Microsoft 365 Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 33 39
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 136 189 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 6.16% 6.61% 5.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.33% 18.31% 18.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 144 144
10th Percentile £166 £146 £124
25th Percentile £200 £160 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £270 £331
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -18.49% -11.67%
75th Percentile £459 £447 £475
90th Percentile £545 £550 £525
UK median daily rate £350 £393 £375
% change year-on-year -10.83% +4.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 8
10th Percentile £15.32 £17.77 £15.70
25th Percentile £15.42 £17.85 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.11 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.13% -9.45% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £18.49 £24.57
90th Percentile £17.57 £18.65 £37.55
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.53% +8.57% +9.38%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 742 1,032 1,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.62% 36.10% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 772 778
10th Percentile £256 £250 £287
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £661 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 20
10th Percentile £15.39 £18.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.69 £45.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £60.55 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.92% +65.89% -36.80%
75th Percentile £17.67 £66.50 £47.43
90th Percentile £24.85 £76.00 £48.83
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -6.30%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +8 64 £350 -12.50% 33
Edinburgh +4 43 £355 +37.86% 34
South Lanarkshire +3 5 £370 -0.11% 1
Stirling -1 4 £420 +158.86%
Dundee +10 3 £166 -7.78% 1
Aberdeen - 1 £325 - 3
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 44 (32.35%) SharePoint
2 21 (15.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (2.21%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.47%) CMS
5 2 (1.47%) Moodle
5 2 (1.47%) WordPress
6 1 (0.74%) Drupal
Applications
1 28 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (13.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (6.62%) Photoshop
5 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.47%) Maximo
3 1 (0.74%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.41%) Azure
2 26 (19.12%) Power Platform
3 21 (15.44%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.03%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (11.03%) Yammer
5 12 (8.82%) OneDrive
6 11 (8.09%) Canva
6 11 (8.09%) Slack
7 8 (5.88%) AWS
7 8 (5.88%) PowerApps
8 6 (4.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 6 (4.41%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.94%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.21%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (2.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (2.21%) IaaS
10 3 (2.21%) PaaS
10 3 (2.21%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.09%) Firewall
1 11 (8.09%) Intranet
2 5 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.21%) NAS
3 3 (2.21%) SAN
3 3 (2.21%) Skype
3 3 (2.21%) SSL
4 2 (1.47%) DNS
4 2 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.74%) LAN
5 1 (0.74%) Network Security
5 1 (0.74%) VoIP
5 1 (0.74%) WAN
5 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.88%) Power BI
2 6 (4.41%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.21%) Metadata
4 2 (1.47%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.74%) DTS
General
1 47 (34.56%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.32%) Public Sector
3 23 (16.91%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (13.24%) Finance
5 14 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (8.82%) Publishing
7 11 (8.09%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.68%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (25.74%) Analyst
2 24 (17.65%) IT Support
3 15 (11.03%) Change Analyst
3 15 (11.03%) IT Analyst
4 12 (8.82%) Content Manager
4 12 (8.82%) Support Analyst
5 11 (8.09%) Senior
6 10 (7.35%) Support Engineer
7 9 (6.62%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.62%) IT Support Analyst
8 7 (5.15%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.15%) Architect
8 7 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.41%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Support Officer
10 4 (2.94%) Deployment Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Security Specialist
10 4 (2.94%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.09%) Video Editing
2 5 (3.68%) CMDB
2 5 (3.68%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.94%) PKI
3 4 (2.94%) Smartphone
4 3 (2.21%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.21%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.21%) iPhone
5 2 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.47%) iPad
5 2 (1.47%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.47%) VLE
6 1 (0.74%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (27.94%) Windows
2 26 (19.12%) Windows 10
3 10 (7.35%) Apple iOS
4 8 (5.88%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.21%) Android
7 2 (1.47%) Linux
8 1 (0.74%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (14.71%) Project Management
3 19 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (13.24%) Agile
4 18 (13.24%) Infographics
4 18 (13.24%) ITIL
5 14 (10.29%) Customer Service
6 13 (9.56%) Change Management
7 10 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (7.35%) Copywriting
7 10 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (6.62%) Wireframes
9 8 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (5.88%) Logistics
9 8 (5.88%) Waterfall
10 7 (5.15%) Incident Management
10 7 (5.15%) Migration
11 6 (4.41%) Cloud Operations
11 6 (4.41%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (18.38%) Degree
2 6 (4.41%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.68%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.21%) MCSE
6 1 (0.74%) APMP
6 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.74%) CCNA
6 1 (0.74%) CCNP
6 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (4.41%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.94%) PMO
4 3 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (35.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.21%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (10.29%) SCCM
2 13 (9.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.21%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 92 (67.65%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.62%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.88%) Citrix
4 7 (5.15%) Apple
5 6 (4.41%) Oracle
6 5 (3.68%) Cisco
7 4 (2.94%) Adobe
7 4 (2.94%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.94%) Nintex
8 3 (2.21%) HP
8 3 (2.21%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.47%) Mitel
9 2 (1.47%) VMware
10 1 (0.74%) Cadence
10 1 (0.74%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.74%) Equitrac
10 1 (0.74%) IFS
10 1 (0.74%) Meraki
10 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto