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 £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 397 487
Rank change year-on-year -131 +90 +96
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 80 123 102
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.40% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.43% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 82 78
10th Percentile £313 £151 £159
25th Percentile £413 £223 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £484
90th Percentile £604 £626 £579
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £406 £375
% change year-on-year +16.92% +8.33% -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 38,243 28,404 41,374
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.82% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,036 17,847 27,236
10th Percentile £310 £293 £275
25th Percentile £409 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,330 852 2,355
10th Percentile £14.64 £16.25 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.50 £34.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -0.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -3.08% -7.14% -6.67%

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 28 February 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 28 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer 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 28 February 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 -127 75 £475 +5.56% 14
UK excluding London -105 44 £475 +16.92% 13
London -66 35 £450 -5.26% 3
South East -12 24 £475 +163.89% 4
Work from Home -34 21 £475 +11.76% 4
North of England -76 14 £495 +10.00% 4
North West -52 10 £540 +20.00% 3
Scotland +8 4 £550 +271.62% 1
Yorkshire -60 3 £238 -25.78% 1
Midlands -58 2 £420 +15.86% 1
East Midlands -21 1 £450 +150.00%
West Midlands -52 1 £390 -2.50% 1
North East - 1 £400 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 February 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 (92.50%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (76.25%) Microsoft
3 50 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 32 (40.00%) Active Directory
5 30 (37.50%) SharePoint
6 29 (36.25%) Entra ID
7 28 (35.00%) PowerShell
8 27 (33.75%) Security Cleared
9 25 (31.25%) Azure
10 24 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
11 20 (25.00%) DV Cleared
11 20 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
11 20 (25.00%) Migration
12 18 (22.50%) OneDrive
13 16 (20.00%) Roadmaps
14 14 (17.50%) Degree
14 14 (17.50%) Windows
15 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (16.25%) Power Platform
16 12 (15.00%) High Availability
17 11 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
17 11 (13.75%) E-Discovery
17 11 (13.75%) PowerApps
17 11 (13.75%) Root Cause Analysis
18 10 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
19 9 (11.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
19 9 (11.25%) Firewall
19 9 (11.25%) Identity Access Management
19 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Copilot
19 9 (11.25%) Project Delivery

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 50 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 74 (92.50%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (36.25%) Entra ID
3 25 (31.25%) Azure
4 18 (22.50%) OneDrive
5 13 (16.25%) Power Platform
6 11 (13.75%) PowerApps
7 10 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (8.75%) Power Automate
10 3 (3.75%) AWS
10 3 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (3.75%) IaaS
11 2 (2.50%) SaaS
11 2 (2.50%) ShareGate
11 2 (2.50%) Viva Engage
12 1 (1.25%) Azure Storage
12 1 (1.25%) Google Workspace
12 1 (1.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.25%) Firewall
2 4 (5.00%) DNS
3 3 (3.75%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.50%) MPLS
4 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.50%) VPN
4 2 (2.50%) Wireless
5 1 (1.25%) DHCP
5 1 (1.25%) DKIM
5 1 (1.25%) PBX
5 1 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.50%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 21 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Banking
3 5 (6.25%) Finance
4 3 (3.75%) International Banking
5 1 (1.25%) Automotive
5 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.25%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.25%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) Web Services
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.00%) BYOD
2 4 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.75%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.50%) Social Media
5 1 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.50%) Windows
2 7 (8.75%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.50%) Android
4 2 (2.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.00%) Migration
2 16 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 12 (15.00%) High Availability
4 11 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (13.75%) E-Discovery
4 11 (13.75%) Root Cause Analysis
5 9 (11.25%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (11.25%) Project Delivery
6 8 (10.00%) ITIL
6 8 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (7.50%) Agile
7 6 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (7.50%) Contingency Planning
7 6 (7.50%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (7.50%) PLM
7 6 (7.50%) Security Operations
7 6 (7.50%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (6.25%) Data Protection
8 5 (6.25%) Task Automation
9 4 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 28 (35.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (33.75%) Security Cleared
2 20 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 14 (17.50%) Degree
4 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (11.25%) SC Cleared
6 8 (10.00%) MCSA
6 8 (10.00%) MCSE
7 2 (2.50%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.25%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.25%) CCNA
8 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.25%) SLA
2 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.75%) GDPR
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.50%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.50%) QRadar
4 1 (1.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 61 (76.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.25%) Cisco
3 2 (2.50%) Apple
3 2 (2.50%) Dell
3 2 (2.50%) HP
3 2 (2.50%) Qualys
3 2 (2.50%) Verint
4 1 (1.25%) Google
4 1 (1.25%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.25%) Remedy
4 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.25%) Varonis