Microsoft Purview Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Microsoft Purview skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Purview over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 313 423
Rank change year-on-year +50 +110 +188
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Purview 41 32 54
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.04% 0.58% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 18 43
10th Percentile £419 £400 £500
25th Percentile £500 £475 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £618
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -10.93% +54.38%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £628
90th Percentile £675 £694 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% +50.00%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft Purview falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,940 5,557 10,236
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.78% 36.21% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 3,982 7,514
10th Percentile £351 £350 £373
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 89 125
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £17.00 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.73% +83.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £50.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £64.37 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Microsoft Purview
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Microsoft Purview
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 Purview.

Microsoft Purview daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Purview
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Purview daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Purview
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 8 (19.51%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.76%) Confluence
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 29 (70.73%) Azure
2 12 (29.27%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (26.83%) Entra ID
4 10 (24.39%) Power Platform
5 5 (12.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (12.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 5 (12.20%) Collibra
6 3 (7.32%) Alation
6 3 (7.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.88%) AWS
7 2 (4.88%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Storage
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.44%) GitHub
8 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) DHCP
2 1 (2.44%) DNS
2 1 (2.44%) Network Security
2 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) Power BI
2 7 (17.07%) Data Lake
3 5 (12.20%) Metadata
4 4 (9.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (7.32%) Delta Lake
5 3 (7.32%) IBM InfoSphere
6 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (29.27%) Finance
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Banking
4 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Military
7 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Architect
1 9 (21.95%) Azure Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Consultant
3 6 (14.63%) Project Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Data Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Data Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
5 4 (9.76%) Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Data Governance Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Data Governance Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Governance Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Project Governance Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Data Analytics Specialist
7 2 (4.88%) Data Business Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Lead
7 2 (4.88%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) ADO
2 1 (2.44%) PySpark
2 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) BYOD
3 2 (4.88%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.44%) FMCG
4 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.44%) PKI
4 1 (2.44%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Android
1 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Unix
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Data Governance
2 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (24.39%) Analytics
4 8 (19.51%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (19.51%) Cloud Security
4 8 (19.51%) Data Loss Prevention
4 8 (19.51%) Security Operations
5 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (14.63%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (14.63%) Data Architecture
6 6 (14.63%) Data Management
6 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
6 6 (14.63%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (12.20%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (12.20%) Data Governance Strategy
7 5 (12.20%) DevSecOps
8 4 (9.76%) Cost Optimisation
8 4 (9.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 4 (9.76%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) SQL
2 6 (14.63%) Python
3 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.32%) Bicep
4 3 (7.32%) Scala
5 1 (2.44%) Bash
5 1 (2.44%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Azure Certification
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) CISM
4 1 (2.44%) CISSP
4 1 (2.44%) CITP
4 1 (2.44%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (2.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.88%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) BitLocker
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Terraform
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.44%) CASB
3 1 (2.44%) SCCM
3 1 (2.44%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 32 (78.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) Databricks
3 6 (14.63%) Informatica
4 3 (7.32%) IBM
5 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.88%) Splunk
5 2 (4.88%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.44%) Apple
6 1 (2.44%) Citrix
6 1 (2.44%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.44%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.44%) Nexthink
6 1 (2.44%) Remedy
6 1 (2.44%) SAP