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 11 June 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
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 18 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 107 88 106
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.38% 11.69% 13.25%
As % of the Vendors category 28.61% 25.43% 31.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 65 81
10th Percentile £255 £228 £170
25th Percentile £358 £350 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +26.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £644 £540 £500
90th Percentile £675 £589 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £435 £350
% change year-on-year +3.39% +24.36% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £13.20 £16.49 -
25th Percentile £13.44 £18.58 -
Median hourly rate £14.07 £22.49 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.43% +95.57% -14.02%
75th Percentile £15.81 £25.15 -
90th Percentile £28.02 - £12.48
Scotland median hourly rate £15.45 £22.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -29.77% +29.41% -28.75%

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 374 346 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 43.29% 45.95% 42.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 239 231
10th Percentile £264 £306 £193
25th Percentile £380 £379 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +6.82% -6.98%
75th Percentile £617 £553 £555
90th Percentile £675 £613 £626
Scotland median daily rate £475 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +2.21% +3.28% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 13
10th Percentile £13.41 £16.49 -
25th Percentile £13.60 £16.84 £11.50
Median hourly rate £16.09 £17.45 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +9.03% -72.17%
75th Percentile £16.33 £19.92 £53.75
90th Percentile £18.18 £25.15 £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £18.13 £17.50
% change year-on-year -5.57% +3.60% -69.57%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 12 (11.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.54%) Confluence
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.93%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (6.54%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (34.58%) Azure
2 21 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.95%) Power Platform
4 11 (10.28%) AWS
5 9 (8.41%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (6.54%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (5.61%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.67%) GCP
8 5 (4.67%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.80%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.80%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.87%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.87%) PaaS
11 1 (0.93%) Alation
11 1 (0.93%) Collibra
11 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.08%) WAN
2 8 (7.48%) SD-WAN
3 6 (5.61%) Firewall
3 6 (5.61%) LAN
3 6 (5.61%) MPLS
4 3 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.87%) SDH
6 1 (0.93%) 4G
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.93%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.93%) Internet
6 1 (0.93%) Intranet
6 1 (0.93%) VLAN
6 1 (0.93%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.41%) Power BI
2 4 (3.74%) Metadata
3 3 (2.80%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.80%) MySQL
3 3 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.87%) Data Vault
4 2 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (1.87%) Tableau
5 1 (0.93%) Big Data
5 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.93%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.93%) Power Query
5 1 (0.93%) QlikView
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.80%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.87%) ERwin
2 2 (1.87%) Git
General
1 45 (42.06%) Social Skills
2 30 (28.04%) Finance
3 17 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.02%) Public Sector
5 14 (13.08%) Legal
6 9 (8.41%) Banking
7 6 (5.61%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.67%) Billing
8 5 (4.67%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.93%) Law
10 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (15.89%) Architect
2 16 (14.95%) Analyst
3 11 (10.28%) Developer
4 10 (9.35%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (7.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Data Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Power Platform Developer
8 5 (4.67%) Administrator
8 5 (4.67%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Business Data Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Lead
9 4 (3.74%) Network Architect
9 4 (3.74%) Project Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.61%) PySpark
1 6 (5.61%) Streamlit
2 4 (3.74%) CSS
2 4 (3.74%) HTML
2 4 (3.74%) JSON
2 4 (3.74%) React
3 3 (2.80%) CSS3
3 3 (2.80%) HTML5
3 3 (2.80%) Jest
3 3 (2.80%) Redux
3 3 (2.80%) REST
3 3 (2.80%) Spring
3 3 (2.80%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.80%) Spring MVC
3 3 (2.80%) XML
4 2 (1.87%) .NET
5 1 (0.93%) Kafka
5 1 (0.93%) SPFx
5 1 (0.93%) Web Services
5 1 (0.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.61%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.67%) CCTV
2 5 (4.67%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.67%) Replication
3 4 (3.74%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.93%) CMDB
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.93%) MISP
5 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.93%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.93%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.76%) Windows
2 6 (5.61%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.67%) Android
4 4 (3.74%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.80%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.87%) Linux
6 2 (1.87%) Unix
6 2 (1.87%) VMS
7 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (36.45%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (18.69%) Agile
2 20 (18.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (17.76%) DevOps
4 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (11.21%) Customer Service
5 12 (11.21%) Data Governance
5 12 (11.21%) Data Modelling
6 11 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (10.28%) Migration
7 10 (9.35%) CI/CD
7 10 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (8.41%) Process Improvement
8 9 (8.41%) Time Management
9 8 (7.48%) Analytics
9 8 (7.48%) Decision-Making
9 8 (7.48%) Information Security
9 8 (7.48%) Project Delivery
10 7 (6.54%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.82%) Python
2 14 (13.08%) SQL
3 9 (8.41%) Java
4 5 (4.67%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.74%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.93%) C#
6 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (11.21%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.54%) CCNA
2 7 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (6.54%) Degree
3 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.80%) HND
5 2 (1.87%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.87%) CCNP
5 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.87%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.87%) PMP
6 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.93%) CCDA
6 1 (0.93%) CCDP
6 1 (0.93%) CISSP
6 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.93%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.67%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.93%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.93%) NIST
3 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (12.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.80%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.87%) Docker
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (7.48%) Terraform
2 7 (6.54%) FortiGate
3 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.67%) SCCM
5 3 (2.80%) Ansible
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.93%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (10.28%) Cisco
2 8 (7.48%) Databricks
3 7 (6.54%) Palo Alto
4 6 (5.61%) Nokia
5 5 (4.67%) Computacenter
5 5 (4.67%) Google
6 4 (3.74%) VMware
7 3 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.80%) Greenplum
7 3 (2.80%) Informatica
7 3 (2.80%) Oracle
7 3 (2.80%) Splunk
7 3 (2.80%) Talend
8 2 (1.87%) Aruba
8 2 (1.87%) Citrix
8 2 (1.87%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.93%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.93%) Dell
9 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.93%) SAP