Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 689 820 1062
Rank change year-on-year +131 +242 -378
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 208 132 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 190 124 164
10th Percentile £31,925 £32,770 £28,950
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,750 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -20.70% +20.11% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,625 £73,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.42% +11.76% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +174 194 £45,500 -24.17% 19
UK excluding London +82 129 £43,500 -8.42% 16
London +133 74 £65,000 - 8
Work from Home +57 46 £51,000 -2.86% 12
North of England +61 39 £43,500 +16.00% 4
South East +32 32 £45,000 -30.77% 5
North West +15 23 £43,500 -8.42% 2
South West -2 23 £37,500 -11.76% 2
Yorkshire +89 16 £42,137 +13.12%
East of England +17 12 £40,000 +42.86% 2
Midlands -14 11 £50,000 -13.04% 1
Northern Ireland +33 9 £35,000 -22.22% 2
West Midlands +3 9 £51,250 -12.77%
Scotland -56 3 £36,500 -16.57%
East Midlands -6 2 £44,500 -17.21% 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Engineer in the job title.

1 207 (99.52%) Microsoft 365
2 172 (82.69%) Microsoft
3 143 (68.75%) Azure
4 98 (47.12%) Active Directory
5 97 (46.63%) Windows
6 83 (39.90%) Microsoft Exchange
7 81 (38.94%) Microsoft Intune
8 72 (34.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 68 (32.69%) SharePoint
10 65 (31.25%) PowerShell
11 63 (30.29%) Windows Server
12 47 (22.60%) Social Skills
13 44 (21.15%) Entra ID
14 43 (20.67%) Hyper-V
15 41 (19.71%) ITIL
16 39 (18.75%) OneDrive
17 38 (18.27%) VMware
18 34 (16.35%) Citrix
18 34 (16.35%) Degree
19 33 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
20 32 (15.38%) Power Platform
21 31 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
22 29 (13.94%) Finance
23 28 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
23 28 (13.46%) DNS
23 28 (13.46%) VMware Infrastructure
24 26 (12.50%) AWS
25 24 (11.54%) SCCM
26 22 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
26 22 (10.58%) Migration

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 83 (39.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (32.69%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.81%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (4.81%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 28 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.85%) InfoPath
4 4 (1.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 207 (99.52%) Microsoft 365
2 143 (68.75%) Azure
3 44 (21.15%) Entra ID
4 39 (18.75%) OneDrive
5 32 (15.38%) Power Platform
6 26 (12.50%) AWS
7 15 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (5.77%) Mimecast
8 12 (5.77%) Power Automate
9 11 (5.29%) PowerApps
10 10 (4.81%) GCP
11 8 (3.85%) WhatsApp
12 6 (2.88%) Slack
13 5 (2.40%) Azure Functions
13 5 (2.40%) SaaS
13 5 (2.40%) Serverless
14 3 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.46%) DNS
2 21 (10.10%) Firewall
3 20 (9.62%) DHCP
4 18 (8.65%) WAN
5 14 (6.73%) LAN
6 12 (5.77%) VoIP
7 11 (5.29%) Unified Communications
8 8 (3.85%) FTP
8 8 (3.85%) HTTP
9 5 (2.40%) VPN
10 4 (1.92%) Internet
10 4 (1.92%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.92%) VLAN
11 2 (0.96%) SAN
11 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.96%) WLAN
12 1 (0.48%) MPLS
12 1 (0.48%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.48%) Network Security
12 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.44%) MySQL
3 1 (0.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.96%) JIRA
General
1 47 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.94%) Finance
3 22 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.88%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.88%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.88%) Retail
7 5 (2.40%) Electronics
7 5 (2.40%) Marketing
7 5 (2.40%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.92%) Law
9 3 (1.44%) Local Government
10 2 (0.96%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.85%) COM
1 8 (3.85%) HTML
1 8 (3.85%) HTML5
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.96%) SPFx
3 1 (0.48%) ADSI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.77%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.37%) BYOD
4 6 (2.88%) Blackberry
5 3 (1.44%) iPad
5 3 (1.44%) Mobile Computing
6 2 (0.96%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.96%) EMC VNX
6 2 (0.96%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.96%) Replication
7 1 (0.48%) Derivative
7 1 (0.48%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.48%) iPhone
7 1 (0.48%) PKI
7 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.48%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 97 (46.63%) Windows
2 63 (30.29%) Windows Server
3 20 (9.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.37%) Android
4 7 (3.37%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.92%) Linux
7 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.96%) CentOS
8 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.96%) Rocky
8 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (34.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (19.71%) ITIL
3 33 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (10.58%) Migration
6 21 (10.10%) Incident Management
7 19 (9.13%) Computer Science
7 19 (9.13%) Roadmaps
8 17 (8.17%) Capacity Planning
8 17 (8.17%) Customer Service
8 17 (8.17%) Task Automation
9 16 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (7.21%) Proactive Monitoring
11 13 (6.25%) Mentoring
12 12 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (5.77%) Mobile Device Management
12 12 (5.77%) Project Delivery
12 12 (5.77%) Server Virtualisation
13 11 (5.29%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (5.29%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 7 (3.37%) SQL
4 4 (1.92%) R
5 3 (1.44%) Bash
6 1 (0.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (16.35%) Degree
2 21 (10.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (5.77%) MCSE
5 10 (4.81%) MCITP
6 8 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.85%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.40%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.96%) CCNA
10 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.81%) SLA
2 1 (0.48%) GDPR
2 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 98 (47.12%) Active Directory
2 43 (20.67%) Hyper-V
3 28 (13.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.29%) XenDesktop
5 10 (4.81%) XenApp
6 6 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.44%) Docker
8 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (38.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (11.54%) SCCM
3 11 (5.29%) Terraform
4 5 (2.40%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.92%) CASB
6 3 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.96%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.96%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.96%) Nagios
8 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 172 (82.69%) Microsoft
2 38 (18.27%) VMware
3 34 (16.35%) Citrix
4 19 (9.13%) Cisco
5 14 (6.73%) Dell
6 11 (5.29%) Google
6 11 (5.29%) HP
7 10 (4.81%) Symantec
8 9 (4.33%) Meraki
9 7 (3.37%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.40%) SAP
10 5 (2.40%) Veeam
11 4 (1.92%) Adobe
12 3 (1.44%) EMC
12 3 (1.44%) Oracle
13 2 (0.96%) Aruba
13 2 (0.96%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.96%) Sophos
14 1 (0.48%) Nimble Storage
14 1 (0.48%) Palo Alto