Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 17 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
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 17 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 129 105 112
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.51% 12.85% 14.78%
As % of the Vendors category 29.05% 27.42% 36.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 76 84
10th Percentile £278 £200 £172
25th Percentile £363 £341 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £363
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +24.14% -14.71%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £520
90th Percentile £656 £585 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £340
% change year-on-year - +32.35% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £19.75 -
25th Percentile £13.48 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £25.15 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +118.70% -14.02%
75th Percentile £15.59 - £13.13
90th Percentile £16.45 - £15.40
Scotland median hourly rate £15.45 £25.15 £17.00
% change year-on-year -38.57% +47.94% +17.24%

All Vendors
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 444 383 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 43.06% 46.88% 40.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 256 221
10th Percentile £263 £300 £200
25th Percentile £363 £376 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +3.83% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £575
90th Percentile £644 £625 £653
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £449
% change year-on-year - +3.01% -5.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 10
10th Percentile £13.45 - £11.50
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £11.72
Median hourly rate £14.65 £25.15 £16.81
Median % change year-on-year -41.77% +49.61% -5.14%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £56.56
90th Percentile £16.98 - £58.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.82 £18.69 £17.00
% change year-on-year -10.01% +9.94% -4.06%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Glasgow over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Glasgow

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 13 (10.08%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.75%) Confluence
3 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.78%) CMS
4 1 (0.78%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 15 (11.63%) MS Visio
2 13 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (31.01%) Azure
2 22 (17.05%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.95%) Power Platform
4 14 (10.85%) AWS
5 11 (8.53%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (8.53%) GCP
6 10 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.20%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.88%) GitHub
8 5 (3.88%) Snowflake
9 4 (3.10%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.33%) PaaS
10 3 (2.33%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.55%) IaaS
11 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.55%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.08%) LAN
1 13 (10.08%) MPLS
1 13 (10.08%) WAN
2 10 (7.75%) Firewall
3 4 (3.10%) SDH
4 3 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.78%) 4G
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.78%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.78%) Internet
5 1 (0.78%) Intranet
5 1 (0.78%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.78%) MIMO
5 1 (0.78%) VLAN
5 1 (0.78%) VSAN
5 1 (0.78%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.53%) Power BI
2 5 (3.88%) Metadata
3 3 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.33%) Data Vault
3 3 (2.33%) DynamoDB
3 3 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.33%) MySQL
3 3 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.55%) Tableau
5 1 (0.78%) Big Data
5 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.78%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.78%) Power Query
5 1 (0.78%) QlikView
5 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Git
1 6 (4.65%) JIRA
2 4 (3.10%) Claude Code
3 3 (2.33%) ER Studio
3 3 (2.33%) ERwin
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 59 (45.74%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.03%) Finance
3 18 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 13 (10.08%) Banking
6 12 (9.30%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.98%) Legal
8 8 (6.20%) Investment Banking
9 6 (4.65%) Billing
9 6 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Publishing
12 1 (0.78%) Law
12 1 (0.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (13.18%) Analyst
2 12 (9.30%) Developer
3 10 (7.75%) Architect
3 10 (7.75%) DevOps Engineer
4 9 (6.98%) Project Engineer
5 8 (6.20%) Administrator
5 8 (6.20%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.20%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (6.20%) Network Engineer
6 7 (5.43%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.65%) Power Platform Developer
7 6 (4.65%) Senior
8 5 (3.88%) DBA
8 5 (3.88%) Designer
8 5 (3.88%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.10%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.10%) Business Data Analyst
9 4 (3.10%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.10%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.20%) PySpark
2 7 (5.43%) Streamlit
3 6 (4.65%) JSON
4 4 (3.10%) CSS
4 4 (3.10%) HTML
4 4 (3.10%) React
5 3 (2.33%) .NET
5 3 (2.33%) CSS3
5 3 (2.33%) HTML5
5 3 (2.33%) Jest
5 3 (2.33%) Redux
5 3 (2.33%) REST
5 3 (2.33%) Spring
5 3 (2.33%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.33%) Spring MVC
5 3 (2.33%) Web Services
5 3 (2.33%) XML
6 1 (0.78%) Java RMI
6 1 (0.78%) SPFx
6 1 (0.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.53%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.20%) CCTV
3 6 (4.65%) Enterprise Cloud
3 6 (4.65%) Replication
4 5 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.88%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.10%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.55%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.78%) CMDB
8 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.40%) Windows
2 6 (4.65%) Android
2 6 (4.65%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.88%) Linux
4 3 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.55%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.55%) VMS
6 1 (0.78%) Unix
6 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (21.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (20.16%) DevOps
4 25 (19.38%) Agile
5 18 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (12.40%) Migration
7 15 (11.63%) CI/CD
8 14 (10.85%) Data Governance
8 14 (10.85%) Data Modelling
9 13 (10.08%) Customer Service
9 13 (10.08%) Process Improvement
10 12 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (9.30%) User Experience
11 11 (8.53%) Analytics
11 11 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (8.53%) Data Management
11 11 (8.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (8.53%) Project Delivery
12 10 (7.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 10 (7.75%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.28%) Python
2 20 (15.50%) SQL
3 9 (6.98%) Java
4 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.10%) Bash
5 4 (3.10%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.33%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.55%) C#
7 2 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.55%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.30%) CCNA
2 12 (9.30%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (6.20%) Degree
4 5 (3.88%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.10%) HND
6 3 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.33%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.33%) PMP
7 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.55%) CCNP
7 2 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.55%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.78%) CCAB
8 1 (0.78%) CCDA
8 1 (0.78%) CCDP
8 1 (0.78%) CEH
8 1 (0.78%) CISM
8 1 (0.78%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.20%) SLA
3 2 (1.55%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.55%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.78%) GDPR
4 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (10.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.55%) Docker
4 2 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.55%) zsh
5 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (10.85%) Terraform
2 7 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.33%) Ansible
4 3 (2.33%) SCCM
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 12 (9.30%) Google
1 12 (9.30%) Nokia
2 10 (7.75%) Databricks
3 7 (5.43%) Oracle
4 6 (4.65%) Cisco
4 6 (4.65%) Computacenter
5 4 (3.10%) VMware
6 3 (2.33%) Greenplum
6 3 (2.33%) Informatica
6 3 (2.33%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.33%) Talend
7 2 (1.55%) Citrix
8 1 (0.78%) Acronis
8 1 (0.78%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.78%) Dell
8 1 (0.78%) EMC
8 1 (0.78%) RedGate
8 1 (0.78%) SAP
8 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds