Microsoft 365 Contracts in Edinburgh

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +48
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 32 55 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.96% 6.24% 9.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.26% 16.08% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 32 96
10th Percentile £169 £151 £147
25th Percentile £191 £156 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £198 £270
Median % change year-on-year +68.78% -26.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £481 £432 £458
90th Percentile £554 £498 £550
Scotland median daily rate £325 £350 £275
% change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - £14.53 -
25th Percentile £26.32 £16.15 -
Median hourly rate £27.35 £17.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +60.88% -4.06% -2.64%
75th Percentile £28.38 £17.77 -
90th Percentile - £20.25 -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.22 £17.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +24.82% -4.06% -2.64%

All Cloud Skills
Edinburgh

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 261 342 491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.47% 38.78% 40.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 208 375
10th Percentile £305 £204 £209
25th Percentile £425 £407 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £470
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% -3.35% -6.10%
75th Percentile £530 £553 £524
90th Percentile £595 £655 £576
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - £14.53 -
25th Percentile £26.32 £16.15 -
Median hourly rate £27.35 £17.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +60.88% -4.06% -22.96%
75th Percentile £28.38 £17.77 -
90th Percentile - £20.25 -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.22 £17.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +24.82% -70.43% +41.98%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Edinburgh

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Edinburgh

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Edinburgh

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Edinburgh

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.13%) IIS
3 1 (3.13%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.13%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (56.25%) Public Sector
2 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Deployment Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Lead
4 3 (9.38%) Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Security Specialist
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
6 1 (3.13%) Cloud Security Architect
6 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Migration Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Platform Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Power Platform Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) PKI
2 4 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.13%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.13%) CMDB
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (40.63%) Windows
2 6 (18.75%) Linux
2 6 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.50%) Ubuntu
4 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.13%) Android
5 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Agile
2 10 (31.25%) ITIL
3 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (18.75%) Asset Management
5 6 (18.75%) Email Filtering
5 6 (18.75%) Kalman Filter
5 6 (18.75%) Logistics
5 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 6 (18.75%) Security Operations
6 5 (15.63%) Cloud Security
6 5 (15.63%) Coaching
6 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
6 5 (15.63%) Inventory Management
6 5 (15.63%) ITSM
6 5 (15.63%) Service Management
6 5 (15.63%) Visualisation
7 4 (12.50%) Line Management
7 4 (12.50%) Security Testing
7 4 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.13%) Bash
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.13%) MCSE
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.13%) SANS
3 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.13%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (34.38%) SCCM
3 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) HP
3 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.25%) Cisco
4 2 (6.25%) Citrix
4 2 (6.25%) VMware
5 1 (3.13%) Adobe
5 1 (3.13%) Apple
5 1 (3.13%) Autodesk
5 1 (3.13%) Commvault
5 1 (3.13%) Dell
5 1 (3.13%) Equitrac
5 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.13%) Mitel
5 1 (3.13%) Progress
5 1 (3.13%) Qualys
5 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.13%) SonicWALL
5 1 (3.13%) Symantec