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 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 9 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1,692 3,114 4,888
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.43% 12.63% 11.12%
As % of the Vendors category 26.97% 29.24% 28.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 2,271 3,536
10th Percentile £228 £260 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 81 127
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.72 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.04 £18.63 £17.38
Median hourly rate £20.77 £49.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +48.48% +69.23%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £51.25 £68.75 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £22.41 £18.55
% change year-on-year -33.07% +20.81% +6.00%

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 6,274 10,651 17,288
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.39% 43.21% 39.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,941 7,177 11,778
10th Percentile £325 £325 £343
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £714
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 246 258
10th Percentile £13.31 £17.06 £14.46
25th Percentile £16.50 £25.71 £19.81
Median hourly rate £28.50 £53.35 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -46.58% +29.33% +42.24%
75th Percentile £53.19 £68.44 £57.09
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.25 £72.88
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £41.98 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.78% +95.24% -2.27%

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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 16 May 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 16 May 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
1 186 (10.99%) SharePoint
2 114 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 43 (2.54%) Confluence
4 19 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
5 16 (0.95%) CMS
6 11 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
8 6 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
9 5 (0.30%) Drupal
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Apache
11 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 234 (13.83%) Microsoft Office
2 173 (10.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (5.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.71%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.30%) Acrobat
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.30%) InDesign
9 5 (0.30%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.30%) Trello
10 3 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.059%) InVision
11 1 (0.059%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 71 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.89%) Dynamics AX
3 24 (1.42%) Dynamics GP
4 9 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.41%) Shopify
6 6 (0.35%) Endur
6 6 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.30%) Aareon QL
7 5 (0.30%) SmartPlant
8 4 (0.24%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.18%) Magento
9 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.12%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.12%) SAP GTS
10 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
10 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 696 (41.13%) Azure
2 370 (21.87%) Microsoft 365
3 313 (18.50%) Power Platform
4 205 (12.12%) Dynamics 365
5 176 (10.40%) Azure DevOps
6 132 (7.80%) Entra ID
7 131 (7.74%) PowerApps
8 118 (6.97%) AWS
8 118 (6.97%) Power Automate
9 68 (4.02%) SaaS
10 64 (3.78%) PaaS
11 53 (3.13%) IaaS
12 42 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
13 37 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (2.19%) OneDrive
14 36 (2.13%) GCP
15 35 (2.07%) Serverless
16 32 (1.89%) GitHub
17 29 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
18 28 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 112 (6.62%) Firewall
2 68 (4.02%) DNS
3 49 (2.90%) VPN
4 47 (2.78%) DHCP
5 40 (2.36%) SAN
6 29 (1.71%) TCP/IP
7 27 (1.60%) LAN
8 24 (1.42%) WAN
9 17 (1.00%) BGP
9 17 (1.00%) Network Security
10 16 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.71%) NAS
12 11 (0.65%) Internet
13 10 (0.59%) VoIP
13 10 (0.59%) Wireless
14 9 (0.53%) Intranet
15 8 (0.47%) VLAN
16 7 (0.41%) CTI
16 7 (0.41%) HTTP
16 7 (0.41%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (11.88%) SQL Server
2 195 (11.52%) Power BI
3 56 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (3.19%) Data Lake
5 33 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (1.71%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 28 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (1.36%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.18%) Big Data
9 20 (1.18%) MongoDB
10 19 (1.12%) Tableau
11 17 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.83%) MySQL
14 12 (0.71%) Power Query
15 11 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 10 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
17 8 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
18 7 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 100 (5.91%) JIRA
2 62 (3.66%) Git
3 24 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.36%) Visual Studio
5 17 (1.00%) SpecFlow
6 16 (0.95%) GitLab
7 15 (0.89%) TeamCity
8 12 (0.71%) Selenium
8 12 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.65%) Maven
10 8 (0.47%) Postman
10 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio Team System
11 7 (0.41%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.30%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.24%) Gradle
13 4 (0.24%) JMeter
13 4 (0.24%) MSI
13 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 561 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 335 (19.80%) Finance
3 205 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (11.23%) Public Sector
5 69 (4.08%) Retail
6 66 (3.90%) Banking
7 59 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (3.37%) Marketing
9 50 (2.96%) Manufacturing
10 43 (2.54%) Legal
11 42 (2.48%) Telecoms
12 41 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
14 25 (1.48%) General Ledger
15 23 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.24%) Back Office
17 17 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.00%) Law
18 15 (0.89%) Local Government
19 14 (0.83%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 254 (15.01%) Developer
2 200 (11.82%) Analyst
3 187 (11.05%) Architect
4 171 (10.11%) Consultant
5 146 (8.63%) Senior
6 82 (4.85%) Lead
7 79 (4.67%) Project Manager
