Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Inverness

Microsoft
Highlands > Inverness

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Inverness 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 12 January 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
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Inverness 11.11% - -
As % of the Vendors 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 - - -
Highlands median daily rate £425 - -

All Vendors
Inverness

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 Inverness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Inverness 11.11% 16.67% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £325 £200
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +62.50% -51.81%
75th Percentile £438 £338 -
90th Percentile - - -
Highlands median daily rate £425 £301 £200
% change year-on-year +41.43% +50.25% -51.81%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Inverness

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Inverness

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Inverness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Inverness

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness 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%) Microsoft 365
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