Microsoft 365 Engineer Contracts

Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Engineer (M365 Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 562 665
Rank change year-on-year +42 +103 -116
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Engineer 64 135 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.26% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 109 143
10th Percentile £163 £220 £166
25th Percentile £250 £294 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £413 £375
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £450 £538 £488
90th Percentile £578 £592 £570
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £381 £325
% change year-on-year -1.64% +17.31% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -19.87%
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £29.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.49% +47.50% -27.06%

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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 Engineer in the UK

Microsoft 365 Engineer
Top 13 Contract 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 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +26 58 £375 -6.25% 13
UK excluding London +11 40 £375 -1.64% 11
Work from Home +90 19 £425 -4.23% 6
London +45 18 £306 -32.69% 3
West Midlands +27 12 £363 +11.54% 2
Midlands +21 12 £363 +11.54% 2
South West +1 8 £425 +41.08% 2
South East +7 7 £225 -35.71% 1
East of England +8 5 £213 -53.42% 1
North of England +5 5 £375 -21.05% 4
North West +4 5 £375 -21.05% 3
Scotland +49 2 £538 +38.71%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 63 (98.44%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 38 (59.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (59.38%) Azure
4 31 (48.44%) Windows
4 31 (48.44%) Active Directory
5 29 (45.31%) SharePoint
6 23 (35.94%) OneDrive
6 23 (35.94%) Entra ID
7 20 (31.25%) PowerShell
8 19 (29.69%) Security Cleared
9 18 (28.13%) SC Cleared
10 17 (26.56%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (25.00%) Windows Server
12 15 (23.44%) Windows 10
13 14 (21.88%) SCCM
14 13 (20.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 13 (20.31%) Power Platform
15 12 (18.75%) Social Skills
15 12 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
16 11 (17.19%) Finance
17 10 (15.63%) PowerApps
18 9 (14.06%) Firewall
19 8 (12.50%) Migration
19 8 (12.50%) Power Automate
19 8 (12.50%) Customer Service
19 8 (12.50%) Power BI
19 8 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
20 7 (10.94%) Single Sign-On
20 7 (10.94%) Public Sector

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 38 (59.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (45.31%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.13%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) InfoPath
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 63 (98.44%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (59.38%) Azure
3 23 (35.94%) Entra ID
3 23 (35.94%) OneDrive
4 13 (20.31%) Power Platform
5 10 (15.63%) PowerApps
6 8 (12.50%) Power Automate
7 4 (6.25%) AWS
7 4 (6.25%) IaaS
7 4 (6.25%) ShareGate
8 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (3.13%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.56%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.56%) NuGet
10 1 (1.56%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) Firewall
2 6 (9.38%) Unified Communications
3 3 (4.69%) DNS
3 3 (4.69%) MPLS
3 3 (4.69%) VoIP
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.56%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.56%) FTP
5 1 (1.56%) HTTP
5 1 (1.56%) Network Security
5 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.50%) Power BI
2 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.13%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) JIRA
General
1 12 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.19%) Finance
3 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.81%) Banking
5 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Electronics
5 2 (3.13%) Local Government
5 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.13%) Marketing
5 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.56%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.56%) French Language
6 1 (1.56%) German Language
6 1 (1.56%) Police
6 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) COM
1 1 (1.56%) HTML
1 1 (1.56%) HTML5
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (1.56%) React
1 1 (1.56%) SPFx
1 1 (1.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Digital Signage
1 6 (9.38%) PKI
2 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.13%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.13%) Video Editing
3 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (48.44%) Windows
2 16 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 15 (23.44%) Windows 10
4 7 (10.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (10.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (9.38%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.13%) Android
7 1 (1.56%) Linux
7 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 8 (12.50%) Migration
3 8 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 7 (10.94%) ITIL
5 6 (9.38%) Service Delivery
6 5 (7.81%) Problem Management
7 3 (4.69%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (4.69%) Identity Management
7 3 (4.69%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (4.69%) Project Delivery
7 3 (4.69%) Time Management
8 2 (3.13%) Change Control
8 2 (3.13%) Data Migration
8 2 (3.13%) Log Aggregation
8 2 (3.13%) Programme Management
8 2 (3.13%) Risk Management
8 2 (3.13%) SIEM
8 2 (3.13%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 20 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (29.69%) Security Cleared
2 18 (28.13%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.13%) CISM
4 2 (3.13%) CISSP
4 2 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.13%) Degree
5 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (48.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (26.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (21.88%) SCCM
3 7 (10.94%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (3.13%) QRadar
5 1 (1.56%) Autotask
5 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) Oracle
3 5 (7.81%) Citrix
3 5 (7.81%) VMware
4 3 (4.69%) Cisco
4 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.13%) Apple
5 2 (3.13%) Google
5 2 (3.13%) Polycom
5 2 (3.13%) SAP
6 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.56%) Okta
6 1 (1.56%) Remedy
6 1 (1.56%) Salesforce