Microsoft Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £495 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 439 582
Rank change year-on-year +124 +143 -120
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 32 29 40
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.12% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.12% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 29
10th Percentile £451 £283 £293
25th Percentile £460 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £525 £564 £550
90th Percentile - £574 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.88
25th Percentile - - £49.69
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £59.38
75th Percentile - - £69.06
90th Percentile - - £74.88
UK median hourly rate £18.00 - £59.38

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,848 23,488 42,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.30% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,603 30,429
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 558 537 595
10th Percentile £14.26 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.64 £25.71 £19.30
Median hourly rate £44.37 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% +54.29% +44.33%
75th Percentile £64.88 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £68.55
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Microsoft Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
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 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 a work from home option citing Microsoft Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 16 May 2024, 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 32 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (81.25%) Windows
3 23 (71.88%) Social Skills
4 22 (68.75%) Firewall
5 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
6 19 (59.38%) Azure
7 18 (56.25%) Service Management
7 18 (56.25%) ITIL
8 17 (53.13%) BGP
8 17 (53.13%) ITSM
8 17 (53.13%) SharePoint
8 17 (53.13%) Atlassian
8 17 (53.13%) SCOM
8 17 (53.13%) SharePoint Server
8 17 (53.13%) JIRA
8 17 (53.13%) DV Cleared
8 17 (53.13%) Confluence
8 17 (53.13%) Network Management
8 17 (53.13%) Capacity Management
8 17 (53.13%) Private Cloud
8 17 (53.13%) Government Security Classifications
8 17 (53.13%) Security Monitoring
8 17 (53.13%) Azure Stack
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (21.88%) SLA
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (21.88%) Customer Service
10 5 (15.63%) VMware
10 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V

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 17 (53.13%) Confluence
1 17 (53.13%) SharePoint
1 17 (53.13%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (59.38%) Azure
2 17 (53.13%) Azure Stack
3 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (68.75%) Firewall
2 17 (53.13%) BGP
3 2 (6.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 17 (53.13%) JIRA
General
1 23 (71.88%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Private Cloud
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 26 (81.25%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.13%) Android
3 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) ITIL
1 18 (56.25%) Service Management
2 17 (53.13%) Capacity Management
2 17 (53.13%) ITSM
2 17 (53.13%) Network Management
2 17 (53.13%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (21.88%) Customer Service
4 2 (6.25%) Business Strategy
4 2 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (6.25%) Information Security
4 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (3.13%) Coaching
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.13%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.13%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.13%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.13%) SIEM
5 1 (3.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 17 (53.13%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) CEH
5 1 (3.13%) CISSP
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.13%) MCTS
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (53.13%) Government Security Classifications
2 7 (21.88%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
1 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (53.13%) SCOM
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.25%) SCCM
2 2 (6.25%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (53.13%) Atlassian
3 5 (15.63%) VMware
4 3 (9.38%) Veeam