Microsoft Office Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Office
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office 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 64 75 55
Rank change year-on-year +11 -20 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 69 102 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.13% 3.57% 4.07%
As % of the Applications category 29.87% 38.35% 47.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 73 101
10th Percentile £159 £148 £135
25th Percentile £183 £170 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £325 £230
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +41.30% -2.13%
75th Percentile £438 £400 £390
90th Percentile £588 £512 £503
UK median daily rate £256 £375 £300
% change year-on-year -31.83% +25.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 5
10th Percentile - £26.38 £11.40
25th Percentile £11.50 £39.36 £11.49
Median hourly rate £11.70 £62.00 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year -81.13% +290.92% -
75th Percentile £18.27 £63.00 £17.16
90th Percentile £25.62 - £18.87
UK median hourly rate £16.03 £22.77 £16.88
% change year-on-year -29.58% +34.88% +5.48%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications 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 software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 231 266 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.47% 9.30% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 206 218
10th Percentile £157 £163 £156
25th Percentile £206 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £384 £369
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% +3.93% +18.16%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £450
90th Percentile £550 £550 £523
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 10
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.88 £11.48
25th Percentile £12.15 £17.29 £12.39
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.50 £18.41
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +11.34% -41.08%
75th Percentile £19.75 £56.06 £27.94
90th Percentile £21.76 £63.00 £29.66
UK median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
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 Office 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
Edinburgh +25 26 £233 +32.86% 30
Glasgow -6 25 £345 -8.00% 23
South Lanarkshire +2 4 £575 +161.36% 3
Dundee +11 2 £166 -
Aberdeen -2 2 - - 11
Renfrewshire -3 2 £285 -21.38%
Inverclyde - 1 £375 -
Lanarkshire - 1 £185 - 10
Midlothian - 1 - - 12
Argyll and Bute - 1 £200 -
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
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 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.35%) Confluence
3 3 (4.35%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.45%) SAS
4 1 (1.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (31.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (23.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (8.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.45%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) iTrent
1 2 (2.90%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.45%) assyst
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.80%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.45%) Azure
4 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.45%) OCI
4 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.25%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (5.80%) DHCP
2 4 (5.80%) DNS
2 4 (5.80%) VPN
3 3 (4.35%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) Power BI
2 3 (4.35%) Metadata
3 2 (2.90%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.45%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 35 (50.72%) Social Skills
2 21 (30.43%) Public Sector
3 19 (27.54%) Finance
4 8 (11.59%) Mandarin Language
5 7 (10.14%) Legal
6 5 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Local Government
9 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.45%) Avionics
10 1 (1.45%) Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Marketing
10 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (27.54%) Analyst
2 13 (18.84%) Support Analyst
3 12 (17.39%) Administrator
4 9 (13.04%) IT Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) IT Support
4 9 (13.04%) IT Support Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Coordinator
6 6 (8.70%) Desktop Support
7 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Help Desk Administrator
8 4 (5.80%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Support Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) Business Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Data Manager
10 2 (2.90%) Systems Administrator
10 2 (2.90%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.25%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.35%) CMDB
3 3 (4.35%) iPhone
3 3 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.90%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.90%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.45%) NHS
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Social Media
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.78%) Windows
2 17 (24.64%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.25%) Mac OS X
3 5 (7.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (5.80%) Apple iOS
5 3 (4.35%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.45%) Android
6 1 (1.45%) Linux
6 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Customer Service
2 11 (15.94%) ITIL
3 9 (13.04%) Asset Management
4 8 (11.59%) Agile
5 7 (10.14%) Project Management
6 5 (7.25%) Line Management
7 4 (5.80%) Break/Fix
7 4 (5.80%) Business Analysis
7 4 (5.80%) Data Entry
7 4 (5.80%) Data Governance
7 4 (5.80%) Data Management
7 4 (5.80%) Decision-Making
7 4 (5.80%) Programme Management
7 4 (5.80%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.80%) Time Management
7 4 (5.80%) Workflow
7 4 (5.80%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (4.35%) Document Management
8 3 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.35%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) Python
1 2 (2.90%) SQL
2 1 (1.45%) Java
2 1 (1.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (28.99%) Degree
2 14 (20.29%) Security Cleared
3 11 (15.94%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.35%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.90%) HNC
5 2 (2.90%) MCP
6 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) SLA
2 6 (8.70%) PMO
3 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.90%) NIST
5 1 (1.45%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.45%) NCSC
5 1 (1.45%) QA
5 1 (1.45%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 15 (21.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (13.04%) SCCM
2 3 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (75.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.59%) Apple
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco
4 3 (4.35%) Atlassian
4 3 (4.35%) Citrix
4 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.45%) Adobe
5 1 (1.45%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.45%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.45%) Cadence
5 1 (1.45%) IFS
5 1 (1.45%) Okta
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle
5 1 (1.45%) Reuters
5 1 (1.45%) SAP