MCP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 441 596
Rank change year-on-year +102 +155 -120
Contract jobs citing MCP 2 16 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.014% 0.067% 0.062%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.052% 0.27% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 14
10th Percentile - £182 £270
25th Percentile - £313 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £413 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -14.95% +21.25%
75th Percentile - £500 £538
90th Percentile - £562 £550
UK median daily rate £340 £241 £350
% change year-on-year +41.37% -31.29% +59.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £18.75
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +28.21% +21.88%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -17.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

MCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

MCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

MCP 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 MCP.

MCP daily rate 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 MCP.

MCP hourly rate 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Netskope
1 1 (50.00%) VMware