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 3 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
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 121 100 103
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.50% 12.69% 13.41%
As % of the Vendors category 28.95% 27.25% 32.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 73 81
10th Percentile £263 £203 £170
25th Percentile £360 £350 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £454 £350
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% +29.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £628 £526 £500
90th Percentile £675 £588 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £445 £340
% change year-on-year +1.18% +30.81% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 5
10th Percentile £13.40 £18.35 -
25th Percentile £13.45 £23.80 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £25.15 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +118.70% -20.69%
75th Percentile £15.59 - -
90th Percentile £16.36 - £12.48
Scotland median hourly rate £14.65 £22.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -33.43% +29.41% -4.06%

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 418 367 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 43.18% 46.57% 41.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 249 224
10th Percentile £269 £306 £200
25th Percentile £372 £381 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -4.86%
75th Percentile £588 £553 £569
90th Percentile £675 £613 £629
Scotland median daily rate £475 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +2.26% +3.22% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 12
10th Percentile £13.43 - -
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £11.50
Median hourly rate £14.65 £19.83 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% +23.94% -9.71%
75th Percentile £16.33 £25.15 £54.69
90th Percentile £16.77 - £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £16.54 £19.17 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.75% +9.54% -12.91%

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 3 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 (10.74%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.26%) Confluence
3 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.83%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (9.92%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 7 (5.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (33.06%) Azure
2 23 (19.01%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.22%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.09%) AWS
5 10 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (6.61%) Entra ID
6 8 (6.61%) GCP
7 5 (4.13%) Snowflake
8 3 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.48%) GitHub
8 3 (2.48%) PaaS
8 3 (2.48%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.48%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.65%) IaaS
9 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.65%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.57%) WAN
2 9 (7.44%) LAN
2 9 (7.44%) MPLS
3 7 (5.79%) Firewall
4 5 (4.13%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.31%) SDH
6 3 (2.48%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.83%) 4G
7 1 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.83%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.83%) Internet
7 1 (0.83%) Intranet
7 1 (0.83%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.83%) MIMO
7 1 (0.83%) VLAN
7 1 (0.83%) VSAN
7 1 (0.83%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.44%) Power BI
2 5 (4.13%) Metadata
3 3 (2.48%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.48%) Data Vault
3 3 (2.48%) DynamoDB
3 3 (2.48%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.48%) MySQL
3 3 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.65%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.65%) Tableau
5 1 (0.83%) Big Data
5 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.83%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.83%) Power Query
5 1 (0.83%) QlikView
5 1 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (4.96%) JIRA
2 4 (3.31%) Git
3 3 (2.48%) ER Studio
3 3 (2.48%) ERwin
4 2 (1.65%) Claude Code
General
1 54 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.10%) Finance
3 19 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.57%) Legal
5 13 (10.74%) Banking
5 13 (10.74%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.61%) Investment Banking
6 8 (6.61%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.96%) Billing
8 5 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.65%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.83%) Law
11 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (14.05%) Analyst
2 14 (11.57%) Architect
3 11 (9.09%) Developer
4 10 (8.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (7.44%) Administrator
5 9 (7.44%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (6.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 8 (6.61%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (5.79%) Data Engineer
7 7 (5.79%) Network Engineer
8 6 (4.96%) Power Platform Developer
9 5 (4.13%) Project Engineer
9 5 (4.13%) Project Manager
9 5 (4.13%) Senior
10 4 (3.31%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.31%) Data Analyst
10 4 (3.31%) DBA
10 4 (3.31%) Support Analyst
10 4 (3.31%) Systems Administrator
10 4 (3.31%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.79%) PySpark
1 7 (5.79%) Streamlit
2 6 (4.96%) JSON
3 4 (3.31%) CSS
3 4 (3.31%) HTML
3 4 (3.31%) React
4 3 (2.48%) CSS3
4 3 (2.48%) HTML5
4 3 (2.48%) Jest
4 3 (2.48%) Redux
4 3 (2.48%) REST
4 3 (2.48%) Spring
4 3 (2.48%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.48%) Spring MVC
4 3 (2.48%) Web Services
4 3 (2.48%) XML
5 2 (1.65%) .NET
6 1 (0.83%) Java RMI
6 1 (0.83%) Kafka
6 1 (0.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.44%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.61%) CCTV
3 5 (4.13%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.13%) Replication
4 4 (3.31%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.48%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.65%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.65%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.83%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.83%) CMDB
7 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.83%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.88%) Windows
2 6 (4.96%) Android
2 6 (4.96%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.48%) Linux
3 3 (2.48%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.65%) VMS
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (20.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (18.18%) Agile
3 22 (18.18%) DevOps
4 15 (12.40%) Migration
5 14 (11.57%) Data Governance
5 14 (11.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (10.74%) Customer Service
6 13 (10.74%) Data Modelling
7 12 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 11 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 10 (8.26%) Time Management
10 9 (7.44%) Analytics
10 9 (7.44%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (7.44%) Data Management
10 9 (7.44%) Decision-Making
10 9 (7.44%) Information Security
10 9 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (7.44%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.70%) Python
2 18 (14.88%) SQL
3 9 (7.44%) Java
4 4 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.48%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.48%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.65%) Bash
6 2 (1.65%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.83%) C#
7 1 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (9.92%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.44%) CCNA
2 9 (7.44%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.79%) Degree
4 4 (3.31%) HND
4 4 (3.31%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.48%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.48%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.48%) PMP
6 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.65%) CCNP
6 2 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.65%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.83%) CCAB
7 1 (0.83%) CEH
7 1 (0.83%) CISM
7 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.61%) Data Quality
1 8 (6.61%) SLA
2 2 (1.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.83%) GDPR
3 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.83%) NIST
3 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (12.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.48%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.65%) Docker
4 2 (1.65%) zsh
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.83%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (9.09%) Terraform
2 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.31%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.48%) Ansible
4 3 (2.48%) SCCM
5 1 (0.83%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.83%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 10 (8.26%) Cisco
2 9 (7.44%) Databricks
3 8 (6.61%) Google
3 8 (6.61%) Nokia
4 6 (4.96%) Computacenter
4 6 (4.96%) Oracle
5 4 (3.31%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.31%) VMware
6 3 (2.48%) Greenplum
6 3 (2.48%) Informatica
6 3 (2.48%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.48%) Talend
7 2 (1.65%) Citrix
7 2 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.83%) Acronis
8 1 (0.83%) Aruba
8 1 (0.83%) Dell
8 1 (0.83%) EMC
8 1 (0.83%) SAP