8 61 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
9 56 (3.31%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 53 (3.13%) Business Analyst
11 47 (2.78%) Senior Developer
12 44 (2.60%) Administrator
12 44 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 43 (2.54%) Azure Engineer
14 40 (2.36%) Microsoft Consultant
14 40 (2.36%) Support Engineer
15 37 (2.19%) Support Specialist
16 36 (2.13%) Service Analyst
17 34 (2.01%) Azure Developer
17 34 (2.01%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (8.22%) .NET
2 77 (4.55%) XML
3 53 (3.13%) .NET Framework
4 39 (2.30%) .NET Core
5 38 (2.25%) ARM Templates
6 36 (2.13%) JSON
6 36 (2.13%) REST
7 33 (1.95%) CSS
8 31 (1.83%) HTML
9 28 (1.65%) Web Services
10 26 (1.54%) ASP.NET
10 26 (1.54%) React
11 25 (1.48%) AngularJS
12 20 (1.18%) Middleware
12 20 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
13 19 (1.12%) Kafka
14 17 (1.00%) RESTful
15 14 (0.83%) SOAP
16 13 (0.77%) Entity Framework
16 13 (0.77%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (3.84%) Management Information System
2 60 (3.55%) Data Structures
3 56 (3.31%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.19%) Data Centre
6 31 (1.83%) NHS
6 31 (1.83%) PKI
7 30 (1.77%) Cloud Native
8 23 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 20 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 20 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.18%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.12%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.06%) Private Cloud
12 17 (1.00%) Clustering
13 15 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (0.89%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 334 (19.74%) Windows
2 126 (7.45%) Windows Server
3 124 (7.33%) Linux
4 86 (5.08%) Windows 10
5 34 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (1.18%) Windows 7
8 18 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (1.00%) Ubuntu
10 16 (0.95%) Android
11 15 (0.89%) Apple iOS
12 13 (0.77%) Unix
13 11 (0.65%) Debian
14 9 (0.53%) Mac OS
14 9 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.35%) Solaris
16 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.24%) VMS
17 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (20.51%) Agile
2 308 (18.20%) DevOps
3 227 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
4 226 (13.36%) Business Intelligence
5 215 (12.71%) Migration
6 149 (8.81%) Project Management
7 148 (8.75%) ITIL
8 140 (8.27%) Analytics
9 134 (7.92%) CI/CD
10 113 (6.68%) Customer Service
11 102 (6.03%) Data Modelling
12 100 (5.91%) Stakeholder Management
13 99 (5.85%) CRM
14 98 (5.79%) Scrum
15 95 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
16 88 (5.20%) Change Management
17 85 (5.02%) Data Migration
18 84 (4.96%) Project Delivery
18 84 (4.96%) Service Management
19 80 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 261 (15.43%) SQL
2 197 (11.64%) PowerShell
3 188 (11.11%) C#
4 110 (6.50%) Python
5 69 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 49 (2.90%) Bicep
7 48 (2.84%) Java
8 26 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 22 (1.30%) VBScript
10 20 (1.18%) Bash
10 20 (1.18%) VB
11 17 (1.00%) TypeScript
12 16 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.83%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.65%) C
14 11 (0.65%) C++
15 9 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.41%) Go
16 7 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 306 (18.09%) Security Cleared
2 235 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 228 (13.48%) Degree
4 105 (6.21%) DV Cleared
5 86 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.19%) Azure Certification
7 38 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.77%) PMP
9 29 (1.71%) PMI Certification
10 22 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (1.24%) APMP
11 21 (1.24%) CISSP
12 19 (1.12%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (1.00%) AWS Certification
15 16 (0.95%) CISM
16 13 (0.77%) MCSE
17 12 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 9 (0.53%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (3.90%) SLA
2 60 (3.55%) QA
3 46 (2.72%) PMO
4 36 (2.13%) GDPR
5 30 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.42%) NIST
7 22 (1.30%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.00%) Government Security Classifications
8 17 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 15 (0.89%) Accessibility
10 12 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.65%) NCSC
12 9 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 8 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
14 6 (0.35%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.35%) WCAG
15 5 (0.30%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 290 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 62 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (2.42%) Docker
4 36 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 33 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (1.83%) Hyper-V
7 18 (1.06%) vSphere
8 12 (0.71%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 10 (0.59%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.30%) XenApp
12 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.18%) FreeRADIUS
12 3 (0.18%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.18%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.18%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.12%) Firmware
13 2 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.059%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 83 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 77 (4.55%) SCCM
3 61 (3.61%) Terraform
4 39 (2.30%) SCOM
5 29 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (1.48%) WSUS
7 24 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 24 (1.42%) Ansible
8 17 (1.00%) Grafana
8 17 (1.00%) Prometheus
9 12 (0.71%) Consul
10 10 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.53%) Puppet
12 6 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.35%) Netcool
12 6 (0.35%) Tivoli
12 6 (0.35%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 5 (0.30%) Nessus
13 5 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 128 (7.57%) VMware
2 95 (5.61%) Oracle
3 63 (3.72%) SAP
4 53 (3.13%) Google
5 45 (2.66%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 39 (2.30%) Cisco
8 37 (2.19%) Qualys
9 34 (2.01%) Splunk
10 32 (1.89%) Atlassian
10 32 (1.89%) Citrix
11 29 (1.71%) Adobe
12 27 (1.60%) Databricks
13 19 (1.12%) HP
13 19 (1.12%) NetApp
14 18 (1.06%) Dell
14 18 (1.06%) Veeam
15 17 (1.00%) Varonis
16 16 (0.95%) Apple
16 16 (0.95%) LogRhythm