Microsoft Office Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Office
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	70	69	41
Rank change year-on-year	-1	-28	0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office	26	15	31
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow	2.14%	2.00%	4.42%
As % of the Applications category	28.89%	27.27%	37.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	7	11	24
10^th Percentile	£223	£170	£174
25^th Percentile	£263	£188	£198
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£275	£250	£438
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-42.86%	-2.78%
75^th Percentile	£308	£360	£538
90^th Percentile	£348	£450	£638
Scotland median daily rate	£150	£293	£238
% change year-on-year	-48.72%	+23.16%	-44.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	3	1
10^th Percentile	£13.13	£18.38	-
25^th Percentile	£13.41	£18.98	£12.38
Median hourly rate	£13.50	£19.97	£12.75
Median % change year-on-year	-32.40%	+56.63%	-28.05%
75^th Percentile	£13.85	-	£13.13
90^th Percentile	£16.23	-	-
Scotland median hourly rate	£13.50	£17.33	£14.34
% change year-on-year	-22.11%	+20.87%	-19.07%

All Software Application Skills
Glasgow

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Glasgow.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	90	55	83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow	7.40%	7.33%	11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted	43	42	49
10^th Percentile	£264	£215	£143
25^th Percentile	£301	£269	£205
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£375	£359	£391
Median % change year-on-year	+4.46%	-8.18%	-7.46%
75^th Percentile	£423	£450	£488
90^th Percentile	£525	£525	£540
Scotland median daily rate	£372	£368	£290
% change year-on-year	+1.22%	+26.72%	-22.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	3	3
10^th Percentile	£13.13	£18.38	£13.82
25^th Percentile	-	£18.98	£15.98
Median hourly rate	£13.50	£19.97	£19.59
Median % change year-on-year	-32.40%	+1.94%	+30.73%
75^th Percentile	£14.75	-	£31.82
90^th Percentile	£15.34	-	£39.15
Scotland median hourly rate	£14.25	£19.97	£14.50
% change year-on-year	-28.64%	+37.72%	-18.17%

Microsoft Office Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Microsoft Office Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Glasgow over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Glasgow

Microsoft Office Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft Office also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region with a requirement for Microsoft Office.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	88.5%	23
2	Problem-Solving	34.6%	9
3	Data Management	26.9%	7
4	Microsoft Excel	23.1%	6
4	Systems Management Server (SMS)	23.1%	6
6	LAN	19.2%	5
6	SLA	19.2%	5
6	Stakeholder Engagement	19.2%	5
6	WAN	19.2%	5
10	CRM	15.4%	4
10	Customer Service	15.4%	4
10	ITSM	15.4%	4
10	Project Delivery	15.4%	4
10	SC Cleared	15.4%	4
10	Security Cleared	15.4%	4
10	Stakeholder Management	15.4%	4
17	Big Data	11.5%	3
17	Business Development	11.5%	3
17	Cisco	11.5%	3
17	Confluence	11.5%	3
17	Contact Management	11.5%	3
17	Data Entry	11.5%	3
17	Decision-Making	11.5%	3
17	Degree	11.5%	3
17	Internet	11.5%	3
17	JIRA	11.5%	3
17	Lead Generation	11.5%	3
17	MS Visio	11.5%	3
17	Project Planning	11.5%	3
17	SDH	11.5%	3

Microsoft Office Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Excel	23.1%	6
2	MS Visio	11.5%	3
3	AutoCAD	3.8%	1
3	Microsoft PowerPoint	3.8%	1
3	Navisworks	3.8%	1
3	ProjectWise	3.8%	1
3	Revit	3.8%	1