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 30 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
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 99 87 108
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.18% 11.46% 13.32%
As % of the Vendors category 28.37% 25.66% 31.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 67 82
10th Percentile £253 £235 £171
25th Percentile £334 £350 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £375
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% +21.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £644 £530 £499
90th Percentile £675 £585 £586
Scotland median daily rate £450 £428 £350
% change year-on-year +5.26% +22.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 6
10th Percentile £13.07 £15.56 -
25th Percentile £13.47 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £14.65 £17.46 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.12% +51.83% -14.02%
75th Percentile £16.24 £18.71 £12.72
90th Percentile £35.73 £19.43 £14.56
Scotland median hourly rate £16.82 £20.80 £16.86
% change year-on-year -19.12% +23.38% -29.36%

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 349 339 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 42.93% 44.66% 42.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 238 235
10th Percentile £276 £309 £196
25th Percentile £400 £378 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £469 £438
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.14% -6.91%
75th Percentile £614 £553 £550
90th Percentile £675 £607 £616
Scotland median daily rate £482 £465 £440
% change year-on-year +3.60% +5.68% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 15
10th Percentile £13.48 £15.79 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.89 £16.84 £11.94
Median hourly rate £16.25 £17.45 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +9.03% -72.17%
75th Percentile £16.42 £18.05 £35.23
90th Percentile £40.80 £19.17 £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.93 £17.63 £17.00
% change year-on-year +1.73% +3.68% -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 30 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 30 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 (10.10%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.05%) Confluence
3 1 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.01%) MS Project Server
3 1 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (6.06%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (34.34%) Azure
2 19 (19.19%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (15.15%) Power Platform
4 11 (11.11%) AWS
5 9 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (5.05%) GCP
7 5 (5.05%) Snowflake
8 4 (4.04%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.03%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.03%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (2.02%) Nutanix
11 1 (1.01%) Alation
11 1 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.01%) Collibra
11 1 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.14%) WAN
2 8 (8.08%) SD-WAN
3 6 (6.06%) Firewall
3 6 (6.06%) LAN
3 6 (6.06%) MPLS
4 3 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (2.02%) SDH
6 1 (1.01%) 4G
6 1 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.01%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (1.01%) Internet
6 1 (1.01%) Intranet
6 1 (1.01%) VLAN
6 1 (1.01%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.09%) Power BI
2 3 (3.03%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.03%) Metadata
2 3 (3.03%) MySQL
2 3 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (2.02%) Tableau
4 1 (1.01%) Big Data
4 1 (1.01%) Data Vault
4 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.01%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.01%) Power Query
4 1 (1.01%) QlikView
4 1 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Git
1 2 (2.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) ER Studio
2 1 (1.01%) ERwin
General
1 41 (41.41%) Social Skills
2 24 (24.24%) Finance
3 15 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.15%) Public Sector
4 13 (13.13%) Legal
5 8 (8.08%) Banking
6 6 (6.06%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.04%) Billing
7 4 (4.04%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Law
9 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (16.16%) Architect
2 15 (15.15%) Analyst
3 11 (11.11%) Developer
4 9 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (8.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (7.07%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 7 (7.07%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (6.06%) Data Engineer
7 6 (6.06%) Power Platform Developer
8 5 (5.05%) Network Engineer
9 4 (4.04%) Business Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Business Data Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.04%) Lead
9 4 (4.04%) Network Architect
9 4 (4.04%) Project Engineer
9 4 (4.04%) Support Analyst
10 3 (3.03%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 3 (3.03%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.06%) PySpark
1 6 (6.06%) Streamlit
2 4 (4.04%) CSS
2 4 (4.04%) HTML
2 4 (4.04%) React
3 3 (3.03%) CSS3
3 3 (3.03%) HTML5
3 3 (3.03%) Jest
3 3 (3.03%) JSON
3 3 (3.03%) Redux
3 3 (3.03%) REST
3 3 (3.03%) Spring
3 3 (3.03%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.03%) Spring MVC
3 3 (3.03%) XML
4 2 (2.02%) .NET
5 1 (1.01%) Kafka
5 1 (1.01%) SPFx
5 1 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.06%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.05%) Replication
3 4 (4.04%) CCTV
3 4 (4.04%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.01%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.01%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.01%) CMDB
5 1 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.01%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.01%) MISP
5 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.01%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.01%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.01%) STIX
5 1 (1.01%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 19 (19.19%) Windows
2 6 (6.06%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.04%) Android
3 4 (4.04%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.03%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.02%) Linux
5 2 (2.02%) Unix
5 2 (2.02%) VMS
6 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (18.18%) Agile
2 18 (18.18%) DevOps
2 18 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 11 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 11 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 10 (10.10%) CI/CD
4 10 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (8.08%) Analytics
6 8 (8.08%) Decision-Making
6 8 (8.08%) Process Improvement
6 8 (8.08%) Time Management
7 7 (7.07%) Data Engineering
7 7 (7.07%) Information Security
7 7 (7.07%) Migration
7 7 (7.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.18%) Python
2 13 (13.13%) SQL
3 9 (9.09%) Java
4 5 (5.05%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.01%) C#
6 1 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.07%) CCNA
2 7 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (7.07%) Degree
3 4 (4.04%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.02%) CCNP
4 2 (2.02%) HND
4 2 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.01%) CCAB
5 1 (1.01%) CCDA
5 1 (1.01%) CCDP
5 1 (1.01%) CEH
5 1 (1.01%) CISM
5 1 (1.01%) CISSP
5 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.01%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.01%) GIAC
5 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.04%) SLA
3 1 (1.01%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.01%) GDPR
3 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.01%) NIST
3 1 (1.01%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.02%) Docker
4 2 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.01%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (8.08%) Terraform
2 7 (7.07%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.05%) SCCM
4 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.03%) Ansible
6 1 (1.01%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.01%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 11 (11.11%) Cisco
2 8 (8.08%) Databricks
3 7 (7.07%) Palo Alto
4 6 (6.06%) Nokia
5 5 (5.05%) Google
6 4 (4.04%) Computacenter
6 4 (4.04%) VMware
7 3 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (3.03%) Greenplum
7 3 (3.03%) Informatica
7 3 (3.03%) Splunk
7 3 (3.03%) Talend
8 2 (2.02%) Aruba
8 2 (2.02%) Citrix
8 2 (2.02%) Oracle
8 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.01%) Autodesk
9 1 (1.01%) Dell
9 1 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.01%) SAP