Microsoft Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1,721 3,152 4,909
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.40% 12.55% 11.10%
As % of the Vendors category 26.82% 29.11% 28.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 2,293 3,557
10th Percentile £226 £260 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £720 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 85 126
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.11 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.06 £19.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate £20.77 £47.90 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -56.64% +46.26% +65.09%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £51.25 £68.25 £64.63
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £22.08 £18.55
% change year-on-year -32.07% +19.03% +6.00%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,417 10,829 17,292
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.51% 43.10% 39.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,000 7,281 11,786
10th Percentile £325 £325 £344
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 257 253
10th Percentile £13.72 £17.50 £13.58
25th Percentile £16.70 £31.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £32.12 £54.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.53% +50.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.25 £66.60
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -2.27%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Microsoft daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Microsoft daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Microsoft hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Microsoft hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 194 (11.27%) SharePoint
2 121 (7.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 43 (2.50%) Confluence
4 19 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
5 16 (0.93%) CMS
6 10 (0.58%) IIS
7 9 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.35%) Drupal
9 6 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
10 5 (0.29%) Apache
10 5 (0.29%) WordPress
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.17%) SAS
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) Moodle
13 2 (0.12%) nginx
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 242 (14.06%) Microsoft Office
2 172 (9.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (5.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
5 30 (1.74%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.29%) Acrobat
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.29%) InDesign
8 5 (0.29%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.29%) Trello
9 3 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.058%) InVision
10 1 (0.058%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.058%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 72 (4.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.86%) Dynamics AX
3 24 (1.39%) Dynamics GP
4 9 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.35%) Endur
5 6 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.35%) Shopify
6 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
6 5 (0.29%) SmartPlant
6 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.23%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.17%) Magento
8 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.12%) BusinessWorks
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.12%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.12%) Primavera
9 2 (0.12%) SAP GTS
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 704 (40.91%) Azure
2 382 (22.20%) Microsoft 365
3 316 (18.36%) Power Platform
4 205 (11.91%) Dynamics 365
5 171 (9.94%) Azure DevOps
6 133 (7.73%) PowerApps
7 132 (7.67%) Entra ID
8 120 (6.97%) Power Automate
9 117 (6.80%) AWS
10 72 (4.18%) SaaS
11 67 (3.89%) PaaS
12 56 (3.25%) IaaS
13 43 (2.50%) OneDrive
14 40 (2.32%) Azure Monitor
15 39 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
16 33 (1.92%) Serverless
17 32 (1.86%) GCP
18 29 (1.69%) Azure Functions
18 29 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
18 29 (1.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 113 (6.57%) Firewall
2 69 (4.01%) DNS
3 52 (3.02%) VPN
4 49 (2.85%) SAN
5 48 (2.79%) DHCP
6 38 (2.21%) TCP/IP
7 30 (1.74%) LAN
8 26 (1.51%) WAN
9 18 (1.05%) Network Security
10 17 (0.99%) BGP
11 16 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (0.76%) NAS
13 11 (0.64%) Internet
14 9 (0.52%) HTTP
14 9 (0.52%) Intranet
14 9 (0.52%) VLAN
14 9 (0.52%) Wireless
15 8 (0.46%) MPLS
15 8 (0.46%) VoIP
16 7 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 195 (11.33%) Power BI
3 56 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (3.02%) Data Lake
5 33 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (1.74%) Relational Database
6 30 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 29 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (1.28%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.16%) MongoDB
10 19 (1.10%) Tableau
11 18 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (0.99%) Big Data
13 16 (0.93%) MySQL
14 14 (0.81%) Power Query
15 13 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 9 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
18 7 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 98 (5.69%) JIRA
2 60 (3.49%) Git
3 22 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.28%) Visual Studio
4 18 (1.05%) SpecFlow
5 17 (0.99%) GitLab
5 17 (0.99%) TeamCity
6 12 (0.70%) Selenium
6 12 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.58%) Maven
8 8 (0.46%) Visual Studio Team System
9 7 (0.41%) Postman
9 7 (0.41%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.29%) Gradle
10 5 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.23%) JMeter
11 4 (0.23%) MSI
11 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 563 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 336 (19.52%) Finance
3 209 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 194 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 66 (3.83%) Banking
5 66 (3.83%) Retail
6 61 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (3.49%) Marketing
8 51 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 47 (2.73%) Legal
10 42 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (2.44%) Telecoms
11 26 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.45%) General Ledger
13 22 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.16%) Back Office
15 19 (1.10%) Law
16 17 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.93%) Electronics
17 16 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 262 (15.22%) Developer
2 201 (11.68%) Analyst
3 186 (10.81%) Architect
4 176 (10.23%) Consultant
5 149 (8.66%) Senior
6 85 (4.94%) Lead
7 78 (4.53%) Project Manager
8 58 (3.37%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 56 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
10 52 (3.02%) Business Analyst
10 52 (3.02%) Senior Developer
11 46 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 44 (2.56%) Support Engineer
13 43 (2.50%) Administrator
13 43 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
14 41 (2.38%) Microsoft Consultant
15 38 (2.21%) Service Analyst
16 36 (2.09%) Support Specialist
17 35 (2.03%) Functional Consultant
17 35 (2.03%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (8.13%) .NET
2 78 (4.53%) XML
3 52 (3.02%) .NET Framework
4 40 (2.32%) .NET Core
5 37 (2.15%) JSON
5 37 (2.15%) REST
6 35 (2.03%) ARM Templates
7 33 (1.92%) CSS
8 31 (1.80%) HTML
9 26 (1.51%) ASP.NET
9 26 (1.51%) React
10 25 (1.45%) Web Services
11 24 (1.39%) AngularJS
12 20 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
13 17 (0.99%) Middleware
13 17 (0.99%) RESTful
14 16 (0.93%) Kafka
15 14 (0.81%) SOAP
16 13 (0.76%) Entity Framework
16 13 (0.76%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 67 (3.89%) Management Information System
2 59 (3.43%) Data Structures
3 56 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 46 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (2.32%) Data Centre
6 32 (1.86%) NHS
7 30 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 29 (1.69%) PKI
9 24 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 23 (1.34%) Security Posture
11 21 (1.22%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.10%) Low-Code
12 19 (1.10%) Private Cloud
12 19 (1.10%) Virtual Team
13 18 (1.05%) Clustering
14 17 (0.99%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.81%) Replication
17 13 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
18 12 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 349 (20.28%) Windows
2 130 (7.55%) Linux
3 125 (7.26%) Windows Server
4 91 (5.29%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (1.28%) Ubuntu
6 22 (1.28%) Windows 7
7 21 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (0.99%) Android
8 17 (0.99%) Apple iOS
9 16 (0.93%) Debian
9 16 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (0.81%) Unix
11 11 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.52%) Mac OS
13 8 (0.46%) Solaris
14 7 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
15 5 (0.29%) VMS
16 4 (0.23%) Mac OS X
17 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (20.45%) Agile
2 302 (17.55%) DevOps
3 235 (13.65%) Problem-Solving
4 229 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
5 219 (12.73%) Migration
6 152 (8.83%) ITIL
7 149 (8.66%) Project Management
8 139 (8.08%) Analytics
9 134 (7.79%) CI/CD
10 121 (7.03%) Customer Service
11 107 (6.22%) Data Modelling
12 102 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 99 (5.75%) CRM
14 98 (5.69%) Scrum
15 96 (5.58%) Cybersecurity
16 86 (5.00%) Change Management
17 84 (4.88%) Project Delivery
18 83 (4.82%) Data Migration
19 82 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 82 (4.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 259 (15.05%) SQL
2 201 (11.68%) PowerShell
3 187 (10.87%) C#
4 122 (7.09%) Python
5 68 (3.95%) JavaScript
6 45 (2.61%) Bicep
6 45 (2.61%) Java
7 26 (1.51%) T-SQL
8 23 (1.34%) Bash
9 20 (1.16%) VBScript
10 19 (1.10%) VB
11 17 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 17 (0.99%) TypeScript
12 14 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.81%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.64%) C++
14 10 (0.58%) C
15 9 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 309 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 240 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 228 (13.25%) Degree
4 105 (6.10%) DV Cleared
5 84 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 55 (3.20%) Azure Certification
7 37 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.74%) PMP
9 29 (1.69%) PMI Certification
10 26 (1.51%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (1.22%) APMP
13 20 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 19 (1.10%) CISM
14 19 (1.10%) Master's Degree
15 15 (0.87%) AWS Certification
16 12 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (0.64%) MCSE
18 9 (0.52%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.78%) SLA
2 58 (3.37%) QA
3 45 (2.61%) PMO
4 33 (1.92%) GDPR
5 30 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.39%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.39%) NIST
7 18 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 17 (0.99%) Government Security Classifications
9 15 (0.87%) Accessibility
10 12 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.64%) NCSC
12 10 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.52%) NIST 800
14 8 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
15 6 (0.35%) WCAG
16 4 (0.23%) HIPAA
17 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 300 (17.43%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (2.50%) Docker
4 35 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 33 (1.92%) Hyper-V
7 18 (1.05%) vSphere
8 14 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (0.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 10 (0.58%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.35%) XenApp
12 5 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.23%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.17%) FreeRADIUS
14 3 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.17%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.17%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.12%) Firmware
16 1 (0.058%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 94 (5.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (4.82%) SCCM
3 78 (4.53%) Kubernetes
4 61 (3.54%) Terraform
5 37 (2.15%) SCOM
6 28 (1.63%) Ansible
7 27 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (1.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 23 (1.34%) WSUS
10 19 (1.10%) Grafana
11 18 (1.05%) Prometheus
12 12 (0.70%) Consul
13 11 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.52%) Puppet
15 7 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
15 7 (0.41%) Netcool
15 7 (0.41%) Tivoli
15 7 (0.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
16 6 (0.35%) Nagios
16 6 (0.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 138 (8.02%) VMware
2 95 (5.52%) Oracle
3 64 (3.72%) SAP
4 48 (2.79%) Google
5 45 (2.61%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.61%) ServiceNow
6 37 (2.15%) Cisco
6 37 (2.15%) Qualys
7 35 (2.03%) Citrix
7 35 (2.03%) Splunk
8 32 (1.86%) Atlassian
9 29 (1.69%) Adobe
9 29 (1.69%) Databricks
10 20 (1.16%) Dell
10 20 (1.16%) HP
10 20 (1.16%) Veeam
11 19 (1.10%) Red Hat
12 17 (0.99%) NetApp
12 17 (0.99%) Varonis
13 16 (0.93%) LogRhythm