Microsoft Certification Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certification
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 Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 300 442
Rank change year-on-year +45 +142 -102
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 92 169 180
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.61% 0.67% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.24% 2.64% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 133 129
10th Percentile £313 £328 £223
25th Percentile £400 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +12.43%
75th Percentile £674 £588 £588
90th Percentile £729 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £12.05 £30.85
25th Percentile - £18.13 £37.75
Median hourly rate £40.31 £28.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.44% -42.42% +113.27%
75th Percentile - £39.13 £52.75
90th Percentile - £45.35 £54.55
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -26.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Microsoft Certification 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 4,106 6,392 8,786
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.44% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,588 4,298 6,173
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
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% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 280 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.25 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +33.22% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.81 £65.44
90th Percentile £82.84 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

Microsoft Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
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 Certification.

Microsoft Certification daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Certification daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
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 Certification.

Microsoft Certification hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
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 19 (20.65%) SharePoint
2 15 (16.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.17%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.09%) IIS
4 1 (1.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.09%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 46 (50.00%) Azure
2 35 (38.04%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (21.74%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (17.39%) Power Platform
5 13 (14.13%) Entra ID
6 10 (10.87%) AWS
7 6 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (6.52%) OneDrive
7 6 (6.52%) Power Automate
7 6 (6.52%) PowerApps
8 4 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (4.35%) GitHub
9 3 (3.26%) GCP
9 3 (3.26%) Twilio
10 2 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (2.17%) IaaS
10 2 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.52%) DNS
2 5 (5.43%) Firewall
2 5 (5.43%) VPN
3 4 (4.35%) DHCP
3 4 (4.35%) LAN
3 4 (4.35%) SAN
4 3 (3.26%) CTI
4 3 (3.26%) VoIP
4 3 (3.26%) WAN
5 2 (2.17%) NAS
5 2 (2.17%) NetScaler
5 2 (2.17%) Network Security
5 2 (2.17%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.09%) Skype
6 1 (1.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.52%) Power BI
3 5 (5.43%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.35%) Big Data
5 2 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.17%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.17%) Delta Lake
5 2 (2.17%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Git
2 4 (4.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.09%) MSI
3 1 (1.09%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (34.78%) Finance
2 30 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 19 (20.65%) Public Sector
4 12 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.04%) Banking
5 8 (8.70%) Retail
6 4 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.17%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.17%) Front Office
8 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.09%) Electronics
8 1 (1.09%) French Language
8 1 (1.09%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.09%) Local Government
8 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.09%) Marketing
8 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.09%) Publishing
8 1 (1.09%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.09%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 20 (21.74%) Architect
1 20 (21.74%) Consultant
2 11 (11.96%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 11 (11.96%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (8.70%) Platform Architect
3 8 (8.70%) Power Platform Architect
4 7 (7.61%) Analyst
4 7 (7.61%) DBA
4 7 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (7.61%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 7 (7.61%) Senior
4 7 (7.61%) SQL DBA
5 6 (6.52%) Functional Consultant
5 6 (6.52%) Lead
6 5 (5.43%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.35%) Lead Consultant
8 3 (3.26%) Designer
8 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Consultant
8 3 (3.26%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) JSON
1 5 (5.43%) XML
2 4 (4.35%) .NET
2 4 (4.35%) RESTful
2 4 (4.35%) SOAP
2 4 (4.35%) SPFx
3 3 (3.26%) Middleware
3 3 (3.26%) Web Services
4 2 (2.17%) OAuth
4 2 (2.17%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.17%) PySpark
4 2 (2.17%) Spark Streaming
5 1 (1.09%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.09%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.09%) React
5 1 (1.09%) SAML
5 1 (1.09%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.43%) Clustering
2 5 (5.43%) Low-Code
3 3 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.26%) IVR
3 3 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (2.17%) Grid Computing
4 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.17%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.09%) PKI
5 1 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.09%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 36 (39.13%) Windows
2 23 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.61%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.35%) Linux
5 3 (3.26%) VMS
6 2 (2.17%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.17%) Unix
6 2 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.09%) Android
7 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.65%) Agile
1 19 (20.65%) ITIL
2 18 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (16.30%) Migration
4 13 (14.13%) DevOps
5 12 (13.04%) Computer Science
6 11 (11.96%) Data Modelling
6 11 (11.96%) High Availability
6 11 (11.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (9.78%) GAP Analysis
7 9 (9.78%) Service Management
8 8 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.61%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (7.61%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (7.61%) Security Operations
9 7 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (7.61%) Task Automation
10 6 (6.52%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 22 (23.91%) PowerShell
2 12 (13.04%) SQL
3 2 (2.17%) C++
3 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.17%) Scala
3 2 (2.17%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.09%) Bash
4 1 (1.09%) C#
4 1 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (30.43%) Degree
2 17 (18.48%) MCSE
3 16 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 16 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 15 (16.30%) Azure Certification
5 10 (10.87%) MCSA
6 8 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (5.43%) MCITP
9 4 (4.35%) AWS Certification
9 4 (4.35%) CCNA
9 4 (4.35%) MCTS
10 3 (3.26%) A+ Certification
10 3 (3.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.26%) CCNP
10 3 (3.26%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (2.17%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) GDPR
1 3 (3.26%) HIPAA
1 3 (3.26%) PCI DSS
1 3 (3.26%) SOC 2
2 2 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.17%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.17%) SLA
3 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.09%) NCSC
3 1 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 34 (36.96%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.43%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.26%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.17%) vSphere
5 2 (2.17%) XenApp
5 2 (2.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (9.78%) SCCM
2 7 (7.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.35%) WSUS
4 2 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.09%) Nagios
5 1 (1.09%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (91.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.96%) VMware
3 8 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.52%) Cisco
5 4 (4.35%) Databricks
5 4 (4.35%) Google
6 3 (3.26%) Avaya
6 3 (3.26%) CA
6 3 (3.26%) Genesys
7 2 (2.17%) Citrix
7 2 (2.17%) Dell
7 2 (2.17%) HP
7 2 (2.17%) IronPort
8 1 (1.09%) Checkmarx
8 1 (1.09%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.09%) Qualys
8 1 (1.09%) SAP
8 1 (1.09%) SolarWinds