Microsoft Office Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 40 66
Rank change year-on-year -10 +26 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 17 36 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.69% 4.40% 3.15%
As % of the Applications category 26.98% 39.56% 32.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 22
10th Percentile £160 - £133
25th Percentile £175 £200 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £239 £175
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +36.43% -30.00%
75th Percentile £220 £252 £300
90th Percentile £288 £359 £615
Scotland median daily rate £250 £219 £325
% change year-on-year +14.29% -32.69% +41.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £18.27 -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.67 £12.23 £62.00
% change year-on-year +36.32% -80.28% +210.00%

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 63 91 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.97% 11.12% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 50 89
10th Percentile £168 £156 £163
25th Percentile £198 £200 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £258 £375
Median % change year-on-year +38.83% -31.33% -
75th Percentile £488 £525 £469
90th Percentile £543 £750 £555
Scotland median daily rate £375 £370 £375
% change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £30.69 £18.08 -
25th Percentile £37.24 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £48.68 £18.27 -
Median % change year-on-year +166.42% - -
75th Percentile £59.60 £27.45 -
90th Percentile £65.84 £43.98 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year - -5.41% -29.99%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Edinburgh

Microsoft Office
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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 1 (5.88%) DHCP
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Public Sector
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) IT Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Insight Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Support Officer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) PMO Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) PMO Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Project Officer
5 1 (5.88%) Project Support Officer
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Ubuntu
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Visualisation
2 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 6 (35.29%) Asset Management
2 6 (35.29%) Logistics
3 5 (29.41%) Inventory Management
3 5 (29.41%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
4 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) ITSM
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Service Management
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) CRM
5 3 (17.65%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (17.65%) Time Management
6 2 (11.76%) Kanban
6 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
7 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) ERP
7 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
1 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) SCCM
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) HP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) ESRI
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow