VPN
5 2 (2.22%) WAN
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.11%) DMARC
6 1 (1.11%) Network Security
6 1 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.11%) SMTP
6 1 (1.11%) WebEx
6 1 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Fiddler
2 3 (3.33%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.22%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.11%) MSI
4 1 (1.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (18.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.44%) Finance
3 11 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.11%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.11%) Law
7 1 (1.11%) Local Government
7 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.11%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.56%) JSON
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
1 5 (5.56%) SAML
2 4 (4.44%) OAuth
2 4 (4.44%) OpenID
3 3 (3.33%) FIDO
3 3 (3.33%) OAuth2
3 3 (3.33%) Terraform
4 2 (2.22%) REST
4 2 (2.22%) SPFx
5 1 (1.11%) .NET
5 1 (1.11%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.11%) Backbone.js
5 1 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.11%) LDAP
5 1 (1.11%) React
5 1 (1.11%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 9 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (4.44%) Blackberry
2 4 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.33%) Handset
3 3 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.33%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.22%) BYOD
4 2 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.11%) Linked Data
5 1 (1.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.11%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (21.11%) Windows
2 5 (5.56%) Android
2 5 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.33%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.00%) Migration
2 14 (15.56%) Zero Trust
3 12 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (12.22%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 10 (11.11%) SIEM
6 9 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 9 (10.00%) Threat Detection
7 8 (8.89%) AI
7 8 (8.89%) Change Management
7 8 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (8.89%) DevOps
8 7 (7.78%) Service Management
9 6 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (6.67%) Customer Service
9 6 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (6.67%) Runbook
9 6 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.89%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.33%) Python
3 2 (2.22%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.22%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.11%) Bicep
4 1 (1.11%) C++
4 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 23 (25.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.33%) Degree
5 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.44%) SLA
3 3 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.22%) GDPR
5 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 32 (35.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.89%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.22%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.22%) SCCM
5 1 (1.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 81 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.56%) Google
3 4 (4.44%) Cisco
3 4 (4.44%) Proofpoint
4 3 (3.33%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.33%) F5
4 3 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.22%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.11%) Apple
6 1 (1.11%) Citrix
6 1 (1.11%) Clearswift
6 1 (1.11%) Okta
6 1 (1.11%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.11%) Qualys
6 1 (1.11%) Varonis
6 1 (1.11%) VMware
6 1 (1.11%) Zscaler