Microsoft Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 10 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1,781 3,303 4,973
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.43% 12.49% 11.04%
As % of the Vendors category 26.56% 28.89% 28.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 2,407 3,589
10th Percentile £232 £250 £271
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £595
90th Percentile £688 £714 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £499
% change year-on-year - +0.20% +16.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 90 126
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.95 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.09 £20.13 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.77 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.46% +42.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £40.16 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £51.25 £68.75 £62.70
UK median hourly rate £15.14 £22.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -32.71% +21.62% +5.11%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services 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 knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,706 11,433 17,521
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 43.02% 43.24% 38.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,144 7,693 11,930
10th Percentile £325 £331 £338
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 277 255
10th Percentile £13.99 £17.14 £14.03
25th Percentile £17.00 £31.17 £18.75
Median hourly rate £32.31 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.26% +57.14% +1.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £40.59 £21.00
% change year-on-year -45.61% +93.29% -6.67%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Microsoft daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Microsoft daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Microsoft hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Microsoft hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 213 (11.96%) SharePoint
2 128 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (2.47%) Confluence
4 20 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
5 16 (0.90%) IIS
6 13 (0.73%) CMS
7 8 (0.45%) Apache
8 7 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.34%) Drupal
9 6 (0.34%) WordPress
10 5 (0.28%) nginx
10 5 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.22%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.17%) Moodle
12 3 (0.17%) SAS
13 2 (0.11%) Mendix
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 254 (14.26%) Microsoft Office
2 178 (9.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 101 (5.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
5 32 (1.80%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.28%) Acrobat
8 5 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.28%) InDesign
8 5 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.28%) Trello
9 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.056%) InVision
11 1 (0.056%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.056%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 79 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.74%) Dynamics AX
3 24 (1.35%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.34%) Shopify
6 5 (0.28%) Aareon QL
6 5 (0.28%) SmartPlant
6 5 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.22%) Endur
7 4 (0.22%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.22%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.17%) Magento
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.11%) iTrent
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.11%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 737 (41.38%) Azure
2 416 (23.36%) Microsoft 365
3 327 (18.36%) Power Platform
4 209 (11.73%) Dynamics 365
5 165 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
6 139 (7.80%) Entra ID
6 139 (7.80%) PowerApps
7 127 (7.13%) Power Automate
8 120 (6.74%) AWS
9 77 (4.32%) SaaS
10 68 (3.82%) PaaS
11 54 (3.03%) IaaS
12 46 (2.58%) OneDrive
13 45 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
14 40 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
15 34 (1.91%) Serverless
16 30 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 29 (1.63%) Azure Functions
17 29 (1.63%) GitHub
18 28 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 120 (6.74%) Firewall
2 71 (3.99%) DNS
3 66 (3.71%) VPN
4 52 (2.92%) SAN
5 47 (2.64%) DHCP
6 43 (2.41%) TCP/IP
7 30 (1.68%) LAN
8 26 (1.46%) WAN
9 23 (1.29%) Network Security
10 19 (1.07%) BGP
11 16 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (0.79%) NAS
13 13 (0.73%) Internet
14 11 (0.62%) HTTP
15 10 (0.56%) VLAN
16 8 (0.45%) MPLS
17 7 (0.39%) Intranet
17 7 (0.39%) Kerberos
17 7 (0.39%) VoIP
17 7 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 204 (11.45%) Power BI
3 60 (3.37%) Data Lake
4 59 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 37 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
7 35 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 24 (1.35%) MySQL
9 24 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.12%) Tableau
11 19 (1.07%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 16 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 15 (0.84%) Power Query
14 14 (0.79%) Big Data
15 11 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (0.56%) RDBMS
17 9 (0.51%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 111 (6.23%) JIRA
2 62 (3.48%) Git
3 28 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 19 (1.07%) GitLab
6 18 (1.01%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.73%) Selenium
7 13 (0.73%) SpecFlow
7 13 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.45%) Maven
8 8 (0.45%) Visual Studio Team System
9 7 (0.39%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.28%) Gradle
11 4 (0.22%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.22%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.17%) Moq
12 3 (0.17%) Postman
12 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 578 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 346 (19.43%) Finance
3 220 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 65 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
6 63 (3.54%) Retail
7 61 (3.43%) Marketing
8 57 (3.20%) Banking
9 56 (3.14%) Manufacturing
10 53 (2.98%) Legal
11 48 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (1.40%) General Ledger
14 22 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.18%) Local Government
16 19 (1.07%) Law
17 17 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (0.90%) Back Office
18 16 (0.90%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 264 (14.82%) Developer
