Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 7.14% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £406 £375 £338
% change year-on-year +8.33% +11.11% +35.68%

All Cloud Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 7.14% 14.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +1.05%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Inverness - 1 £425 -
Microsoft 365
Scotland

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Email Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft