MCP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 343 455
Rank change year-on-year +43 +112 +153
Contract jobs citing MCP 4 2 22
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.013% 0.085%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.047% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 19
10th Percentile - - £160
25th Percentile £313 - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.06%
75th Percentile £369 - £498
90th Percentile £388 - £523
UK median daily rate £210 £225 £250
% change year-on-year -6.67% -10.00% +2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

MCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MCP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MCP.

MCP daily rate 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 remote working options citing MCP.

MCP hourly rate 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) H.323
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) People Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Email Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSA
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Google