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 2 April 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 405 503
Rank change year-on-year -149 +98 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 77 118 88
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.41% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.44% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 83 68
10th Percentile £313 £150 £163
25th Percentile £413 £213 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £583 £500 £478
90th Percentile £612 £621 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £320 £375
% change year-on-year +56.25% -14.67% -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 41,235 26,984 41,032
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 92.84% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,697 17,742 26,885
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -1.00% -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 945 2,527
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.07 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.85 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £33.00
% change year-on-year +25.94% -3.76% -21.25%

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 2 April 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 2 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 10 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 2 April 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 -146 75 £475 +5.56% 22
UK excluding London -124 39 £500 +56.25% 20
London -78 37 £450 -5.26% 4
Work from Home -50 21 £500 +17.65% 11
North of England -76 20 £520 +22.35% 7
South East -39 18 £475 +72.73% 4
North West -46 13 £558 +23.89% 4
Yorkshire -53 6 £325 +23.81% 3
Scotland +3 1 £650 +339.19% 1
North East - 1 £400 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 April 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 72 (93.51%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (76.62%) Microsoft
3 41 (53.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (36.36%) Active Directory
5 25 (32.47%) Azure
6 24 (31.17%) Entra ID
7 22 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (28.57%) Migration
7 22 (28.57%) SharePoint
8 20 (25.97%) Microsoft Office
8 20 (25.97%) PowerShell
9 19 (24.68%) Security Cleared
10 16 (20.78%) Roadmaps
11 15 (19.48%) Degree
11 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (19.48%) OneDrive
12 14 (18.18%) DV Cleared
12 14 (18.18%) Windows
13 13 (16.88%) E-Discovery
14 12 (15.58%) High Availability
14 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
16 10 (12.99%) Identity Access Management
16 10 (12.99%) Project Delivery
16 10 (12.99%) Root Cause Analysis
17 9 (11.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 9 (11.69%) Firewall
17 9 (11.69%) Power Platform
18 8 (10.39%) MCSA
18 8 (10.39%) MCSE

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 41 (53.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (25.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (10.39%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 72 (93.51%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (32.47%) Azure
3 24 (31.17%) Entra ID
4 15 (19.48%) OneDrive
5 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Copilot
6 9 (11.69%) Power Platform
7 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (10.39%) Power Automate
7 8 (10.39%) PowerApps
8 5 (6.49%) AWS
9 3 (3.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (2.60%) IaaS
10 2 (2.60%) Viva Engage
11 1 (1.30%) AWS CodeBuild
11 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.30%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (1.30%) GitHub
11 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.69%) Firewall
2 4 (5.19%) DNS
3 3 (3.90%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.60%) DKIM
4 2 (2.60%) MPLS
4 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.60%) VPN
4 2 (2.60%) Wireless
5 1 (1.30%) DHCP
5 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) DTS
1 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (1.30%) Fiddler
1 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.30%) Terragrunt
General
1 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.49%) Banking
3 5 (6.49%) Finance
4 3 (3.90%) International Banking
4 3 (3.90%) Legal
5 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Automotive
6 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.60%) Web Services
3 1 (1.30%) FIDO
3 1 (1.30%) JSON
3 1 (1.30%) OAuth
3 1 (1.30%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.30%) OpenID
3 1 (1.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.58%) BYOD
2 4 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.90%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.90%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.60%) Social Media
5 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.18%) Windows
2 7 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.19%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.60%) Android
4 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.57%) Migration
2 16 (20.78%) Roadmaps
3 13 (16.88%) E-Discovery
4 12 (15.58%) High Availability
5 11 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (12.99%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (12.99%) Project Delivery
6 10 (12.99%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.79%) Contingency Planning
8 6 (7.79%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (7.79%) Data Protection
8 6 (7.79%) PLM
8 6 (7.79%) Technology Roadmap
9 5 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (6.49%) Knowledge Transfer
9 5 (6.49%) Security Operations
10 4 (5.19%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (5.19%) SIEM
10 4 (5.19%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.97%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.30%) Python
2 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 15 (19.48%) Degree
2 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 8 (10.39%) MCSA
4 8 (10.39%) MCSE
5 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.30%) CCNA
7 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) GDPR
2 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.60%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.60%) QRadar
4 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.30%) SCCM
4 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (76.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.79%) Cisco
3 3 (3.90%) Proofpoint
4 2 (2.60%) Apple
4 2 (2.60%) Dell
4 2 (2.60%) HP
4 2 (2.60%) Qualys
4 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.60%) Varonis
4 2 (2.60%) Verint
5 1 (1.30%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.30%) Google
5 1 (1.30%) OpenAI