2 222 (12.46%) Analyst
3 193 (10.84%) Architect
4 180 (10.11%) Consultant
5 147 (8.25%) Senior
6 90 (5.05%) Lead
7 80 (4.49%) Project Manager
8 60 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
9 58 (3.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 56 (3.14%) Business Analyst
11 55 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 49 (2.75%) Administrator
13 48 (2.70%) Support Engineer
14 47 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
15 44 (2.47%) Service Analyst
16 42 (2.36%) Senior Developer
17 41 (2.30%) Microsoft Consultant
18 39 (2.19%) IT Support
19 38 (2.13%) Service Desk Analyst
20 36 (2.02%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (7.02%) .NET
2 64 (3.59%) XML
3 44 (2.47%) .NET Framework
4 39 (2.19%) JSON
5 35 (1.97%) .NET Core
5 35 (1.97%) REST
6 31 (1.74%) CSS
7 30 (1.68%) ARM Templates
8 26 (1.46%) HTML
9 25 (1.40%) ASP.NET
10 24 (1.35%) Web Services
11 23 (1.29%) AngularJS
12 22 (1.24%) React
13 21 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (0.95%) RESTful
15 16 (0.90%) Entity Framework
15 16 (0.90%) LDAP
16 15 (0.84%) Kafka
16 15 (0.84%) SOAP
17 12 (0.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 69 (3.87%) Management Information System
2 59 (3.31%) Product Ownership
3 57 (3.20%) Data Structures
4 44 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 33 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 32 (1.80%) NHS
8 31 (1.74%) PKI
9 28 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 24 (1.35%) Virtual Team
11 22 (1.24%) Low-Code
11 22 (1.24%) Security Posture
12 21 (1.18%) Clustering
12 21 (1.18%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.12%) Algorithms
14 19 (1.07%) Private Cloud
15 15 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.79%) Replication
16 14 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
17 11 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 374 (21.00%) Windows
2 143 (8.03%) Linux
3 127 (7.13%) Windows Server
4 102 (5.73%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (1.46%) Windows 7
7 22 (1.24%) Ubuntu
8 21 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (1.12%) Unix
9 20 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (0.95%) Apple iOS
10 17 (0.95%) Debian
11 13 (0.73%) Android
11 13 (0.73%) Mac OS
12 12 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.45%) Solaris
14 7 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.34%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.22%) VMS
17 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (19.48%) Agile
2 301 (16.90%) DevOps
3 246 (13.81%) Business Intelligence
4 238 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
5 232 (13.03%) Migration
6 160 (8.98%) ITIL
7 152 (8.53%) Project Management
8 136 (7.64%) Analytics
9 130 (7.30%) Customer Service
10 122 (6.85%) CI/CD
11 113 (6.34%) Data Modelling
12 109 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 103 (5.78%) CRM
14 101 (5.67%) Cybersecurity
15 93 (5.22%) Scrum
16 90 (5.05%) Change Management
17 86 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 84 (4.72%) Data Migration
19 83 (4.66%) Roadmaps
20 82 (4.60%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 284 (15.95%) SQL
2 194 (10.89%) PowerShell
3 168 (9.43%) C#
4 129 (7.24%) Python
5 65 (3.65%) JavaScript
6 48 (2.70%) Java
7 37 (2.08%) Bicep
8 32 (1.80%) T-SQL
9 23 (1.29%) Bash
10 21 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 17 (0.95%) Shell Script
11 17 (0.95%) VBScript
12 16 (0.90%) TypeScript
13 15 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.79%) VB
15 12 (0.67%) C++
16 10 (0.56%) C
17 9 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.45%) PHP
18 8 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 313 (17.57%) Security Cleared
2 244 (13.70%) SC Cleared
3 231 (12.97%) Degree
4 104 (5.84%) DV Cleared
5 78 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.03%) Azure Certification
7 35 (1.97%) CISSP
8 32 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (1.63%) PMP
10 26 (1.46%) PMI Certification
11 25 (1.40%) CISM
12 24 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.07%) APMP
14 17 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 15 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.84%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.67%) AWS Certification
16 12 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
16 12 (0.67%) MCSE
17 11 (0.62%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.82%) SLA
2 64 (3.59%) QA
3 52 (2.92%) PMO
4 33 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.68%) Data Quality
5 30 (1.68%) GDPR
6 25 (1.40%) NIST
7 18 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 17 (0.95%) Accessibility
8 17 (0.95%) Government Security Classifications
9 15 (0.84%) NCSC
10 12 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
12 7 (0.39%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.39%) WCAG
13 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 308 (17.29%) Active Directory
2 72 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 39 (2.19%) Docker
5 33 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 30 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.07%) vSphere
8 14 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 12 (0.67%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.28%) XenApp
11 4 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.22%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.22%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.17%) FreeRADIUS
13 2 (0.11%) Firmware
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.056%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 98 (5.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (4.77%) SCCM
3 75 (4.21%) Kubernetes
4 67 (3.76%) Terraform
5 36 (2.02%) Ansible
6 35 (1.97%) SCOM
7 29 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (1.29%) Grafana
9 22 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (1.24%) Prometheus
10 20 (1.12%) WSUS
11 12 (0.67%) Consul
11 12 (0.67%) Nagios
12 11 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.51%) Puppet
14 7 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
14 7 (0.39%) Netcool
14 7 (0.39%) Tivoli
14 7 (0.39%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 6 (0.34%) Graylog
Vendors
1 142 (7.97%) VMware
2 101 (5.67%) Oracle
3 69 (3.87%) SAP
4 54 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.81%) Google
7 40 (2.25%) Citrix
8 36 (2.02%) Cisco
8 36 (2.02%) Qualys
9 35 (1.97%) Splunk
10 33 (1.85%) Atlassian
11 31 (1.74%) Databricks
12 30 (1.68%) Adobe
13 23 (1.29%) Red Hat
14 20 (1.12%) Dell
14 20 (1.12%) HP
14 20 (1.12%) Veeam
15 17 (0.95%) Varonis
16 16 (0.90%) LogRhythm
16 16 (0.90%) NetApp