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 £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 502 529
Rank change year-on-year 0 +27 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 55 59 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 42 96
10th Percentile £129 £203 £198
25th Percentile £225 £316 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £431 £375
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +15.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £431 £510 £503
90th Percentile £516 £560 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £471 £369
% change year-on-year -36.27% +27.66% +21.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 29,544 35,467 47,344
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 92.99% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,645 21,950 32,442
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,552 1,701 1,505
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.73 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%
75th Percentile £51.83 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -44.11% +6.95% +91.26%

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer 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 15 September 2025.

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 14 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 15 September 2025. 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 +20 53 £300 -29.41% 16
UK excluding London +3 34 £300 -36.27% 16
Work from Home +30 20 £400 -14.26% 8
London +22 20 £300 +20.00% 2
South East +25 10 £275 -41.05% 7
North of England -14 8 £400 +28.00% 2
East of England +9 6 £600 +45.45%
Midlands -9 6 £300 -34.07% 3
North West -10 6 £400 +6.67%
West Midlands -8 5 £300 -25.00% 1
South West +22 4 £171 -67.43% 2
Scotland -4 2 £450 -10.00% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £126 - 1
East Midlands -2 1 £500 -1.96% 2

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Microsoft 365 Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 52 (94.55%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (78.18%) Microsoft
3 36 (65.45%) Azure
4 34 (61.82%) Windows
5 28 (50.91%) Entra ID
6 26 (47.27%) Active Directory
7 24 (43.64%) SharePoint
8 19 (34.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Exchange
9 18 (32.73%) Banking
10 17 (30.91%) Finance
10 17 (30.91%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
12 14 (25.45%) OneDrive
13 13 (23.64%) PowerShell
13 13 (23.64%) Data Loss Prevention
13 13 (23.64%) Microsoft Purview
14 12 (21.82%) Security Operations
15 11 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (20.00%) NIST
16 10 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
16 10 (18.18%) Firewall
17 9 (16.36%) Identity Management
17 9 (16.36%) Degree
17 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
17 9 (16.36%) Cloud Security
18 8 (14.55%) Azure Certification
18 8 (14.55%) Zero Trust
18 8 (14.55%) Privileged Identity Management
18 8 (14.55%) ISO/IEC 27001

Microsoft 365 Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (43.64%) SharePoint
2 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 52 (94.55%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (65.45%) Azure
3 28 (50.91%) Entra ID
4 14 (25.45%) OneDrive
5 13 (23.64%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
7 3 (5.45%) SaaS
7 3 (5.45%) ShareGate
8 2 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.64%) Azure Storage
8 2 (3.64%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.82%) IaaS
9 1 (1.82%) PaaS
9 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.18%) Firewall
2 6 (10.91%) VPN
3 2 (3.64%) DNS
3 2 (3.64%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.82%) DHCP
4 1 (1.82%) PBX
4 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
General
1 18 (32.73%) Banking
2 17 (30.91%) Finance
3 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.82%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) JSON
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.82%) OAuth
1 1 (1.82%) REST
1 1 (1.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.64%) Chip and PIN
1 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
1 2 (3.64%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (61.82%) Windows
2 8 (14.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.64%) Android
3 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) Data Loss Prevention
2 12 (21.82%) Security Operations
3 10 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
4 9 (16.36%) Cloud Security
4 9 (16.36%) Identity Management
4 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (14.55%) Fintech
5 8 (14.55%) Privileged Identity Management
5 8 (14.55%) Zero Trust
6 7 (12.73%) Impact Analysis
6 7 (12.73%) Information Security
6 7 (12.73%) Migration
6 7 (12.73%) Server Hardening
7 6 (10.91%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (10.91%) Incident Management
7 6 (10.91%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (9.09%) Project Management
9 4 (7.27%) Customer Service
9 4 (7.27%) ITIL
9 4 (7.27%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (16.36%) Degree
3 8 (14.55%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.45%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.64%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.00%) NIST
2 8 (14.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (12.73%) GDPR
3 7 (12.73%) HIPAA
4 4 (7.27%) QA
5 3 (5.45%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (47.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (30.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.91%) SCCM
3 3 (5.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (78.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Darktrace
2 6 (10.91%) Zscaler
3 4 (7.27%) Apple
3 4 (7.27%) HP
4 3 (5.45%) Adobe
5 2 (3.64%) BMC
5 2 (3.64%) Citrix
5 2 (3.64%) Dell
5 2 (3.64%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.64%) Varonis
6 1 (1.82%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.82%) Remedy