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 14 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 101 121 90
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 15.19% 16.69% 10.60%
As % of the Vendors category 30.33% 42.76% 26.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 67 57
10th Percentile £190 £188 £146
25th Percentile £357 £349 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +6.35% +13.33% -15.92%
75th Percentile £583 £513 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
Scotland median daily rate £454 £390 £450
% change year-on-year +16.41% -13.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £16.60 £21.35 -
25th Percentile £23.36 £22.81 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.50 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +71.85% -
75th Percentile - £35.90 £15.71
90th Percentile £34.11 £40.78 £15.88
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £38.94
% change year-on-year -4.35% -40.93% +113.52%

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 333 283 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 50.08% 39.03% 40.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 170 211
10th Percentile £275 £213 £223
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £539 £538 £626
90th Percentile £638 £632 £688
Scotland median daily rate £452 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +0.44% -10.00% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 7
10th Percentile £16.17 £19.37 £15.42
25th Percentile £17.98 £19.59 £15.71
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.15 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.14% +50.94% +21.58%
75th Percentile £29.16 £27.75 -
90th Percentile £54.00 £36.41 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.62 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.61% +20.97% +10.05%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 13 (12.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.99%) Confluence
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 12 (11.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (11.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 38 (37.62%) Azure
2 17 (16.83%) AWS
2 17 (16.83%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (5.94%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.94%) GCP
4 6 (5.94%) Viva Engage
5 5 (4.95%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (4.95%) Snowflake
6 4 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.96%) Serverless
7 3 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.87%) WAN
2 6 (5.94%) SD-WAN
3 4 (3.96%) LAN
3 4 (3.96%) MPLS
3 4 (3.96%) SDH
3 4 (3.96%) VoIP
3 4 (3.96%) VPN
4 2 (1.98%) DNS
4 2 (1.98%) Firewall
4 2 (1.98%) HTTP
4 2 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.99%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.94%) Data Lake
1 6 (5.94%) Metadata
1 6 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.97%) Power BI
3 3 (2.97%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.99%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Git
1 3 (2.97%) GitLab
1 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.98%) JIRA
3 1 (0.99%) ERwin
3 1 (0.99%) Hudson
3 1 (0.99%) MLflow
3 1 (0.99%) NUnit
3 1 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 29 (28.71%) Public Sector
3 21 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (15.84%) Finance
5 9 (8.91%) Legal
6 6 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.95%) Banking
8 3 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Law
9 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (17.82%) Architect
2 17 (16.83%) Analyst
3 9 (8.91%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (7.92%) Change Analyst
5 7 (6.93%) Senior
6 6 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Consultant
7 5 (4.95%) Developer
7 5 (4.95%) Field Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Security Architect
7 5 (4.95%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Lead
8 4 (3.96%) Network Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Technical Specialist
9 3 (2.97%) DBA
9 3 (2.97%) Deployment Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) Security Analyst
9 3 (2.97%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.95%) REST
2 4 (3.96%) JSON
2 4 (3.96%) SOAP
3 3 (2.97%) .NET
3 3 (2.97%) Spring
3 3 (2.97%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.97%) XML
4 2 (1.98%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.98%) HTML
4 2 (1.98%) PySpark
5 1 (0.99%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.99%) ADO
5 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.99%) CSS
5 1 (0.99%) jQuery
5 1 (0.99%) Kafka
5 1 (0.99%) Middleware
5 1 (0.99%) Node.js
5 1 (0.99%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.95%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (4.95%) Data Centre
1 5 (4.95%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.96%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.97%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (2.97%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.97%) Device Driver
3 3 (2.97%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.97%) Replication
4 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.98%) NHS
4 2 (1.98%) PMI
4 2 (1.98%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (17.82%) Windows
2 8 (7.92%) Linux
2 8 (7.92%) Unix
3 6 (5.94%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.96%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.74%) Agile
2 13 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (11.88%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (11.88%) DevOps
3 12 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (10.89%) Project Management
5 9 (8.91%) CI/CD
5 9 (8.91%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (8.91%) Waterfall
6 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (7.92%) SIEM
7 7 (6.93%) Data Governance
7 7 (6.93%) Data Modelling
7 7 (6.93%) Incident Response
8 6 (5.94%) Business Strategy
8 6 (5.94%) Containerisation
8 6 (5.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 6 (5.94%) ETL
8 6 (5.94%) Scrum
8 6 (5.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.85%) Python
2 9 (8.91%) SQL
3 8 (7.92%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.95%) Java
5 3 (2.97%) Bicep
5 3 (2.97%) C#
5 3 (2.97%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.98%) Search Processing Language
6 2 (1.98%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.99%) Groovy
7 1 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.99%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (11.88%) Degree
1 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.94%) CISSP
3 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.96%) CISM
4 4 (3.96%) GIAC
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.97%) CEH
5 3 (2.97%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.97%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.97%) SSCP
6 2 (1.98%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.98%) MCSA
6 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.99%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (0.99%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) Data Quality
1 4 (3.96%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.98%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.98%) GDPR
2 2 (1.98%) SLA
3 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.99%) NIST
3 1 (0.99%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (6.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.92%) SCCM
2 6 (5.94%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.96%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.97%) Ansible
4 3 (2.97%) Terraform
5 2 (1.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (13.86%) Cisco
2 10 (9.90%) Splunk
3 6 (5.94%) Oracle
3 6 (5.94%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.97%) Google
4 3 (2.97%) Greenplum
4 3 (2.97%) Informatica
4 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.97%) Talend
5 2 (1.98%) ArcSight
5 2 (1.98%) Databricks
5 2 (1.98%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.99%) Aruba
6 1 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.99%) Foundry
6 1 (0.99%) Nokia
6 1 (0.99%) Poppulo
6 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.99%) Teradata