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 5 August 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
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 18 6
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 133 99 109
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.64% 12.53% 15.68%
As % of the Vendors category 28.91% 26.90% 38.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 68 83
10th Percentile £294 £200 £175
25th Percentile £400 £313 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £415
Median % change year-on-year - +8.43% -2.35%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £538
90th Percentile £675 £589 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £340
% change year-on-year - +32.35% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 3
10th Percentile £13.45 £21.37 £13.28
25th Percentile £13.48 - £14.65
Median hourly rate £13.50 £25.15 £16.92
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +48.64% +26.50%
75th Percentile £15.59 - £30.48
90th Percentile £16.45 - £38.62
Scotland median hourly rate £15.63 £25.15 £17.00
% change year-on-year -37.85% +47.94% +25.93%

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 460 368 284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 43.73% 46.58% 40.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 241 207
10th Percentile £269 £300 £200
25th Percentile £363 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £472 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £560
90th Percentile £644 £613 £662
Scotland median daily rate £460 £473 £433
% change year-on-year -2.65% +9.12% -8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 19 7
10th Percentile £13.45 - £15.10
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £17.71
Median hourly rate £14.65 £25.15 £44.04
Median % change year-on-year -41.77% -42.89% +148.53%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £55.63
90th Percentile £17.08 - £60.50
Scotland median hourly rate £16.09 £18.87 £18.07
% change year-on-year -14.73% +4.46% +1.95%

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 5 August 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 10 (7.52%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.51%) Confluence
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.75%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (12.78%) MS Visio
2 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (6.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (34.59%) Azure
2 22 (16.54%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (15.79%) Power Platform
4 15 (11.28%) AWS
5 14 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (10.53%) GCP
6 9 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.02%) Entra ID
8 7 (5.26%) GitHub
8 7 (5.26%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.76%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.26%) PaaS
10 3 (2.26%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.50%) IaaS
11 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.50%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.75%) Alation
12 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.28%) LAN
1 15 (11.28%) MPLS
2 14 (10.53%) WAN
3 11 (8.27%) Firewall
4 5 (3.76%) SDH
5 3 (2.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.75%) 4G
6 1 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.75%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.75%) Internet
6 1 (0.75%) Intranet
6 1 (0.75%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.75%) MIMO
6 1 (0.75%) Network Security
6 1 (0.75%) VLAN
6 1 (0.75%) VSAN
6 1 (0.75%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.77%) Power BI
2 4 (3.01%) Data Lake
2 4 (3.01%) Metadata
3 3 (2.26%) Data Vault
3 3 (2.26%) DynamoDB
3 3 (2.26%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.50%) MySQL
4 2 (1.50%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.50%) Tableau
5 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Git
2 6 (4.51%) Claude Code
3 5 (3.76%) JIRA
4 3 (2.26%) ER Studio
4 3 (2.26%) ERwin
5 2 (1.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 59 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 34 (25.56%) Finance
3 20 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 13 (9.77%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.52%) Banking
7 8 (6.02%) Investment Banking
7 8 (6.02%) Legal
8 6 (4.51%) Billing
8 6 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Marketing
11 1 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (12.03%) Analyst
2 13 (9.77%) Developer
3 12 (9.02%) Architect
4 10 (7.52%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (7.52%) Network Engineer
4 10 (7.52%) Project Engineer
5 8 (6.02%) Administrator
5 8 (6.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.02%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (6.02%) Senior
6 7 (5.26%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) DBA
7 6 (4.51%) Power Platform Developer
8 5 (3.76%) Designer
8 5 (3.76%) GCP Engineer
8 5 (3.76%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.76%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.01%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.02%) PySpark
2 7 (5.26%) Streamlit
3 6 (4.51%) .NET
3 6 (4.51%) JSON
4 3 (2.26%) CSS
4 3 (2.26%) HTML
4 3 (2.26%) React
4 3 (2.26%) REST
4 3 (2.26%) Web Services
4 3 (2.26%) XML
5 2 (1.50%) CSS3
5 2 (1.50%) HTML5
5 2 (1.50%) Jest
5 2 (1.50%) Redux
5 2 (1.50%) Spring
5 2 (1.50%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.50%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.75%) Java RMI
6 1 (0.75%) Kafka
6 1 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.52%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.02%) CCTV
2 8 (6.02%) Enterprise Cloud
3 7 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (4.51%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.51%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.51%) Replication
5 5 (3.76%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.26%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.75%) CMDB
7 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.75%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.75%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.75%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.78%) Windows
2 7 (5.26%) Windows 10
3 6 (4.51%) Android
3 6 (4.51%) Linux
4 2 (1.50%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.50%) VMS
4 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.75%) Unix
5 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (32.33%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (21.80%) DevOps
3 25 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (18.05%) Agile
5 21 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 17 (12.78%) Migration
8 16 (12.03%) Customer Service
9 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (9.77%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (9.77%) Data Governance
10 13 (9.77%) Data Modelling
10 13 (9.77%) Process Improvement
10 13 (9.77%) Project Delivery
11 12 (9.02%) Containerisation
11 12 (9.02%) User Experience
12 11 (8.27%) Analytics
12 11 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.27%) Data Management
13 10 (7.52%) AI
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.05%) Python
2 19 (14.29%) SQL
3 8 (6.02%) Java
4 7 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.51%) Bash
5 6 (4.51%) Shell Script
6 5 (3.76%) C#
7 3 (2.26%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.50%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.77%) CCNA
2 13 (9.77%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.26%) Degree
4 5 (3.76%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.01%) HND
6 3 (2.26%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.26%) CCNP
6 3 (2.26%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.26%) PMP
7 2 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.50%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.75%) CCAB
8 1 (0.75%) CCDA
8 1 (0.75%) CCDP
8 1 (0.75%) CEH
8 1 (0.75%) CISM
8 1 (0.75%) CISSP
8 1 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.27%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.77%) SLA
3 2 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.50%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.75%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.26%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.26%) zsh
4 2 (1.50%) Docker
5 1 (0.75%) Firmware
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (12.78%) Terraform
2 10 (7.52%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (2.26%) Ansible
5 3 (2.26%) SCCM
6 2 (1.50%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.50%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 16 (12.03%) Google
2 14 (10.53%) Nokia
3 10 (7.52%) Databricks
4 8 (6.02%) Cisco
4 8 (6.02%) Oracle
5 6 (4.51%) Computacenter
6 4 (3.01%) VMware
7 3 (2.26%) Greenplum
7 3 (2.26%) Informatica
7 3 (2.26%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.26%) Talend
8 2 (1.50%) RedGate
8 2 (1.50%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.75%) Acronis
9 1 (0.75%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (0.75%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.75%) Dell
9 1 (0.75%) EMC
9 1 (0.75%) Splunk