Microsoft Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 10 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 130 167 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.51% 13.87% 9.11%
As % of the Vendors category 37.79% 31.63% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 115 127
10th Percentile £156 £155 £148
25th Percentile £207 £173 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £499 £520 £550
90th Percentile £663 £608 £593
Scotland median daily rate £350 £406 £425
% change year-on-year -13.85% -4.41% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £16.22 - £16.02
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £18.27 - £19.90
90th Percentile £25.62 - £29.86
Scotland median hourly rate £16.71 £23.86 £17.50
% change year-on-year -29.97% +36.34% +14.75%

All Vendors
Edinburgh

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 344 528 594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.05% 43.85% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 377 392
10th Percentile £200 £173 £208
25th Percentile £282 £363 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £574 £528 £550
90th Percentile £688 £600 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £473 £450
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 13
10th Percentile £13.38 £21.34 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.06 £21.47 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.67 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.24% +23.83% -61.11%
75th Percentile £18.75 £37.71 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £47.33 £47.15
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £57.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -70.43% +109.09% +37.29%

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

Microsoft
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 27 May 2024.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 15 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.08%) ArcGIS
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.77%) Confluence
4 1 (0.77%) Drupal
Applications
1 32 (24.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (21.54%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (5.38%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.77%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.31%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.54%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.69%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (13.85%) Azure
3 16 (12.31%) Power Platform
4 14 (10.77%) Power Automate
5 12 (9.23%) PowerApps
6 9 (6.92%) OCI
7 7 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.08%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.08%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 3 (2.31%) AWS
9 3 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.31%) IaaS
9 3 (2.31%) iPaaS
9 3 (2.31%) PaaS
10 2 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.31%) DHCP
1 16 (12.31%) DNS
1 16 (12.31%) VPN
2 5 (3.85%) Intranet
3 4 (3.08%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.31%) LAN
4 3 (2.31%) WAN
5 1 (0.77%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.46%) Power BI
2 9 (6.92%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (3.08%) GIS
3 4 (3.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (3.08%) QGIS
3 4 (3.08%) Tableau
4 2 (1.54%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.77%) Big Data
5 1 (0.77%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (1.54%) ER Studio
1 2 (1.54%) ERwin
1 2 (1.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 62 (47.69%) Public Sector
2 51 (39.23%) Social Skills
3 20 (15.38%) Finance
4 12 (9.23%) Banking
5 11 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.85%) Billing
7 5 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Avionics
10 1 (0.77%) Humanities
10 1 (0.77%) Law
10 1 (0.77%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.77%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 25 (19.23%) Analyst
2 12 (9.23%) IT Support
3 11 (8.46%) Consultant
3 11 (8.46%) Desktop Engineer
3 11 (8.46%) Project Manager
4 9 (6.92%) Support Officer
5 8 (6.15%) Desktop Support
5 8 (6.15%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (4.62%) Architect
6 6 (4.62%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.62%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (4.62%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 6 (4.62%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 6 (4.62%) Senior
6 6 (4.62%) Support Specialist
7 5 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (3.85%) Network Engineer
7 5 (3.85%) Power Platform Consultant
7 5 (3.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.62%) .NET
2 5 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (3.08%) SailPoint
4 3 (2.31%) CSS
4 3 (2.31%) HTML
4 3 (2.31%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (2.31%) J2EE
4 3 (2.31%) React
4 3 (2.31%) RESTful
4 3 (2.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.31%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.31%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.31%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.31%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.54%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.77%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.77%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.77%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.77%) NHS
5 1 (0.77%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (23.08%) Windows
2 18 (13.85%) Windows 10
3 13 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 9 (6.92%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.31%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.54%) Android
6 2 (1.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.00%) ITIL
2 20 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 18 (13.85%) Migration
4 14 (10.77%) Break/Fix
4 14 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (10.77%) Service Delivery
5 13 (10.00%) Agile
6 10 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (7.69%) Data Modelling
6 10 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 8 (6.15%) Business Analysis
7 8 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (6.15%) Data Protection
7 8 (6.15%) Network Management
7 8 (6.15%) Roadmaps
7 8 (6.15%) Time Management
8 7 (5.38%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.92%) SQL
2 3 (2.31%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.31%) TypeScript
3 2 (1.54%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.77%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (21.54%) Security Cleared
2 26 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 20 (15.38%) Degree
4 13 (10.00%) A+ Certification
5 11 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (6.15%) MCSE
7 5 (3.85%) MCP
8 3 (2.31%) APMP
8 3 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.77%) APMG
9 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.77%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.08%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (4.62%) QA
3 5 (3.85%) PMO
3 5 (3.85%) SLA
4 3 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.77%) GDPR
6 1 (0.77%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 32 (24.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.38%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.85%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.85%) vSphere
5 1 (0.77%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (20.00%) SCCM
2 8 (6.15%) WSUS
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (16.92%) Cisco
2 12 (9.23%) Oracle
3 8 (6.15%) VMware
4 6 (4.62%) Citrix
5 5 (3.85%) Dell
6 4 (3.08%) CyberArk
6 4 (3.08%) ESRI
6 4 (3.08%) Informatica
6 4 (3.08%) Nintex
7 3 (2.31%) Apple
8 2 (1.54%) Databricks
8 2 (1.54%) IDERA
9 1 (0.77%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.77%) Meraki
9 1 (0.77%) Mitel
9 1 (0.77%) Okta
9 1 (0.77%) ServiceNow