Microsoft Copilot Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Copilot
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Microsoft Copilot skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 66 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Copilot 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.63% 0.46% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 1.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £501 -
25th Percentile £419 £503 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% - -
75th Percentile £456 £528 -
90th Percentile - £534 -
Scotland median daily rate £588 £513 -
% change year-on-year +14.63% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Edinburgh

Microsoft Copilot 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 349 271 329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 43.90% 41.69% 37.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 171 201
10th Percentile £350 £300 £205
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% +3.83% -3.68%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £563
90th Percentile £650 £589 £656
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £14.53
25th Percentile £15.81 £26.32 £16.15
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.10% +60.88% -4.06%
75th Percentile £64.00 £28.38 £17.77
90th Percentile - - £20.25
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £21.22 £17.00
% change year-on-year -25.49% +24.82% -63.24%

Microsoft Copilot
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Microsoft Copilot job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Microsoft Copilot
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Copilot.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft