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 7 June 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 8 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1,729 3,049 4,895
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.75% 12.73% 11.02%
As % of the Vendors category 27.64% 28.93% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 2,221 3,547
10th Percentile £246 £250 £275
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 £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 85 131
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.06 £18.63 £16.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £36.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +26.72% +54.32%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £61.16 £68.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £15.58 £23.20 £18.00
% change year-on-year -32.87% +28.89% +6.87%

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 6,255 10,539 17,588
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.51% 43.99% 39.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,982 7,090 12,063
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.25%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £631
90th Percentile £725 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 251 250
10th Percentile £13.31 £16.61 £13.45
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.61 £19.85
Median hourly rate £27.50 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.62% +31.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £51.25 £66.00 £56.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%

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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 7 June 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 7 June 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
1 191 (11.05%) SharePoint
2 120 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (2.54%) Confluence
4 16 (0.93%) CMS
4 16 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
5 12 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.35%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.29%) Drupal
8 5 (0.29%) IIS
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) Apache
10 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 236 (13.65%) Microsoft Office
2 171 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 97 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.68%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.52%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.40%) Acrobat
8 7 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.29%) InDesign
9 5 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.29%) Trello
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.058%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.058%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.058%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 74 (4.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.85%) Dynamics AX
3 23 (1.33%) Dynamics GP
4 11 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.40%) Shopify
6 6 (0.35%) Endur
7 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
7 5 (0.29%) SmartPlant
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.17%) Magento
9 3 (0.17%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.12%) BusinessWorks
10 2 (0.12%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
10 2 (0.12%) ResourceLink
10 2 (0.12%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 705 (40.78%) Azure
2 391 (22.61%) Microsoft 365
3 311 (17.99%) Power Platform
4 218 (12.61%) Dynamics 365
5 179 (10.35%) Azure DevOps
6 138 (7.98%) PowerApps
7 137 (7.92%) Entra ID
8 130 (7.52%) AWS
9 122 (7.06%) Power Automate
10 64 (3.70%) SaaS
11 62 (3.59%) PaaS
12 54 (3.12%) IaaS
13 43 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
13 43 (2.49%) OneDrive
14 34 (1.97%) GCP
15 32 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 32 (1.85%) Azure Storage
15 32 (1.85%) Serverless
16 31 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
17 29 (1.68%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 110 (6.36%) Firewall
2 72 (4.16%) DNS
3 52 (3.01%) DHCP
4 50 (2.89%) VPN
5 38 (2.20%) SAN
6 29 (1.68%) TCP/IP
7 23 (1.33%) LAN
8 22 (1.27%) WAN
9 16 (0.93%) Network Security
10 15 (0.87%) BGP
11 13 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.75%) Wireless
12 12 (0.69%) NAS
13 11 (0.64%) Internet
14 10 (0.58%) VLAN
14 10 (0.58%) VoIP
15 9 (0.52%) Intranet
16 8 (0.46%) SD-WAN
17 7 (0.40%) MPLS
18 6 (0.35%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (11.91%) SQL Server
2 195 (11.28%) Power BI
3 56 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (3.18%) Data Lake
5 31 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 31 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 26 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (1.21%) Big Data
8 21 (1.21%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.16%) MongoDB
10 17 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (0.98%) Tableau
11 15 (0.87%) MySQL
11 15 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (0.75%) Power Query
13 10 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.40%) Delta Lake
15 7 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 97 (5.61%) JIRA
2 57 (3.30%) Git
3 23 (1.33%) Visual Studio
4 20 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.93%) SpecFlow
6 13 (0.75%) TeamCity
7 12 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (0.64%) Postman
8 11 (0.64%) Visual Studio Team System
9 10 (0.58%) GitLab
9 10 (0.58%) Selenium
10 9 (0.52%) Maven
11 6 (0.35%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.29%) JMeter
12 5 (0.29%) MSI
13 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.17%) NUnit
14 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 573 (33.14%) Social Skills
2 338 (19.55%) Finance
3 218 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 193 (11.16%) Public Sector
5 70 (4.05%) Retail
6 59 (3.41%) Banking
7 57 (3.30%) Marketing
8 55 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (2.72%) Manufacturing
10 42 (2.43%) Legal
10 42 (2.43%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (1.56%) General Ledger
13 24 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.21%) Back Office
15 20 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (0.93%) Local Government
18 14 (0.81%) Automotive
19 13 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 258 (14.92%) Developer
2 189 (10.93%) Analyst
3 188 (10.87%) Consultant
