Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 2 July 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
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 100 94 127
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 12.55% 14.48% 14.78%
As % of the Vendors category 30.21% 32.75% 38.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 45 74
10th Percentile £206 £174 £156
25th Percentile £363 £231 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £281
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +60.02% -29.70%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £484
90th Percentile £599 £595 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £445 £338
% change year-on-year +1.24% +31.78% -15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 13
10th Percentile £15.71 - £13.93
25th Percentile £15.91 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £19.33 £22.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% +29.41% -
75th Percentile - £24.66 £18.27
90th Percentile £34.60 £26.89 £23.06
Scotland median hourly rate £14.65 £22.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -33.43% +29.41% -4.06%

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 331 287 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.53% 44.22% 38.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 135 192
10th Percentile £350 £200 £156
25th Percentile £406 £413 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £444
Median % change year-on-year - +6.98% -6.53%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £553
90th Percentile £650 £600 £688
Scotland median daily rate £475 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +2.21% +3.28% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 28
10th Percentile £15.93 - £13.24
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.30 £15.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.65 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +179.90% +10.70% -16.51%
75th Percentile £69.00 £24.25 £18.75
90th Percentile £79.80 £50.51 £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £16.82 £19.17 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.26% +9.54% -12.91%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Edinburgh

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Edinburgh

Microsoft
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 6 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.00%) Confluence
3 1 (1.00%) CMS
3 1 (1.00%) Drupal
3 1 (1.00%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 13 (13.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (9.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.00%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.00%) assyst
3 1 (1.00%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (35.00%) Azure
2 28 (28.00%) Power Platform
3 25 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (16.00%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 10 (10.00%) Figma
5 10 (10.00%) Power Automate
5 10 (10.00%) PowerApps
6 7 (7.00%) IaaS
6 7 (7.00%) PaaS
6 7 (7.00%) SaaS
7 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (5.00%) OneDrive
8 4 (4.00%) OCI
9 3 (3.00%) Azure AI
9 3 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.00%) Vyond
10 2 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (2.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.00%) VPN
2 4 (4.00%) Firewall
3 3 (3.00%) DNS
4 2 (2.00%) Network Security
4 2 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.00%) Intranet
5 1 (1.00%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.00%) VLAN
5 1 (1.00%) WAN
5 1 (1.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.00%) Power BI
2 4 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.00%) Metadata
4 1 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.00%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.00%) Power Query
4 1 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.00%) JIRA
1 1 (1.00%) ScriptRunner
General
1 37 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (29.00%) Finance
3 19 (19.00%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.00%) Banking
6 4 (4.00%) Legal
7 3 (3.00%) Games
7 3 (3.00%) Italian Language
7 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.00%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.00%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.00%) Police
9 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (15.00%) Developer
2 12 (12.00%) Analyst
3 10 (10.00%) Architect
3 10 (10.00%) Consultant
4 8 (8.00%) Administrator
4 8 (8.00%) Power Platform Developer
5 7 (7.00%) Designer
5 7 (7.00%) Desktop Support
5 7 (7.00%) Visual Designer
6 6 (6.00%) Support Technician
6 6 (6.00%) Systems Administrator
7 5 (5.00%) Business Systems Administrator
7 5 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
7 5 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.00%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.00%) Desktop Support Technician
8 4 (4.00%) Desktop Technician
8 4 (4.00%) Power BI Consultant
9 3 (3.00%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) .NET
2 2 (2.00%) REST
3 1 (1.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.00%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (1.00%) HTML
3 1 (1.00%) JSON
3 1 (1.00%) Kafka
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.00%) RESTful
3 1 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.00%) SOAP
3 1 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (7.00%) Mobile App
2 7 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.00%) e-Learning
4 4 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.00%) Learning Management System
5 3 (3.00%) PKI
5 3 (3.00%) SCORM
5 3 (3.00%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.00%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.00%) Clustering
7 1 (1.00%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.00%) Taxonomies
7 1 (1.00%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.00%) Windows
2 6 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.00%) Linux
4 2 (2.00%) Android
4 2 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (27.00%) Agile
2 19 (19.00%) AI
3 18 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (13.00%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (11.00%) DevOps
8 10 (10.00%) CRM
8 10 (10.00%) Generative AI
9 9 (9.00%) Change Management
9 9 (9.00%) Data Protection
9 9 (9.00%) Migration
10 8 (8.00%) Cloud Security
10 8 (8.00%) Infographics
10 8 (8.00%) ITIL
10 8 (8.00%) Roadmaps
10 8 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (7.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.00%) C#
1 10 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (7.00%) Python
2 7 (7.00%) SQL
3 3 (3.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.00%) Bicep
5 1 (1.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (10.00%) Degree
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.00%) MCSE
4 3 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.00%) Accessibility
2 11 (11.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (3.00%) WCAG
4 2 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.00%) GRC
4 2 (2.00%) SLA
5 1 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.00%) NCSC
5 1 (1.00%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.00%) Docker
4 1 (1.00%) IAG
4 1 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.00%) Terraform
2 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.00%) SCCM
4 1 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (10.00%) Adobe
2 6 (6.00%) Oracle
3 4 (4.00%) Citrix
3 4 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.00%) RedGate
4 3 (3.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (3.00%) Synthesia
5 2 (2.00%) SAP
6 1 (1.00%) Apple
6 1 (1.00%) Aruba
6 1 (1.00%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.00%) Cisco
6 1 (1.00%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.00%) Databricks
6 1 (1.00%) Google
6 1 (1.00%) Pega
6 1 (1.00%) Qualys
6 1 (1.00%) Siemens
6 1 (1.00%) VMware
6 1 (1.00%) webMethods