MCSA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 318 401
Rank change year-on-year +11 +83 +183
Contract jobs citing MCSA 4 13 23
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.39% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 16
10th Percentile £243 £286 £450
25th Percentile £269 £350 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -22.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile £369 £505 £611
90th Percentile £388 £638 £648
UK median daily rate £270 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -40.00% -10.00% +4.71%

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 3,043 3,301 5,243
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 30.90% 25.68% 25.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,972 2,169 3,563
10th Percentile £332 £329 £363
25th Percentile £420 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 165 197
10th Percentile £15.05 £17.90 £22.00
25th Percentile £27.28 £35.00 £39.55
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year - -27.12% -1.67%
75th Percentile £65.25 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%

MCSA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

MCSA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

MCSA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing MCSA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing MCSA

MCSA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MCSA over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

MCSA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing MCSA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing MCSA

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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) H.323
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Intranet
3 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) NAS
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (25.00%) ASIC
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (25.00%) VMS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Log Correlation
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (25.00%) UVM
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) MOS
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CASB
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Polycom
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) Symantec
2 1 (25.00%) Tenable
2 1 (25.00%) Veeam
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Wyse