Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Graph Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Graph API
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Microsoft Graph skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 312 353
Rank change year-on-year +18 +41 +177
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Graph 18 9 21
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.077% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.67% 0.31% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 17
10th Percentile £307 £433 £307
25th Percentile £325 £538 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £560
90th Percentile £602 - £700
UK median daily rate £535 £593 £500
% change year-on-year -9.70% +18.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.50
Median hourly rate £46.00 - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - £30.00

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Microsoft Graph falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,668 2,877 4,188
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.25% 24.61% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,741 1,893 3,035
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 26 45
10th Percentile £31.25 £21.63 £40.12
25th Percentile £41.00 £28.63 £55.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £52.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £67.00 £90.63 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +16.82% -17.69%

Microsoft Graph
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Graph and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Graph job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Graph
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Graph.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Graph
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Graph over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Microsoft Graph daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Graph
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) Azure
2 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (38.89%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
5 5 (27.78%) PowerApps
6 4 (22.22%) Power Automate
7 3 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (16.67%) GitHub
7 3 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (11.11%) Azure App Service
8 2 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (11.11%) Azure WebJobs
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (11.11%) PaaS
8 2 (11.11%) SaaS
9 1 (5.56%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Billing
3 1 (5.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Applications Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior C# Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) .NET
1 6 (33.33%) REST
2 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (11.11%) SOAP
3 2 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
4 1 (5.56%) ARM Templates
4 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
4 1 (5.56%) GraphQL
4 1 (5.56%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (5.56%) JSON
4 1 (5.56%) OAuth
4 1 (5.56%) OAuth2
4 1 (5.56%) OpenID
4 1 (5.56%) SAML
4 1 (5.56%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Android
1 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) DevOps
2 5 (27.78%) Analytics
3 4 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 3 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (16.67%) Data Management
4 3 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 3 (16.67%) Log Analytics
4 3 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (16.67%) Observability
4 3 (16.67%) RBAC
4 3 (16.67%) Scrum
4 3 (16.67%) Task Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 6 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (22.22%) Java
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 3 (16.67%) Perl
4 3 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (5.56%) Bash
6 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (5.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CISSP
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) SOC 2
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) CA Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (5.56%) Google