Microsoft Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £693, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 393 582
Rank change year-on-year +77 +189 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 6 6 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.049% 0.032% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.034% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £474 £395 £365
25th Percentile £548 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £693 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +38.50% -9.09% +35.89%
75th Percentile £751 £588 £600
90th Percentile £773 £610 £630
UK median daily rate £594 £445 £425
% change year-on-year +33.43% +4.71% +5.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.60 - -

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,313 17,773 36,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 94.50% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 12,477 26,633
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 389 527
10th Percentile £19.39 £16.93 £15.15
25th Percentile £25.52 £24.97 £25.00
Median hourly rate £41.53 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% - +101.61%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Microsoft Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Specialist
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 Specialist.

Microsoft Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Specialist over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Microsoft Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 a WFH option featuring Microsoft Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Power BI
3 3 (50.00%) Customer Insight
4 2 (33.33%) Release Management
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (33.33%) Release Management
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (16.67%) Information Exploitation
4 1 (16.67%) Information Management
4 1 (16.67%) PLM
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft