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 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 417 494
Rank change year-on-year -109 +77 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 75 121 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.40% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.43% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 80 76
10th Percentile £371 £150 £159
25th Percentile £425 £218 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £491
90th Percentile £606 £626 £581
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £413 £375
% change year-on-year +15.15% +10.00% -3.23%
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 37,909 28,295 41,010
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 92.89% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,822 17,724 26,992
10th Percentile £306 £293 £275
25th Percentile £408 £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 2,307 828 2,328
10th Percentile £14.61 £16.43 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -10.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £71.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.11 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.37% -7.14% -2.78%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -119 70 £475 +5.56% 13
UK excluding London -91 41 £475 +15.15% 13
London -79 33 £450 -5.26% 3
South East -13 24 £475 +163.89% 4
Work from Home -29 21 £475 +11.76% 3
North of England -77 11 £540 +20.00% 5
North West -54 9 £540 +20.00% 4
Scotland +10 4 £550 +271.62% 1
Midlands -59 2 £420 +5.00% 2
East Midlands -28 1 £450 +150.00%
West Midlands -55 1 £390 -17.13% 2
Yorkshire -59 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £400 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 69 (92.00%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (74.67%) Microsoft
3 47 (62.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 32 (42.67%) Active Directory
5 29 (38.67%) Entra ID
5 29 (38.67%) SharePoint
6 28 (37.33%) PowerShell
7 27 (36.00%) Security Cleared
8 25 (33.33%) Azure
9 23 (30.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 20 (26.67%) DV Cleared
10 20 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
10 20 (26.67%) Migration
11 18 (24.00%) OneDrive
12 14 (18.67%) Degree
12 14 (18.67%) Roadmaps
13 13 (17.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (17.33%) Power Platform
13 13 (17.33%) Windows
14 11 (14.67%) PowerApps
15 10 (13.33%) High Availability
15 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
16 9 (12.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
16 9 (12.00%) E-Discovery
16 9 (12.00%) Firewall
16 9 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
16 9 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
16 9 (12.00%) SC Cleared
17 8 (10.67%) ITIL

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 47 (62.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (38.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 69 (92.00%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (38.67%) Entra ID
3 25 (33.33%) Azure
4 18 (24.00%) OneDrive
5 13 (17.33%) Power Platform
6 11 (14.67%) PowerApps
7 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (9.33%) Power Automate
10 3 (4.00%) AWS
10 3 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (4.00%) IaaS
11 2 (2.67%) SaaS
11 2 (2.67%) ShareGate
11 2 (2.67%) Viva Engage
12 1 (1.33%) Azure Storage
12 1 (1.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.00%) Firewall
2 4 (5.33%) DNS
3 3 (4.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.67%) MPLS
4 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.67%) VPN
4 2 (2.67%) Wireless
5 1 (1.33%) DHCP
5 1 (1.33%) DKIM
5 1 (1.33%) PBX
5 1 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (1.33%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 20 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.67%) Finance
4 3 (4.00%) Banking
4 3 (4.00%) International Banking
5 1 (1.33%) Automotive
5 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) Web Services
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.33%) BYOD
2 4 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.67%) Social Media
5 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.33%) Windows
2 7 (9.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.67%) Android
4 2 (2.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.67%) Migration
2 14 (18.67%) Roadmaps
3 10 (13.33%) High Availability
4 9 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (12.00%) E-Discovery
4 9 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
4 9 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (10.67%) ITIL
5 8 (10.67%) Project Delivery
6 7 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.00%) Agile
7 6 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (8.00%) Contingency Planning
7 6 (8.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (8.00%) PLM
7 6 (8.00%) Security Operations
7 6 (8.00%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (6.67%) Task Automation
9 4 (5.33%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (5.33%) Cost Reduction
Programming Languages
1 28 (37.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (26.67%) DV Cleared
3 14 (18.67%) Degree
4 13 (17.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (12.00%) SC Cleared
6 8 (10.67%) MCSA
6 8 (10.67%) MCSE
7 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.33%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.33%) CCNA
8 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.00%) GDPR
3 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.67%) NIST
3 2 (2.67%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (42.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (30.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (12.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.67%) QRadar
4 1 (1.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (74.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (2.67%) Apple
3 2 (2.67%) Dell
3 2 (2.67%) HP
3 2 (2.67%) Qualys
3 2 (2.67%) Verint
4 1 (1.33%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.33%) Remedy
4 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.33%) Varonis