Microsoft Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Microsoft
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East Kilbride 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 February 2026, 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 0 27
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 22.22% - 17.53%
As % of the Vendors category 42.86% - 45.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 19
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile £775 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.58%
75th Percentile £825 - £700
90th Percentile - - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £800 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +57.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate - - £16.71

All Vendors
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14 2 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 51.85% 33.33% 38.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 39
10th Percentile £610 - £369
25th Percentile £621 £355 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £727 £360 £600
Median % change year-on-year +101.81% -40.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £825 £365 £650
90th Percentile £831 - £700
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £727 £360 £595
% change year-on-year +101.81% -39.50% +32.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate - - £16.71

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

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Daily Rate Trend in East Kilbride

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in East Kilbride

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Service Desk Support
2 2 (33.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) Open Source
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google