Microsoft Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 310 447
Rank change year-on-year +21 +137 +141
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 15 35 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.24% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 26 21
10th Percentile £303 £451 £294
25th Percentile £395 £460 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.21% -2.06%
75th Percentile £509 £525 £564
90th Percentile £628 - £569
UK median daily rate £525 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +11.70% -6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £18.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £18.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Microsoft Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Engineer.

Microsoft Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) Azure
3 6 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 5 (33.33%) Finance
4 5 (33.33%) Migration
4 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
5 4 (26.67%) Python
5 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (26.67%) OneDrive
5 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (26.67%) DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (20.00%) Skype
6 3 (20.00%) Analytics
6 3 (20.00%) SaaS
6 3 (20.00%) E-Discovery
6 3 (20.00%) Legal
6 3 (20.00%) Agile
6 3 (20.00%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) .NET
6 3 (20.00%) B2B
7 2 (13.33%) T-SQL

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
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 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (13.33%) Apache Spark
4 1 (6.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) OneDrive
3 3 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (20.00%) SaaS
4 2 (13.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
5 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
5 1 (6.67%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Skype
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Big Data
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Legal
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Local Government
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (26.67%) DevOps
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) B2B
3 3 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (20.00%) E-Discovery
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (13.33%) API Management
4 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (13.33%) Use Case
4 2 (13.33%) User Stories
5 1 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (6.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (26.67%) Python
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.67%) CCNA
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Backup Exec
2 1 (6.67%) NetBackup
2 1 (6.67%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Citrix
2 2 (13.33%) Databricks
2 2 (13.33%) NetApp
3 1 (6.67%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) IBM
3 1 (6.67%) New Relic
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) VMware