Microsoft Contracts 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 1 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
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 95 127 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.55% 14.87% 12.90%
As % of the Vendors category 32.65% 38.25% 29.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 74 107
10th Percentile £174 £156 £159
25th Percentile £231 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £281 £400
Median % change year-on-year +60.02% -29.70% -5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £484 £488
90th Percentile £595 £588 £594
Scotland median daily rate £445 £335 £400
% change year-on-year +32.76% -16.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 0
10th Percentile - £13.93 -
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -
75th Percentile £24.66 £18.27 -
90th Percentile £26.89 £23.06 -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +29.41% -4.06% +1.26%

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 291 332 516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.56% 38.88% 43.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 191 364
10th Percentile £200 £156 £182
25th Percentile £413 £240 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -7.79% -
75th Percentile £525 £547 £538
90th Percentile £600 £688 £594
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £473
% change year-on-year +2.78% -4.86% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 28 5
10th Percentile - £13.24 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.19 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.65 £17.75 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year +10.70% -16.51% +21.49%
75th Percentile £24.25 £18.75 £21.67
90th Percentile £50.51 £60.75 £40.92
Scotland median hourly rate £19.17 £17.50 £20.10
% change year-on-year +9.54% -12.91% -35.18%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Edinburgh

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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 17 (17.89%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.37%) Confluence
3 1 (1.05%) IIS
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.05%) TPMS
Applications
1 14 (14.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (11.58%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (6.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (6.32%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 27 (28.42%) Azure
2 25 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (16.84%) Power Platform
4 10 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (7.37%) Power Automate
5 7 (7.37%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.21%) IaaS
7 4 (4.21%) OCI
7 4 (4.21%) PaaS
8 3 (3.16%) Alation
8 3 (3.16%) Azure AI
8 3 (3.16%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 3 (3.16%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 3 (3.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (3.16%) SaaS
9 2 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.11%) Boomi
9 2 (2.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.32%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (3.16%) Firewall
3 2 (2.11%) Internet
4 1 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.05%) DHCP
4 1 (1.05%) DNS
4 1 (1.05%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.74%) Power BI
2 10 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.16%) IBM InfoSphere
5 3 (3.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (3.16%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.16%) RDBMS
5 3 (3.16%) Relational Database
5 3 (3.16%) Tableau
6 2 (2.11%) Metadata
6 2 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.05%) GIS
7 1 (1.05%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.05%) MySQL
7 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.05%) Power Query
7 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (7.37%) JIRA
2 2 (2.11%) Git
3 1 (1.05%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.05%) RStudio
3 1 (1.05%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.05%) webpack
General
1 39 (41.05%) Social Skills
2 29 (30.53%) Public Sector
3 20 (21.05%) Finance
4 12 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.63%) Banking
5 5 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.16%) Legal
6 3 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.16%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.05%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (14.74%) Architect
2 10 (10.53%) Analyst
3 8 (8.42%) Support Engineer
4 7 (7.37%) IT Engineer
4 7 (7.37%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (6.32%) Deployment Engineer
5 6 (6.32%) Lead
5 6 (6.32%) Service Desk Engineer
6 5 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.26%) Service Desk Support
6 5 (5.26%) Technical Architect
6 5 (5.26%) Windows Support Engineer
7 4 (4.21%) IT Support
7 4 (4.21%) Project Assistant
7 4 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.21%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.16%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.16%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) Developer
8 3 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) .NET
1 5 (5.26%) React
2 4 (4.21%) RESTful
3 1 (1.05%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.05%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET MVC 5
3 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.05%) CSS
3 1 (1.05%) HTML
3 1 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.05%) Jest
3 1 (1.05%) JSON
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.05%) REST
3 1 (1.05%) SOAP
3 1 (1.05%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.05%) Web Services
3 1 (1.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.32%) Device Driver
2 5 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.21%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.21%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.11%) PKI
5 2 (2.11%) Replication
5 2 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.05%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.05%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 28 (29.47%) Windows
2 10 (10.53%) Linux
3 6 (6.32%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.32%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.21%) Ubuntu
5 3 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.05%) AIX
7 1 (1.05%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.05%) Solaris
7 1 (1.05%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.42%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (22.11%) Agile
3 15 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (15.79%) ITIL
4 14 (14.74%) DevOps
5 12 (12.63%) Project Management
6 11 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (11.58%) Customer Service
7 10 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 10 (10.53%) Migration
7 10 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (9.47%) Asset Management
8 9 (9.47%) Coaching
8 9 (9.47%) CRM
8 9 (9.47%) Data Modelling
8 9 (9.47%) Roadmaps
8 9 (9.47%) Visualisation
9 8 (8.42%) Data Governance
9 8 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (8.42%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.84%) PowerShell
2 13 (13.68%) SQL
3 10 (10.53%) C#
4 8 (8.42%) JavaScript
5 6 (6.32%) Python
6 4 (4.21%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.11%) Bash
7 2 (2.11%) Java
8 1 (1.05%) Bicep
8 1 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.05%) Perl
8 1 (1.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (13.68%) Degree
2 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (7.37%) A+ Certification
4 4 (4.21%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.11%) PMP
5 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.05%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.05%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.53%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (5.26%) QA
3 4 (4.21%) GDPR
4 3 (3.16%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.16%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.11%) PMO
6 1 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.11%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.05%) Docker
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.05%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (11.58%) SCCM
2 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.16%) Terraform
4 2 (2.11%) Ansible
5 1 (1.05%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.05%) Grafana
5 1 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (1.05%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (1.05%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.05%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (8.42%) Cisco
2 7 (7.37%) Oracle
3 6 (6.32%) HP
4 5 (5.26%) Adobe
4 5 (5.26%) Dell
5 4 (4.21%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.16%) Citrix
6 3 (3.16%) IBM
6 3 (3.16%) Informatica
6 3 (3.16%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.11%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.11%) VMware
8 1 (1.05%) Apple
8 1 (1.05%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.05%) Commvault
8 1 (1.05%) Databricks
8 1 (1.05%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.05%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.05%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.05%) Symantec