Microsoft Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 333 412
Rank change year-on-year +26 +79 +205
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 4 2 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.015% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.016% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile - - £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - £606
UK median daily rate £500 £570 £445
% change year-on-year -12.28% +28.09% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.60 -
UK median hourly rate - £60.60 -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,265 12,130 19,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 93.56% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,109 8,049 14,115
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £415 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.13% -1.67%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 338 483
10th Percentile £13.08 £18.20 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.59 £28.88 £24.13
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.00% +10.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £68.13
90th Percentile £69.90 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.58% +68.04%

Microsoft Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft Specialist job vacancies

Microsoft Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Microsoft Specialist job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, Microsoft Specialist 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Microsoft Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (50.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (50.00%) C#
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (50.00%) CRM
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Power BI
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) GCIA

Microsoft Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) GCIA
1 1 (25.00%) GCIH
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft