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 9 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
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 123 105 107
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.30% 13.00% 13.93%
As % of the Vendors category 28.67% 27.56% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 76 82
10th Percentile £264 £200 £171
25th Percentile £358 £341 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £363
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +24.14% -14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £500
90th Percentile £675 £585 £611
Scotland median daily rate £450 £431 £340
% change year-on-year +4.41% +26.76% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 6
10th Percentile £13.45 £19.28 -
25th Percentile £13.48 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £25.15 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +118.70% -14.02%
75th Percentile £15.59 - £12.72
90th Percentile £16.45 - £15.02
Scotland median hourly rate £15.05 £25.15 £16.96
% change year-on-year -40.17% +48.29% +16.97%

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 429 381 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 42.90% 47.15% 41.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 256 225
10th Percentile £263 £300 £200
25th Percentile £372 £380 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +3.83% -4.86%
75th Percentile £588 £553 £575
90th Percentile £675 £613 £650
Scotland median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 12
10th Percentile £13.45 - -
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £11.50
Median hourly rate £14.65 £25.15 £16.35
Median % change year-on-year -41.77% +53.82% -7.73%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £54.69
90th Percentile £16.87 - £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £16.82 £19.17 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.26% +9.54% -1.24%

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 9 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 (10.57%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.13%) Confluence
3 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.81%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.81%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (10.57%) MS Visio
2 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (33.33%) Azure
2 23 (18.70%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.01%) Power Platform
4 13 (10.57%) AWS
5 10 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (8.13%) GCP
6 8 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (6.50%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.07%) Snowflake
8 4 (3.25%) GitHub
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.44%) PaaS
9 3 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.44%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.63%) IaaS
10 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.63%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.81%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.38%) WAN
2 11 (8.94%) LAN
2 11 (8.94%) MPLS
3 9 (7.32%) Firewall
4 4 (3.25%) SDH
5 3 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (2.44%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.81%) 4G
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.81%) Internet
6 1 (0.81%) Intranet
6 1 (0.81%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.81%) MIMO
6 1 (0.81%) VLAN
6 1 (0.81%) VSAN
6 1 (0.81%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.32%) Power BI
2 5 (4.07%) Metadata
3 3 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.44%) Data Vault
3 3 (2.44%) DynamoDB
3 3 (2.44%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.44%) MySQL
3 3 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.63%) Tableau
5 1 (0.81%) Big Data
5 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.81%) Power Query
5 1 (0.81%) QlikView
5 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (4.88%) JIRA
2 5 (4.07%) Git
3 3 (2.44%) Claude Code
3 3 (2.44%) ER Studio
3 3 (2.44%) ERwin
General
1 54 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 33 (26.83%) Finance
3 18 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.57%) Banking
4 13 (10.57%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.76%) Legal
6 10 (8.13%) Telecoms
7 8 (6.50%) Investment Banking
8 6 (4.88%) Billing
9 5 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.81%) Law
12 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (13.82%) Analyst
2 13 (10.57%) Architect
3 11 (8.94%) Developer
4 10 (8.13%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (6.50%) Administrator
6 8 (6.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 8 (6.50%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (5.69%) Data Engineer
7 7 (5.69%) Network Engineer
7 7 (5.69%) Project Engineer
8 6 (4.88%) Power Platform Developer
9 5 (4.07%) Project Manager
9 5 (4.07%) Senior
10 4 (3.25%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.25%) Data Analyst
10 4 (3.25%) DBA
10 4 (3.25%) Support Analyst
10 4 (3.25%) Systems Administrator
10 4 (3.25%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.69%) PySpark
1 7 (5.69%) Streamlit
2 6 (4.88%) JSON
3 4 (3.25%) CSS
3 4 (3.25%) HTML
3 4 (3.25%) React
4 3 (2.44%) CSS3
4 3 (2.44%) HTML5
4 3 (2.44%) Jest
4 3 (2.44%) Redux
4 3 (2.44%) REST
4 3 (2.44%) Spring
4 3 (2.44%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.44%) Spring MVC
4 3 (2.44%) Web Services
4 3 (2.44%) XML
5 2 (1.63%) .NET
6 1 (0.81%) Java RMI
6 1 (0.81%) Kafka
6 1 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.50%) CCTV
3 5 (4.07%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.07%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (4.07%) Replication
4 4 (3.25%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.25%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.25%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.44%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.81%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.81%) CMDB
7 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.81%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.45%) Windows
2 6 (4.88%) Android
2 6 (4.88%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.07%) Linux
4 3 (2.44%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.63%) VMS
6 1 (0.81%) Unix
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.96%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (19.51%) DevOps
4 23 (18.70%) Agile
5 15 (12.20%) Migration
6 14 (11.38%) Data Governance
6 14 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (10.57%) CI/CD
7 13 (10.57%) Data Modelling
8 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (9.76%) Customer Service
9 11 (8.94%) Process Improvement
10 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (8.13%) Project Delivery
10 10 (8.13%) Time Management
11 9 (7.32%) Analytics
11 9 (7.32%) Data Management
11 9 (7.32%) Decision-Making
11 9 (7.32%) Information Security
11 9 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.07%) Python
2 18 (14.63%) SQL
3 9 (7.32%) Java
4 4 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.44%) Bash
5 3 (2.44%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.81%) C#
6 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.13%) CCNA
2 10 (8.13%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.69%) Degree
4 5 (4.07%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) HND
6 3 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.44%) PMP
7 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.63%) CCNP
7 2 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.63%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.81%) CCAB
8 1 (0.81%) CCDA
8 1 (0.81%) CCDP
8 1 (0.81%) CEH
8 1 (0.81%) CISM
8 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) Data Quality
1 8 (6.50%) SLA
2 2 (1.63%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.81%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) NIST
3 1 (0.81%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.44%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.63%) Docker
4 2 (1.63%) zsh
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (10.57%) Terraform
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.88%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (2.44%) Ansible
5 3 (2.44%) SCCM
6 2 (1.63%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.81%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 10 (8.13%) Google
1 10 (8.13%) Nokia
2 9 (7.32%) Cisco
2 9 (7.32%) Databricks
3 6 (4.88%) Computacenter
3 6 (4.88%) Oracle
4 4 (3.25%) VMware
5 3 (2.44%) Greenplum
5 3 (2.44%) Informatica
5 3 (2.44%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.44%) Talend
6 2 (1.63%) Citrix
6 2 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.63%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.81%) Acronis
7 1 (0.81%) Aruba
7 1 (0.81%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.81%) SAP
7 1 (0.81%) Splunk