Microsoft Contracts in Aberdeen

Microsoft
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 20.00% 3.85% 11.11%
As % of the Vendors category 31.25% 14.29% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £216 - -
25th Percentile £241 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £325 £130
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +150.00% -72.63%
75th Percentile £302 £338 -
90th Percentile £307 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £340 £400
% change year-on-year +32.35% -15.00% -5.88%

All Vendors
Aberdeen

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 64.00% 26.92% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 9
10th Percentile £200 £419 -
25th Percentile £296 £525 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +22.22% +11.11%
75th Percentile £470 £575 £631
90th Percentile £488 £588 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +5.59% -7.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.85 - -
Median hourly rate £27.40 - -
75th Percentile £27.95 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.51 £18.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +2.83% +1.58% -19.45%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Aberdeen

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Aberdeen

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Aberdeen

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (20.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Accountant
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Solutions Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ACCA
2 1 (20.00%) CCAB
2 1 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aruba
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Nintex