MCSA Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 427 599
Rank change year-on-year +98 +172 -124
Contract jobs citing MCSA 12 30 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.13% 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.50% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 27 18
10th Percentile £337 £313 £189
25th Percentile £400 £400 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £419
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +25.37% +11.67%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £486
90th Percentile £800 £675 £644
UK median daily rate £450 £520 £427
% change year-on-year -13.46% +21.78% +22.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

MCSA 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 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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 16 June 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 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (25.00%) Confluence
3 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (8.33%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) DNS
2 6 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (16.67%) NAS
3 2 (16.67%) SAN
3 2 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (8.33%) NetScaler
4 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Military
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Server Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop Support
4 1 (8.33%) Remote Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) PKI
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Clustering
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (25.00%) User Experience
3 2 (16.67%) BCP
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (8.33%) Change Control
4 1 (8.33%) Database Security
4 1 (8.33%) High Availability
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (66.67%) MCSE
3 3 (25.00%) CCNA
3 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 2 (16.67%) MCSD
5 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (8.33%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (8.33%) XenApp
3 1 (8.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Dell
3 2 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) IronPort
4 1 (8.33%) Okta
4 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds