MCSA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 433 598
Rank change year-on-year +96 +165 -162
Contract jobs citing MCSA 9 36 22
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.058% 0.14% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.54% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 33 17
10th Percentile £305 £306 £215
25th Percentile £313 £400 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £635 £606 £488
90th Percentile £800 £675 £582
UK median daily rate £350 £480 £400
% change year-on-year -27.08% +20.00% +14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,318 6,691 8,944
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.93% 25.61% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,692 4,492 6,249
10th Percentile £331 £380 £363
25th Percentile £440 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 312 226
10th Percentile £14.45 £20.00 £19.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £42.50 £33.13
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +35.42% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.25
90th Percentile £82.49 £85.00 £69.38
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.93% +31.94% +6.31%

MCSA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

MCSA 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 MCSA.

MCSA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing MCSA over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

MCSA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
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 MCSA.

MCSA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) OneDrive
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SAN
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) LAN
3 2 (22.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) MySQL
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
2 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Server Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Database Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
4 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) BCP
3 2 (22.22%) Fintech
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Database Security
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Open Source
4 1 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Release Management
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Server Management
4 1 (11.11%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCNA
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) MCSE
3 2 (22.22%) A+ Certification
3 2 (22.22%) CCENT
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Dell
3 2 (22.22%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) IronPort
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds