Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 25 57
Rank change year-on-year -33 +32 -32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 24 49 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.29% 7.10% 2.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.51% 22.27% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 39 12
10th Percentile £200 £173 £153
25th Percentile £228 £291 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -8.11% +86.12%
75th Percentile £466 £575 £650
90th Percentile £520 £655 -
Scotland median daily rate £400 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £15.09 - £13.16
Scotland median hourly rate £15.09 £22.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -31.41% +24.15% +3.99%

All Cloud Skills
Glasgow

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 282 220 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 38.68% 31.88% 31.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 154 183
10th Percentile £316 £275 £365
25th Percentile £413 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.15%
75th Percentile £550 £534 £588
90th Percentile £638 £600 £668
Scotland median daily rate £495 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.47
25th Percentile - £18.50 £23.93
Median hourly rate £15.09 £19.00 £35.33
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -46.22% +168.47%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £47.35
90th Percentile - - £54.19
Scotland median hourly rate £37.55 £21.14 £23.86
% change year-on-year +77.58% -11.39% +34.65%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Glasgow

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Glasgow over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Glasgow

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Yammer
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) IaaS
4 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.17%) DHCP
2 1 (4.17%) DNS
2 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
2 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (70.83%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Change Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Administrator
5 2 (8.33%) Desktop Administrator
5 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support Administrator
6 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Field Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Field Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Python Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) FastAPI
1 1 (4.17%) pytest
1 1 (4.17%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (62.50%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) Windows 10
3 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (12.50%) Linux
5 3 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Agile
1 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) ITIL
3 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (20.83%) Project Management
4 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
5 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 3 (12.50%) Infographics
6 3 (12.50%) ITSM
6 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 3 (12.50%) Service Management
6 3 (12.50%) Time Management
7 2 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
7 2 (8.33%) Inventory Management
7 2 (8.33%) Line Management
7 2 (8.33%) Logistics
7 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
7 2 (8.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Bicep
1 1 (4.17%) Python
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) HNC
2 1 (4.17%) HND
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.17%) Podman
1 1 (4.17%) RSA Archer
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (4.17%) Netskope
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Proofpoint
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk
3 1 (4.17%) Symantec