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 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 453 520
Rank change year-on-year -100 +67 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 94 79 67
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.26% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.28% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 55 50
10th Percentile £300 £189 £163
25th Percentile £413 £221 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £375
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -20.00% -10.45%
75th Percentile £588 £438 £444
90th Percentile £635 £528 £560
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £300 £375
% change year-on-year +66.67% -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £22.21 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.83% +30.00% +69.49%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +30.00% +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 47,241 28,128 40,377
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.07% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,642 18,010 25,933
10th Percentile £325 £288 £281
25th Percentile £415 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,182 1,254 2,874
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.76 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.31 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.26% -28.00% -14.50%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.75 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +77.93% -37.13% -

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 29 June 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 11 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 29 June 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 -96 94 £500 +61.29% 19
London -37 53 £500 +60.00% 10
UK excluding London -114 41 £500 +66.67% 13
Work from Home -59 30 £500 +53.85% 7
North of England -66 24 £540 +35.00% 3
South East -53 14 £475 +72.73% 4
North West -47 12 £558 +35.15% 3
Yorkshire -41 11 £500 +157.40%
South West -41 2 £550 +71.21% 5
East of England -35 1 £320 +42.22%
North East - 1 £400 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 June 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 94 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (82.98%) Microsoft
3 56 (59.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 48 (51.06%) SharePoint
5 44 (46.81%) Entra ID
6 39 (41.49%) Active Directory
7 35 (37.23%) Azure
8 28 (29.79%) OneDrive
9 26 (27.66%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (27.66%) Migration
10 23 (24.47%) PowerShell
11 20 (21.28%) Security Cleared
12 18 (19.15%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (18.09%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (18.09%) Windows
14 14 (14.89%) Power Platform
14 14 (14.89%) SC Cleared
15 13 (13.83%) Roadmaps
16 12 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
17 11 (11.70%) Identity Access Management
17 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (11.70%) Power Automate
17 11 (11.70%) PowerApps
17 11 (11.70%) Root Cause Analysis
18 10 (10.64%) Degree
18 10 (10.64%) E-Discovery
18 10 (10.64%) Project Delivery
18 10 (10.64%) Zero Trust
19 9 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
20 8 (8.51%) Data Loss Prevention

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 56 (59.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (51.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.06%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 94 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (46.81%) Entra ID
3 35 (37.23%) Azure
4 28 (29.79%) OneDrive
5 18 (19.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 17 (18.09%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (14.89%) Power Platform
8 11 (11.70%) Power Automate
8 11 (11.70%) PowerApps
9 5 (5.32%) AWS
9 5 (5.32%) SaaS
10 4 (4.26%) Google Workspace
10 4 (4.26%) ShareGate
11 3 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (2.13%) Azure Functions
12 2 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (2.13%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.51%) Firewall
2 7 (7.45%) DNS
3 4 (4.26%) DKIM
3 4 (4.26%) Unified Communications
4 3 (3.19%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.13%) DHCP
5 2 (2.13%) LAN
5 2 (2.13%) WAN
6 1 (1.06%) DMARC
6 1 (1.06%) MPLS
6 1 (1.06%) VPN
6 1 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.06%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.26%) Power BI
2 1 (1.06%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Fiddler
2 3 (3.19%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (2.13%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.13%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.06%) MSI
4 1 (1.06%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.02%) Finance
3 12 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.26%) Banking
5 4 (4.26%) Legal
6 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.13%) International Banking
8 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.06%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.06%) Law
8 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.06%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (4.26%) OAuth
2 4 (4.26%) OpenID
2 4 (4.26%) SAML
3 3 (3.19%) FIDO
3 3 (3.19%) JSON
3 3 (3.19%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.13%) REST
4 2 (2.13%) SPFx
5 1 (1.06%) .NET
5 1 (1.06%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.06%) Backbone.js
5 1 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.06%) React
5 1 (1.06%) Web Services
5 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.45%) BYOD
2 5 (5.32%) Cloud Security Posture
2 5 (5.32%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.32%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.19%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.06%) Linked Data
5 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.06%) NHS
5 1 (1.06%) Social Media
5 1 (1.06%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.09%) Windows
2 6 (6.38%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.19%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.66%) Migration
2 13 (13.83%) Roadmaps
3 11 (11.70%) Identity Access Management
3 11 (11.70%) Root Cause Analysis
4 10 (10.64%) E-Discovery
4 10 (10.64%) Project Delivery
4 10 (10.64%) Zero Trust
5 9 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (8.51%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (8.51%) DevOps
7 7 (7.45%) AI
7 7 (7.45%) Change Management
7 7 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (7.45%) RBAC
7 7 (7.45%) Service Delivery
8 6 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (6.38%) High Availability
8 6 (6.38%) SIEM
8 6 (6.38%) User Experience
9 5 (5.32%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.47%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.19%) Python
3 2 (2.13%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.13%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.06%) Bicep
4 1 (1.06%) C++
4 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 14 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (10.64%) Degree
5 6 (6.38%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.19%) MCSA
6 3 (3.19%) MCSE
7 1 (1.06%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.26%) SLA
3 2 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.13%) GDPR
4 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.06%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (41.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.13%) Docker
3 1 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (27.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.51%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (6.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (3.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (3.19%) Terraform
5 2 (2.13%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.13%) SCCM
6 1 (1.06%) QRadar
Vendors
1 78 (82.98%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.38%) Proofpoint
3 5 (5.32%) Cisco
3 5 (5.32%) Google
4 3 (3.19%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.13%) F5
5 2 (2.13%) Forcepoint
5 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.13%) Verint
6 1 (1.06%) Apple
6 1 (1.06%) Okta
6 1 (1.06%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.06%) Qualys
6 1 (1.06%) Varonis
6 1 (1.06%) VMware