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 24 October 2025, 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
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 122 119 95
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 16.29% 16.78% 11.53%
As % of the Vendors category 33.52% 38.26% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 68 56
10th Percentile £200 £182 £134
25th Percentile £349 £218 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% - -2.58%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £576
90th Percentile £600 £688 £644
Scotland median daily rate £445 £340 £411
% change year-on-year +30.88% -17.33% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 8
10th Percentile £20.85 £13.28 -
25th Percentile - £14.65 £12.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.92 £13.38
Median % change year-on-year +48.64% +26.50% -55.00%
75th Percentile - £30.48 £17.72
90th Percentile - £38.62 £18.08
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £19.33 £14.50
% change year-on-year +30.11% +33.31% -18.17%

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 364 311 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 48.60% 43.86% 40.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 184 213
10th Percentile £268 £202 £243
25th Percentile £375 £354 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £537 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £688 £688
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 11
10th Percentile - £16.01 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% +48.86% -67.51%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £17.72
90th Percentile - £36.41 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.01 £19.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year +2.16% +10.55% -

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 24 October 2025.

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 14 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.28%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.64%) Confluence
5 1 (0.82%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.82%) Mule
5 1 (0.82%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 34 (27.87%) Azure
2 23 (18.85%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (10.66%) AWS
4 8 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.74%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (4.92%) Viva Engage
7 4 (3.28%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.46%) GCP
8 3 (2.46%) IaaS
8 3 (2.46%) PaaS
9 2 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.64%) GitHub
9 2 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.64%) SaaS
9 2 (1.64%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.38%) WAN
2 6 (4.92%) VPN
3 5 (4.10%) Firewall
4 4 (3.28%) LAN
4 4 (3.28%) MPLS
4 4 (3.28%) SDH
4 4 (3.28%) VoIP
5 3 (2.46%) DNS
5 3 (2.46%) HTTP
5 3 (2.46%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.82%) AMQP
6 1 (0.82%) DHCP
6 1 (0.82%) DSL
6 1 (0.82%) Network Security
6 1 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) Metadata
1 5 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.46%) Power BI
4 2 (1.64%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.64%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.82%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.82%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.46%) GitLab
2 3 (2.46%) JIRA
3 2 (1.64%) Git
3 2 (1.64%) Maven
4 1 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.82%) ERwin
4 1 (0.82%) Gradle
4 1 (0.82%) Hudson
4 1 (0.82%) JUnit
4 1 (0.82%) MLflow
General
1 51 (41.80%) Social Skills
2 37 (30.33%) Public Sector
3 23 (18.85%) Finance
4 22 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.38%) Banking
6 6 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Legal
9 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.64%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.64%) Law
10 2 (1.64%) Retail
10 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (20.49%) Analyst
2 9 (7.38%) Architect
2 9 (7.38%) Developer
3 7 (5.74%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (5.74%) Change Analyst
3 7 (5.74%) Deployment Engineer
3 7 (5.74%) Senior
4 5 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (4.10%) Field Engineer
4 5 (4.10%) Project Manager
4 5 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (3.28%) Business Analyst
5 4 (3.28%) Consultant
5 4 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (3.28%) Service Analyst
5 4 (3.28%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (3.28%) Technical Specialist
5 4 (3.28%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (2.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (2.46%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) REST
1 5 (4.10%) Spring
1 5 (4.10%) Spring Boot
2 4 (3.28%) .NET
2 4 (3.28%) Kafka
2 4 (3.28%) SOAP
3 3 (2.46%) .NET Framework
3 3 (2.46%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.64%) CSS
4 2 (1.64%) HTML
4 2 (1.64%) Middleware
4 2 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.64%) React
5 1 (0.82%) ADO
5 1 (0.82%) J2EE
5 1 (0.82%) Node.js
5 1 (0.82%) OAuth
5 1 (0.82%) RESTful
5 1 (0.82%) XML
5 1 (0.82%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.92%) Device Driver
2 5 (4.10%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.10%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.46%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (2.46%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.46%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.46%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.46%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.64%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.64%) FMCG
5 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.64%) NHS
6 1 (0.82%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.82%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 33 (27.05%) Windows
2 19 (15.57%) Windows 10
3 8 (6.56%) Linux
4 7 (5.74%) Unix
4 7 (5.74%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.28%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.15%) Agile
2 18 (14.75%) DevOps
2 18 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (13.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (13.11%) Project Management
5 14 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (10.66%) CI/CD
6 13 (10.66%) Waterfall
7 11 (9.02%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (7.38%) Scrum
9 8 (6.56%) Business Strategy
9 8 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (5.74%) Microservices
10 7 (5.74%) Project Delivery
10 7 (5.74%) TDD
10 7 (5.74%) Test Automation
11 6 (4.92%) Application Packaging
11 6 (4.92%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 6 (4.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.20%) SQL
2 8 (6.56%) Java
2 8 (6.56%) Python
3 6 (4.92%) Bicep
3 6 (4.92%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.28%) C#
5 3 (2.46%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.64%) Search Processing Language
6 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.82%) DataWeave
7 1 (0.82%) Go
7 1 (0.82%) Groovy
7 1 (0.82%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (9.84%) Degree
1 12 (9.84%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (6.56%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.74%) CISSP
4 6 (4.92%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.10%) MCSA
6 4 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.28%) CEH
6 4 (3.28%) CISM
6 4 (3.28%) GIAC
7 3 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.46%) SSCP
8 2 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.82%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.82%) HNC
9 1 (0.82%) HND
9 1 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.10%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.46%) GDPR
2 3 (2.46%) SLA
3 2 (1.64%) QA
4 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.82%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (8.20%) SCCM
2 6 (4.92%) Terraform
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.82%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (6.56%) Cisco
1 8 (6.56%) Splunk
2 6 (4.92%) Oracle
3 3 (2.46%) AppDynamics
4 2 (1.64%) ArcSight
4 2 (1.64%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.82%) Apple
5 1 (0.82%) Databricks
5 1 (0.82%) IBM
5 1 (0.82%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.82%) Nokia
5 1 (0.82%) Poppulo
5 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.82%) Teradata