Microsoft 365 Contracts in Scotland

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 34 41
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 132 186 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 6.06% 6.74% 5.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.23% 18.60% 17.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 141 136
10th Percentile £166 £146 £126
25th Percentile £199 £160 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £270 £338
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -20.00% -10.60%
75th Percentile £430 £446 £475
90th Percentile £538 £550 £525
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 8
10th Percentile £15.26 £13.67 £15.70
25th Percentile £15.69 £14.43 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £15.83 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -20.85% -
75th Percentile £17.50 £17.35 £24.57
90th Percentile - £18.19 £37.55
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.89% +5.71% +10.24%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 724 1,000 1,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.26% 36.22% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 749 770
10th Percentile £243 £250 £300
25th Percentile £369 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - +7.34%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 19
10th Percentile £15.32 £18.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.23 £45.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £60.55 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.92% +83.48% -65.63%
75th Percentile £18.54 £66.50 £47.25
90th Percentile £31.27 £76.00 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £21.19 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% +59.09% -2.22%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Glasgow +20 65 £350 -15.15% 22
Edinburgh -8 39 £258 +1.22% 34
South Lanarkshire +5 5 £370 -0.11% 1
Stirling 0 4 £420 +158.86%
Dundee +7 2 £166 -7.78% 1
Aberdeen - 1 £325 - 3
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 44 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 18 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (2.27%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.52%) CMS
6 1 (0.76%) Drupal
6 1 (0.76%) Moodle
6 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (21.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (6.82%) Photoshop
5 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.27%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.52%) Maximo
3 1 (0.76%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.76%) Azure
2 24 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 22 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.36%) Yammer
5 13 (9.85%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (9.09%) OneDrive
7 11 (8.33%) Canva
7 11 (8.33%) Slack
8 9 (6.82%) PowerApps
9 8 (6.06%) AWS
10 6 (4.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 6 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (3.79%) Power Automate
12 3 (2.27%) AWS Direct Connect
12 3 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
13 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.61%) Intranet
2 11 (8.33%) Firewall
3 8 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.27%) NAS
4 3 (2.27%) SAN
4 3 (2.27%) Skype
4 3 (2.27%) SSL
5 2 (1.52%) DNS
5 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.76%) LAN
6 1 (0.76%) Network Security
6 1 (0.76%) VoIP
6 1 (0.76%) WAN
6 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.30%) Power BI
2 6 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.76%) DTS
4 1 (0.76%) Metadata
General
1 50 (37.88%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 22 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (12.88%) Finance
5 12 (9.09%) Publishing
6 11 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.79%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (26.52%) Analyst
2 24 (18.18%) IT Support
3 15 (11.36%) Change Analyst
4 14 (10.61%) IT Analyst
5 12 (9.09%) Content Manager
5 12 (9.09%) Support Analyst
6 9 (6.82%) IT Manager
7 8 (6.06%) IT Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) Senior
7 8 (6.06%) Support Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Support Officer
8 6 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (4.55%) Service Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (3.79%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (3.03%) 1st Line Support
10 4 (3.03%) Coordinator
10 4 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.03%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.33%) Video Editing
2 5 (3.79%) CMDB
2 5 (3.79%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.03%) PKI
3 4 (3.03%) Smartphone
4 3 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.27%) iPhone
4 3 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.52%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.52%) iPad
6 1 (0.76%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.76%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 38 (28.79%) Windows
2 26 (19.70%) Windows 10
3 10 (7.58%) Apple iOS
4 8 (6.06%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.27%) Android
7 2 (1.52%) Linux
8 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (15.15%) Project Management
3 18 (13.64%) Infographics
3 18 (13.64%) ITIL
4 17 (12.88%) Agile
5 16 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (9.85%) Change Management
6 13 (9.85%) Customer Service
7 10 (7.58%) Copywriting
7 10 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (6.82%) Wireframes
9 8 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (6.06%) Logistics
9 8 (6.06%) Waterfall
10 7 (5.30%) Migration
11 6 (4.55%) Cloud Operations
11 6 (4.55%) Data Protection
11 6 (4.55%) Incident Management
11 6 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (4.55%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (3.79%) AWS Certification
2 5 (3.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 5 (3.79%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.27%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (2.27%) MCSE
5 1 (0.76%) APMP
5 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.76%) CCNA
5 1 (0.76%) CCNP
5 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.03%) PMO
3 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 47 (35.61%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.27%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (9.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (9.85%) SCCM
2 3 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 91 (68.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.06%) Citrix
3 7 (5.30%) Apple
3 7 (5.30%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.55%) Oracle
5 5 (3.79%) Cisco
6 4 (3.03%) Adobe
6 4 (3.03%) MuleSoft
6 4 (3.03%) Nintex
7 3 (2.27%) HP
7 3 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.52%) Meraki
8 2 (1.52%) Mitel
8 2 (1.52%) VMware
9 1 (0.76%) Cadence
9 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.76%) Equitrac
9 1 (0.76%) IFS
9 1 (0.76%) Palo Alto