4 185 (10.70%) Architect
5 157 (9.08%) Senior
6 84 (4.86%) Lead
7 69 (3.99%) Project Manager
8 60 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (3.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 49 (2.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 47 (2.72%) Senior Developer
12 45 (2.60%) Business Analyst
13 44 (2.54%) Administrator
14 41 (2.37%) Azure Engineer
15 40 (2.31%) Microsoft Consultant
15 40 (2.31%) Support Engineer
16 38 (2.20%) Functional Consultant
17 37 (2.14%) Support Specialist
18 35 (2.02%) C# Developer
18 35 (2.02%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (8.27%) .NET
2 75 (4.34%) XML
3 58 (3.35%) .NET Framework
4 40 (2.31%) HTML
5 39 (2.26%) .NET Core
6 38 (2.20%) CSS
7 37 (2.14%) ARM Templates
8 35 (2.02%) JSON
9 33 (1.91%) ASP.NET
10 32 (1.85%) REST
11 29 (1.68%) Web Services
12 28 (1.62%) React
13 24 (1.39%) AngularJS
14 21 (1.21%) RESTful
15 20 (1.16%) Middleware
15 20 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
16 19 (1.10%) Kafka
17 13 (0.75%) Entity Framework
18 12 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
18 12 (0.69%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 70 (4.05%) Management Information System
2 63 (3.64%) Data Structures
3 51 (2.95%) Product Ownership
4 49 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.14%) PKI
6 35 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 27 (1.56%) NHS
9 26 (1.50%) Security Posture
10 22 (1.27%) Algorithms
10 22 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
11 21 (1.21%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.10%) Onboarding
12 19 (1.10%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.04%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (0.93%) Mobile App
15 15 (0.87%) Clustering
15 15 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 347 (20.07%) Windows
2 131 (7.58%) Windows Server
3 128 (7.40%) Linux
4 84 (4.86%) Windows 10
5 42 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 27 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (1.16%) Apple iOS
8 20 (1.16%) Windows 7
9 18 (1.04%) Android
10 15 (0.87%) Ubuntu
11 14 (0.81%) Unix
12 10 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.52%) Debian
14 7 (0.40%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.40%) VMS
15 5 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
15 5 (0.29%) Solaris
16 4 (0.23%) Mac OS X
17 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (19.61%) Agile
2 310 (17.93%) DevOps
3 229 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
4 227 (13.13%) Business Intelligence
5 222 (12.84%) Migration
6 147 (8.50%) ITIL
7 144 (8.33%) Project Management
8 141 (8.16%) Analytics
9 129 (7.46%) CI/CD
10 111 (6.42%) Customer Service
11 107 (6.19%) CRM
12 98 (5.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 97 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
13 97 (5.61%) Data Modelling
14 93 (5.38%) Scrum
15 89 (5.15%) Change Management
16 86 (4.97%) Service Management
17 83 (4.80%) Data Migration
17 83 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 81 (4.68%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 269 (15.56%) SQL
2 199 (11.51%) PowerShell
3 190 (10.99%) C#
4 100 (5.78%) Python
5 76 (4.40%) JavaScript
6 54 (3.12%) Bicep
7 49 (2.83%) Java
8 28 (1.62%) T-SQL
9 25 (1.45%) VB
9 25 (1.45%) VBScript
10 19 (1.10%) TypeScript
11 17 (0.98%) Bash
12 15 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.81%) Shell Script
14 13 (0.75%) C++
15 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.64%) VB.NET
17 10 (0.58%) C
18 9 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 328 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 251 (14.52%) SC Cleared
3 229 (13.24%) Degree
4 106 (6.13%) DV Cleared
5 95 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (3.24%) Azure Certification
7 38 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (1.62%) PMP
9 27 (1.56%) PMI Certification
10 25 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 18 (1.04%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.98%) APMP
14 17 (0.98%) CISSP
15 16 (0.93%) MCSE
16 14 (0.81%) CISM
16 14 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (0.64%) MCSA
18 10 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (3.70%) SLA
2 60 (3.47%) QA
3 39 (2.26%) PMO
4 33 (1.91%) GDPR
5 30 (1.74%) NIST
6 28 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (1.39%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.04%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.87%) NIST 800
9 15 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.81%) Government Security Classifications
11 12 (0.69%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
12 10 (0.58%) NCSC
13 6 (0.35%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.35%) WCAG
14 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 299 (17.29%) Active Directory
2 69 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 36 (2.08%) Docker
6 32 (1.85%) Hyper-V
7 20 (1.16%) vSphere
8 12 (0.69%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 10 (0.58%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.35%) XenApp
13 5 (0.29%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.23%) Firmware
14 4 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.17%) FreeRADIUS
15 3 (0.17%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.17%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.058%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 87 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (4.97%) SCCM
3 75 (4.34%) Kubernetes
4 60 (3.47%) Terraform
5 40 (2.31%) SCOM
6 29 (1.68%) WSUS
7 25 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (1.39%) Ansible
9 23 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 17 (0.98%) Grafana
11 15 (0.87%) Prometheus
12 12 (0.69%) Consul
13 10 (0.58%) Puppet
14 7 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.40%) Kibana
14 7 (0.40%) logstash
15 6 (0.35%) AirWatch
15 6 (0.35%) Nessus
16 5 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
16 5 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 129 (7.46%) VMware
2 94 (5.44%) Oracle
3 58 (3.35%) SAP
4 54 (3.12%) Google
5 48 (2.78%) Salesforce
6 47 (2.72%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.20%) Cisco
8 37 (2.14%) Qualys
9 30 (1.74%) Adobe
9 30 (1.74%) Splunk
10 29 (1.68%) Citrix
11 28 (1.62%) Atlassian
11 28 (1.62%) Databricks
12 23 (1.33%) Apple
13 22 (1.27%) NetApp
14 19 (1.10%) Veeam
15 17 (0.98%) CyberArk
15 17 (0.98%) Dell
15 17 (0.98%) HP
15 17 (0.98%) Varonis