Microsoft Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £495 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 441 576
Rank change year-on-year +130 +135 -123
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 35 30 44
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.12% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.12% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 32
10th Percentile £451 £294 £298
25th Percentile £460 £325 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -2.06% +21.25%
75th Percentile £525 £564 £625
90th Percentile - £569 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.88
25th Percentile - - £49.69
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £59.38
75th Percentile - - £69.06
90th Percentile - - £74.88
UK median hourly rate £18.00 - £59.38

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,245 24,407 42,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.35% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,541 17,249 30,859
10th Percentile £325 £357 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 558 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Microsoft Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Engineer.

Microsoft Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Microsoft Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Engineer.

Microsoft Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Microsoft 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (77.14%) Windows
3 23 (65.71%) Firewall
3 23 (65.71%) Social Skills
4 21 (60.00%) Azure
5 20 (57.14%) Security Cleared
6 18 (51.43%) SharePoint
6 18 (51.43%) ITIL
6 18 (51.43%) Service Management
7 17 (48.57%) BGP
7 17 (48.57%) ITSM
7 17 (48.57%) SharePoint Server
7 17 (48.57%) Atlassian
7 17 (48.57%) SCOM
7 17 (48.57%) JIRA
7 17 (48.57%) Confluence
7 17 (48.57%) Network Management
7 17 (48.57%) Capacity Management
7 17 (48.57%) Azure Stack
7 17 (48.57%) Security Monitoring
7 17 (48.57%) Private Cloud
7 17 (48.57%) DV Cleared
7 17 (48.57%) Government Security Classifications
8 10 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
10 7 (20.00%) SLA
10 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
11 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
11 5 (14.29%) VMware
11 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (51.43%) SharePoint
2 17 (48.57%) Confluence
2 17 (48.57%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Azure
2 17 (48.57%) Azure Stack
3 10 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.86%) IaaS
4 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.86%) PaaS
4 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (65.71%) Firewall
2 17 (48.57%) BGP
3 2 (5.71%) VPN
Development Applications
1 17 (48.57%) JIRA
General
1 23 (65.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Electronics
3 2 (5.71%) German Language
3 2 (5.71%) Italian Language
3 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.71%) Marketing
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.86%) Arabic Language
4 1 (2.86%) French Language
4 1 (2.86%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 17 (48.57%) Private Cloud
2 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) BYOD
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 27 (77.14%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.86%) Android
3 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) ITIL
1 18 (51.43%) Service Management
2 17 (48.57%) Capacity Management
2 17 (48.57%) ITSM
2 17 (48.57%) Network Management
2 17 (48.57%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.71%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.71%) Business Strategy
5 2 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (5.71%) Information Security
5 2 (5.71%) Migration
5 2 (5.71%) Programme Management
5 2 (5.71%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (2.86%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.86%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.86%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 17 (48.57%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) Degree
5 1 (2.86%) CEH
5 1 (2.86%) CISSP
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.86%) MCTS
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (48.57%) Government Security Classifications
2 7 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (48.57%) SCOM
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.57%) SCCM
3 2 (5.71%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (48.57%) Atlassian
3 5 (14.29%) VMware
4 3 (8.57%) Veeam
5 2 (5.71%) SAP