Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 53 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 10 18 29
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.70% 2.80% 3.24%
As % of the Applications category 18.18% 35.29% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 10
10th Percentile £203 £160 £138
25th Percentile £325 £183 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £200 £186
Median % change year-on-year +162.50% +7.53% -4.62%
75th Percentile £538 £258 £398
90th Percentile £569 £288 £478
Scotland median daily rate £358 £211 £450
% change year-on-year +69.23% -53.06% +97.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £13.78 -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +2.86% -1.24% +45.48%

All Software Application Skills
Edinburgh

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 55 51 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.35% 7.93% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 32 51
10th Percentile £119 £162 £140
25th Percentile £266 £199 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £313 £395
Median % change year-on-year +27.20% -20.89% -1.25%
75th Percentile £538 £447 £513
90th Percentile £726 £499 £600
Scotland median daily rate £410 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +9.33% -11.76% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £26.00 £13.30 -
25th Percentile £32.50 £13.42 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £14.34 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +248.68% -37.30% +15.21%
75th Percentile £71.25 £21.71 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £25.71 -
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 £20.75 £15.42
% change year-on-year +44.58% +34.57% +20.85%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Microsoft Office
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:

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (10.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) GitHub
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) ClearCase
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (30.00%) Project Management
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Dependency Management
3 1 (10.00%) Energy Management
3 1 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (10.00%) Matrix Management
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C
1 6 (60.00%) Java
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
2 6 (60.00%) NetApp
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft