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 £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 421 489
Rank change year-on-year -109 +68 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 60 113 111
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.34% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.37% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 78 88
10th Percentile £137 £161 £158
25th Percentile £306 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £530 £538 £518
90th Percentile £568 £626 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £425 £388
% change year-on-year +8.82% +9.68% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £21.46 - -
75th Percentile £45.45 - -
90th Percentile £59.85 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.63 - -

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 33,741 30,870 40,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.72% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,345 18,959 27,051
10th Percentile £298 £300 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,972 954 1,548
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +40.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.41 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +77.62%

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 30 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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 -95 55 £450 -5.26% 30
UK excluding London -75 32 £463 +8.82% 27
London -49 27 £425 -10.53% 6
South East -1 20 £517 +6.98% 12
Work from Home -26 15 £438 -2.78% 12
Scotland +3 4 £550 +271.62% 1
North West -37 3 £96 -77.99%
North of England -66 3 £96 -77.99% 3
South West -18 2 £171 -63.03% 3
Midlands -43 2 £420 -17.65% 8
East of England -17 1 - -
East Midlands -19 1 £450 -11.76% 2
West Midlands -28 1 £390 -17.13% 5

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

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, 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 54 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (48.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (43.33%) Entra ID
5 24 (40.00%) Azure
6 23 (38.33%) Active Directory
7 22 (36.67%) PowerShell
7 22 (36.67%) SharePoint
8 20 (33.33%) Security Cleared
9 19 (31.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (31.67%) Windows
10 14 (23.33%) DV Cleared
11 11 (18.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (18.33%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (16.67%) Degree
12 10 (16.67%) Migration
12 10 (16.67%) OneDrive
13 9 (15.00%) ITIL
13 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
13 9 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (15.00%) Roadmaps
13 9 (15.00%) Windows 10
14 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
15 7 (11.67%) Firewall
15 7 (11.67%) Power Platform
15 7 (11.67%) Security Operations
16 6 (10.00%) Agile
16 6 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
16 6 (10.00%) High Availability
16 6 (10.00%) Incident Management

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 29 (48.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (36.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 54 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (43.33%) Entra ID
3 24 (40.00%) Azure
4 11 (18.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 10 (16.67%) OneDrive
6 7 (11.67%) Power Platform
7 5 (8.33%) PowerApps
8 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (3.33%) AWS
10 2 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.33%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (3.33%) IaaS
10 2 (3.33%) Power Automate
10 2 (3.33%) SaaS
10 2 (3.33%) ShareGate
11 1 (1.67%) Azure Storage
11 1 (1.67%) PaaS
11 1 (1.67%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) Firewall
2 4 (6.67%) VPN
3 2 (3.33%) DNS
3 2 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.33%) Wireless
4 1 (1.67%) DHCP
4 1 (1.67%) MPLS
4 1 (1.67%) PBX
4 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 20 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (11.67%) Banking
3 6 (10.00%) Finance
4 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Automotive
6 1 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.67%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) JSON
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.67%) OAuth
1 1 (1.67%) REST
1 1 (1.67%) RESTful
1 1 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) BYOD
2 5 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.33%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (31.67%) Windows
2 9 (15.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.67%) Android
5 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.67%) Migration
2 9 (15.00%) ITIL
2 9 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (15.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (11.67%) Security Operations
4 6 (10.00%) Agile
4 6 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (10.00%) High Availability
4 6 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (8.33%) E-Discovery
5 5 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (6.67%) Computer Science
6 4 (6.67%) Information Security
6 4 (6.67%) Project Delivery
6 4 (6.67%) Project Management
6 4 (6.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (36.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 14 (23.33%) DV Cleared
3 11 (18.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (16.67%) Degree
5 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (8.33%) Azure Certification
6 5 (8.33%) MCSA
6 5 (8.33%) MCSE
7 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.67%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.67%) CCNA
8 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) NIST
2 4 (6.67%) GDPR
3 3 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.33%) QA
4 2 (3.33%) SLA
5 1 (1.67%) HIPAA
System Software
1 23 (38.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (31.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (6.67%) QRadar
4 3 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.67%) Apple
2 4 (6.67%) Dell
2 4 (6.67%) HP
3 3 (5.00%) Cisco
4 2 (3.33%) BMC
4 2 (3.33%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.33%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.33%) Qualys
4 2 (3.33%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.67%) Adobe
5 1 (1.67%) Remedy
5 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) Varonis