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 20 May 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
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 21 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 86 83 115
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 11.10% 10.81% 13.69%
As % of the Vendors category 25.90% 24.78% 31.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 65 88
10th Percentile £231 £250 £160
25th Percentile £346 £350 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% +25.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £675 £525 £489
90th Percentile - £586 £591
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -16.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.56 -
25th Percentile £13.54 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £14.65 £17.46 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.12% +51.83% -20.69%
75th Percentile £35.30 £18.71 £12.72
90th Percentile £47.12 £19.43 £14.56
Scotland median hourly rate £16.82 £20.92 £16.86
% change year-on-year -19.58% +24.09% -60.74%

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 332 335 364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 42.84% 43.62% 43.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 238 249
10th Percentile £290 £313 £188
25th Percentile £402 £393 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £466 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% +3.56% -4.26%
75th Percentile £591 £553 £553
90th Percentile £675 £607 £627
Scotland median daily rate £475 £467 £450
% change year-on-year +1.71% +3.78% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 15
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.61 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.40 £11.94
Median hourly rate £16.25 £17.45 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +9.03% -72.17%
75th Percentile £17.83 £18.52 £35.23
90th Percentile £50.00 £19.36 £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.24 £18.13 £17.00
% change year-on-year -4.91% +6.65% -70.43%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 10 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.81%) Confluence
3 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.16%) MS Project Server
3 1 (1.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.49%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (38.37%) Azure
2 20 (23.26%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (18.60%) Power Platform
4 10 (11.63%) AWS
4 10 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (5.81%) GCP
6 5 (5.81%) Snowflake
7 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.65%) Power Automate
7 4 (4.65%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.16%) Alation
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.16%) Collibra
10 1 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.79%) WAN
2 8 (9.30%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.49%) Firewall
3 3 (3.49%) LAN
3 3 (3.49%) MPLS
3 3 (3.49%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (2.33%) SDH
5 1 (1.16%) 4G
5 1 (1.16%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.16%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (1.16%) Internet
5 1 (1.16%) Intranet
5 1 (1.16%) VLAN
5 1 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.63%) Power BI
2 3 (3.49%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.49%) MySQL
2 3 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.49%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (2.33%) Metadata
3 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.33%) Tableau
4 1 (1.16%) Big Data
4 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.16%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.16%) Power Query
4 1 (1.16%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Git
2 2 (2.33%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) NUnit
3 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 23 (26.74%) Finance
3 17 (19.77%) Public Sector
4 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (12.79%) Legal
6 7 (8.14%) Banking
7 3 (3.49%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.16%) Billing
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Law
9 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (17.44%) Analyst
2 14 (16.28%) Architect
3 12 (13.95%) Developer
4 8 (9.30%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (8.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 7 (8.14%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (8.14%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (6.98%) Power Platform Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Business Data Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Data Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.65%) Lead
7 4 (4.65%) Network Architect
7 4 (4.65%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.49%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (3.49%) DBA
8 3 (3.49%) Java Developer
8 3 (3.49%) Network Engineer
8 3 (3.49%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.81%) HTML
2 4 (4.65%) .NET
2 4 (4.65%) CSS
2 4 (4.65%) JSON
2 4 (4.65%) React
2 4 (4.65%) REST
3 3 (3.49%) CSS3
3 3 (3.49%) HTML5
3 3 (3.49%) Jest
3 3 (3.49%) PySpark
3 3 (3.49%) Redux
3 3 (3.49%) Spring
3 3 (3.49%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.49%) Spring MVC
3 3 (3.49%) Streamlit
3 3 (3.49%) XML
4 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.16%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.16%) Kafka
4 1 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.81%) Data Centre
1 5 (5.81%) Replication
2 4 (4.65%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.33%) CCTV
4 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.16%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.16%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.16%) CMDB
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.16%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.16%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.16%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.16%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.16%) TAXII
5 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.09%) Windows
2 6 (6.98%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.65%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.49%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.33%) Linux
5 2 (2.33%) Unix
5 2 (2.33%) VMS
6 1 (1.16%) Android
6 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.60%) Agile
2 16 (18.60%) DevOps
3 12 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (12.79%) CI/CD
5 10 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (10.47%) Customer Service
7 8 (9.30%) Data Governance
7 8 (9.30%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.14%) Data Modelling
8 7 (8.14%) Migration
8 7 (8.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (6.98%) Project Delivery
10 5 (5.81%) Analytics
10 5 (5.81%) ETL
10 5 (5.81%) Network Design
10 5 (5.81%) Process Improvement
10 5 (5.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.44%) Python
2 10 (11.63%) SQL
3 9 (10.47%) Java
4 6 (6.98%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.49%) C#
7 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (12.79%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.14%) Degree
3 4 (4.65%) CCNA
3 4 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.33%) CCNP
4 2 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.16%) CCAB
5 1 (1.16%) CCDA
5 1 (1.16%) CCDP
5 1 (1.16%) CEH
5 1 (1.16%) CISM
5 1 (1.16%) CISSP
5 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.16%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.16%) GCIH
5 1 (1.16%) GIAC
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.16%) GDPR
2 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.16%) NIST
2 1 (1.16%) PMO
2 1 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.49%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.33%) Docker
3 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.16%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.30%) Terraform
2 7 (8.14%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.81%) SCCM
4 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.49%) Ansible
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.16%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 10 (11.63%) Cisco
2 7 (8.14%) Palo Alto
3 5 (5.81%) Databricks
3 5 (5.81%) Google
4 3 (3.49%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (3.49%) Greenplum
4 3 (3.49%) Informatica
4 3 (3.49%) Nokia
4 3 (3.49%) Splunk
4 3 (3.49%) Talend
4 3 (3.49%) VMware
5 2 (2.33%) Aruba
5 2 (2.33%) Citrix
5 2 (2.33%) Oracle
5 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.16%) Acronis
6 1 (1.16%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.16%) Computacenter
6 1 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.16%) SAP