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 25 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 505 506
Rank change year-on-year -88 +1 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 96 62 57
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.21% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 50 41
10th Percentile £240 £129 £200
25th Percentile £375 £253 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £383 £425
Median % change year-on-year +30.72% -10.00% +7.94%
75th Percentile £538 £469 £510
90th Percentile £638 £531 £560
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £400 £458
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.71% +22.20%
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 50,616 30,052 35,689
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.07% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,900 18,989 21,757
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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,913 1,614 1,619
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.88
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.70 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.95 £69.65 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.02% -42.72% +0.34%

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 25 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 25 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 -89 94 £500 +42.86% 68
London -65 52 £450 +44.00% 37
UK excluding London -102 41 £500 +25.00% 35
Work from Home -50 31 £500 +25.00% 29
South East -66 18 £500 +66.67% 11
North of England -51 17 £510 +27.52% 7
Yorkshire -30 9 £500 +296.83% 2
North West -51 8 £510 +27.54% 5
South West -37 4 £550 +221.64% 1
East of England -37 2 £406 -32.33% 2
Midlands -50 2 £375 +8.70% 8
East Midlands -12 1 £250 -47.37% 2
West Midlands -43 1 £500 +66.67% 6

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 96 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (90.63%) Microsoft
3 62 (64.58%) SharePoint
4 53 (55.21%) Entra ID
5 45 (46.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 35 (36.46%) Active Directory
6 35 (36.46%) Azure
7 31 (32.29%) Security Cleared
8 30 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 27 (28.13%) OneDrive
10 26 (27.08%) SC Cleared
11 20 (20.83%) Migration
11 20 (20.83%) PowerShell
11 20 (20.83%) Windows
12 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Purview
13 13 (13.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (12.50%) Zero Trust
15 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
15 10 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 10 (10.42%) Power Platform
16 9 (9.38%) DNS
16 9 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
17 8 (8.33%) AI
17 8 (8.33%) Change Management
17 8 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
17 8 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
17 8 (8.33%) DevOps
17 8 (8.33%) ITIL
17 8 (8.33%) Runbook
17 8 (8.33%) Service 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 62 (64.58%) SharePoint
2 45 (46.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 96 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (55.21%) Entra ID
3 35 (36.46%) Azure
4 27 (28.13%) OneDrive
5 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (13.54%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (10.42%) Power Platform
8 5 (5.21%) Google Workspace
8 5 (5.21%) PowerApps
8 5 (5.21%) SaaS
9 4 (4.17%) Power Automate
9 4 (4.17%) ShareGate
10 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (3.13%) Mimecast
11 2 (2.08%) AWS
11 2 (2.08%) AWS CodeBuild
11 2 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (2.08%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (2.08%) GitHub
11 2 (2.08%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.38%) DNS
2 5 (5.21%) DHCP
2 5 (5.21%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.17%) Firewall
3 4 (4.17%) Skype
3 4 (4.17%) SMTP
4 2 (2.08%) DKIM
4 2 (2.08%) LAN
4 2 (2.08%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.08%) WAN
5 1 (1.04%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.04%) DMARC
5 1 (1.04%) Network Security
5 1 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.04%) VPN
5 1 (1.04%) WebEx
5 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Fiddler
2 3 (3.13%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.08%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.04%) MSI
4 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (19.79%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.54%) Finance
3 12 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.17%) Legal
6 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.04%) Law
6 1 (1.04%) Local Government
6 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.21%) JSON
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Graph
1 5 (5.21%) SAML
2 4 (4.17%) OAuth
2 4 (4.17%) OpenID
3 3 (3.13%) FIDO
3 3 (3.13%) OAuth2
3 3 (3.13%) Terraform
4 2 (2.08%) REST
4 2 (2.08%) SPFx
5 1 (1.04%) .NET
5 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.04%) Backbone.js
5 1 (1.04%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.04%) LDAP
5 1 (1.04%) React
5 1 (1.04%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.29%) Cloud Security Posture
1 7 (7.29%) Security Posture
2 5 (5.21%) Blackberry
3 4 (4.17%) Handset
3 4 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.08%) BYOD
6 1 (1.04%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.04%) Linked Data
6 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.04%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.83%) Windows
2 6 (6.25%) Android
2 6 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.83%) Migration
2 12 (12.50%) Zero Trust
3 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (8.33%) AI
5 8 (8.33%) Change Management
5 8 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (8.33%) DevOps
5 8 (8.33%) ITIL
5 8 (8.33%) Runbook
5 8 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 7 (7.29%) Cloud Security
6 7 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (7.29%) Service Management
6 7 (7.29%) SIEM
6 7 (7.29%) Threat Detection
7 6 (6.25%) RBAC
7 6 (6.25%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.83%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.13%) Python
3 2 (2.08%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.08%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.04%) Bicep
4 1 (1.04%) C++
4 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (32.29%) Security Cleared
2 26 (27.08%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.17%) Degree
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (5.21%) SLA
2 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (36.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 30 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (90.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.29%) Google
3 5 (5.21%) Proofpoint
4 3 (3.13%) Cisco
4 3 (3.13%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.13%) F5
5 2 (2.08%) Clearswift
5 2 (2.08%) Forcepoint
5 2 (2.08%) Relativity
5 2 (2.08%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.04%) Apple
6 1 (1.04%) Citrix
6 1 (1.04%) Okta
6 1 (1.04%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.04%) VMware
6 1 (1.04%) Zscaler
80 Microsoft 365 Engineer jobs Nationwide