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 22 March 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
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 85 117 120
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 11.92% 13.93% 12.89%
As % of the Vendors category 27.96% 33.14% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 70 82
10th Percentile £197 £210 £164
25th Percentile £306 £348 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £497 £500
90th Percentile £675 £573 £658
Scotland median daily rate £450 £383 £450
% change year-on-year +17.71% -15.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £17.55 £19.87 -
25th Percentile £23.79 £20.06 -
Median hourly rate £34.20 £20.75 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.80% +80.43% -
75th Percentile £44.60 £24.44 £15.42
90th Percentile £50.84 £26.43 £15.65
Scotland median hourly rate £19.41 £22.88 £17.00
% change year-on-year -15.15% +34.56% -20.04%

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 304 353 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 42.64% 42.02% 41.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 238 242
10th Percentile £263 £311 £200
25th Percentile £395 £368 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.69%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £597
90th Percentile £650 £613 £675
Scotland median daily rate £473 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.17% -5.26% +0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 15
10th Percentile £15.82 £19.87 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £20.06 £13.46
Median hourly rate £16.25 £20.75 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% +29.69% -73.58%
75th Percentile £25.95 £24.44 £16.35
90th Percentile £50.50 £26.43 £56.00
Scotland median hourly rate £25.05 £23.00 £17.61
% change year-on-year +8.89% +30.61% -24.33%

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 22 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Glasgow over the 6 months to 22 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Glasgow

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 9 (10.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.71%) Confluence
4 2 (2.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.18%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (1.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 42 (49.41%) Azure
2 15 (17.65%) AWS
2 15 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.59%) Power Platform
4 7 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (8.24%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (7.06%) GCP
6 5 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.71%) Power Automate
7 4 (4.71%) PowerApps
7 4 (4.71%) Serverless
7 4 (4.71%) Snowflake
8 3 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (3.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.53%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (2.35%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.12%) WAN
2 8 (9.41%) SD-WAN
3 4 (4.71%) LAN
3 4 (4.71%) MPLS
3 4 (4.71%) SDH
4 3 (3.53%) Firewall
5 1 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.18%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (1.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.24%) Power BI
1 7 (8.24%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.88%) Data Lake
2 5 (5.88%) Metadata
3 4 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.53%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.35%) MySQL
5 2 (2.35%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.18%) Big Data
6 1 (1.18%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.18%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.18%) Power Query
6 1 (1.18%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Git
2 2 (2.35%) GitLab
2 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.18%) Hudson
3 1 (1.18%) MLflow
3 1 (1.18%) NUnit
3 1 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 23 (27.06%) Public Sector
3 19 (22.35%) Finance
4 16 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.59%) Legal
6 8 (9.41%) Banking
7 3 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.35%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.18%) Law
9 1 (1.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (21.18%) Architect
2 11 (12.94%) Analyst
3 10 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (8.24%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (8.24%) Developer
5 6 (7.06%) Security Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Field Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Data Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Network Architect
7 4 (4.71%) Security Architect
7 4 (4.71%) Senior
7 4 (4.71%) Technical Specialist
8 3 (3.53%) DBA
8 3 (3.53%) Deployment Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Service Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) REST
2 4 (4.71%) HTML
2 4 (4.71%) JSON
2 4 (4.71%) PySpark
3 3 (3.53%) .NET
3 3 (3.53%) CSS
3 3 (3.53%) React
3 3 (3.53%) Spring
3 3 (3.53%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.53%) Streamlit
3 3 (3.53%) XML
4 2 (2.35%) CSS3
4 2 (2.35%) HTML5
4 2 (2.35%) Jest
4 2 (2.35%) Redux
4 2 (2.35%) SOAP
4 2 (2.35%) Spring MVC
5 1 (1.18%) scikit-learn
5 1 (1.18%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.18%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.24%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.71%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.53%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.53%) Replication
4 2 (2.35%) Device Driver
4 2 (2.35%) NHS
4 2 (2.35%) PMI
4 2 (2.35%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.18%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.18%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.18%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.18%) MISP
5 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.18%) STIX
5 1 (1.18%) TAXII
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.00%) Windows
2 6 (7.06%) Linux
3 5 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 5 (5.88%) Unix
4 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.00%) Agile
1 17 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.82%) DevOps
3 12 (14.12%) CI/CD
3 12 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 9 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (10.59%) Data Governance
5 9 (10.59%) Decision-Making
6 8 (9.41%) ETL
6 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (9.41%) Migration
7 7 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (8.24%) Data Protection
8 6 (7.06%) Analytics
8 6 (7.06%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (7.06%) Containerisation
8 6 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 5 (5.88%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.00%) Python
2 13 (15.29%) SQL
3 9 (10.59%) PowerShell
4 6 (7.06%) Java
5 5 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.53%) C#
7 2 (2.35%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (12.94%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.59%) Degree
3 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.71%) CISSP
5 3 (3.53%) CISM
5 3 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.35%) CEH
6 2 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.35%) GIAC
6 2 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.35%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.35%) SSCP
7 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.18%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.53%) GDPR
3 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.35%) NIST
4 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (12.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.35%) Docker
3 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (9.41%) SCCM
2 7 (8.24%) FortiGate
3 6 (7.06%) Terraform
4 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.53%) Ansible
6 2 (2.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (14.12%) Cisco
2 7 (8.24%) Palo Alto
3 5 (5.88%) Oracle
3 5 (5.88%) Splunk
4 4 (4.71%) Databricks
4 4 (4.71%) Google
5 3 (3.53%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.53%) Greenplum
5 3 (3.53%) Informatica
5 3 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.53%) Talend
6 2 (2.35%) Aruba
6 2 (2.35%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.18%) Citrix
7 1 (1.18%) Foundry
7 1 (1.18%) Nokia
7 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.18%) Teradata