Microsoft 365 Contracts in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 97 135 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.97% 6.09% 6.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.04% 18.29% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 98 144
10th Percentile £158 £169 £146
25th Percentile £192 £200 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £350 £270
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +29.63% -18.18%
75th Percentile £410 £464 £447
90th Percentile £500 £549 £550
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £393
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.83% +4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 2
10th Percentile £21.84 £15.32 £17.77
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.42 £17.85
Median hourly rate £24.09 £17.00 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +41.71% -6.13% -9.45%
75th Percentile £27.91 £17.50 £18.49
90th Percentile £28.38 £17.57 £18.65
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +32.35% -10.53% +8.57%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 645 738 1,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.69% 33.29% 36.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 504 774
10th Percentile £305 £258 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% - -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £659 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 11
10th Percentile £21.84 £15.39 £18.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.69 £45.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £17.00 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year +41.71% -71.92% +65.89%
75th Percentile £27.91 £17.67 £66.50
90th Percentile £28.38 £24.85 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Edinburgh +6 44 £250 -39.02% 13
Glasgow -20 33 £363 +3.57% 25
Aberdeen +7 7 £350 +7.69% 7
Dundee +2 4 £193 +15.96%
Perthshire - 4 £375 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 - 9
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £188 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 - - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 £130 - 8
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 50 (51.55%) SharePoint
2 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.09%) IIS
4 2 (2.06%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.03%) Confluence
5 1 (1.03%) TPMS
Applications
1 27 (27.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (22.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (37.11%) Azure
2 18 (18.56%) Power Platform
3 16 (16.49%) Yammer
4 8 (8.25%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.22%) OneDrive
5 7 (7.22%) PowerApps
6 4 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.12%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.03%) AWS
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.19%) Firewall
2 3 (3.09%) SSL
3 2 (2.06%) HTTP
3 2 (2.06%) HTTPS
3 2 (2.06%) Intranet
3 2 (2.06%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.03%) Network Security
4 1 (1.03%) VPN
4 1 (1.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.28%) Power BI
2 4 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.06%) OLAP
4 1 (1.03%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.03%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (7.22%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) Git
General
1 44 (45.36%) Social Skills
2 38 (39.18%) Public Sector
3 23 (23.71%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.40%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (10.31%) Finance
6 5 (5.15%) Marketing
7 4 (4.12%) Publishing
8 2 (2.06%) Electronics
8 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (41.24%) Analyst
2 16 (16.49%) Change Analyst
3 11 (11.34%) Support Engineer
4 8 (8.25%) Deployment Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) Business Change Analyst
5 6 (6.19%) IT Analyst
5 6 (6.19%) IT Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) Support Analyst
6 5 (5.15%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (5.15%) Desktop Support
6 5 (5.15%) Developer
6 5 (5.15%) Exchange Engineer
6 5 (5.15%) Exchange Support
6 5 (5.15%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 5 (5.15%) Security Specialist
7 4 (4.12%) Architect
7 4 (4.12%) IT Support
7 4 (4.12%) Portfolio Analyst
8 3 (3.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Communications Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.06%) SPFx
2 1 (1.03%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.03%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.22%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (5.15%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.15%) PKI
3 4 (4.12%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.09%) Social Media
5 2 (2.06%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.06%) Blog
5 2 (2.06%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.06%) iPad
5 2 (2.06%) iPhone
5 2 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.03%) CMDB
6 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.03%) EPoS
6 1 (1.03%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.03%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.03%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (34.02%) Windows
2 12 (12.37%) Windows Server
3 11 (11.34%) Windows 10
4 8 (8.25%) Linux
5 5 (5.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.12%) Ubuntu
7 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.06%) Android
8 2 (2.06%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.06%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (38.14%) Agile
2 26 (26.80%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (20.62%) ITIL
4 19 (19.59%) Project Management
5 14 (14.43%) Change Management
5 14 (14.43%) Customer Service
6 13 (13.40%) Waterfall
7 11 (11.34%) Infographics
8 10 (10.31%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (10.31%) ITSM
8 10 (10.31%) Logistics
8 10 (10.31%) Service Management
9 9 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (9.28%) Time Management
10 8 (8.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 7 (7.22%) Coaching
11 7 (7.22%) Data Protection
11 7 (7.22%) DevOps
11 7 (7.22%) Inventory Management
11 7 (7.22%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.22%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.09%) Python
3 2 (2.06%) Groovy
3 2 (2.06%) SQL
4 1 (1.03%) Bicep
4 1 (1.03%) C#
4 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (21.65%) Degree
2 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.06%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.06%) HNC
4 2 (2.06%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.03%) CISM
5 1 (1.03%) CISSP
5 1 (1.03%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.03%) MCSE
5 1 (1.03%) SSCP
5 1 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.19%) QA
2 5 (5.15%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (4.12%) GDPR
3 4 (4.12%) SLA
4 3 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.06%) PMO
6 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (25.77%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.19%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.06%) BitLocker
4 2 (2.06%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.03%) Docker
5 1 (1.03%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (23.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (16.49%) SCCM
3 2 (2.06%) WSUS
4 1 (1.03%) CASB
4 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.03%) Podman
4 1 (1.03%) RSA Archer
4 1 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (64.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.31%) Citrix
3 6 (6.19%) HP
4 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.09%) VMware
5 2 (2.06%) Cisco
5 2 (2.06%) Equitrac
5 2 (2.06%) SAP
5 2 (2.06%) Symantec
5 2 (2.06%) Twitter
6 1 (1.03%) Adobe
6 1 (1.03%) Apple
6 1 (1.03%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.03%) Commvault
6 1 (1.03%) Dell
6 1 (1.03%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.03%) Google
6 1 (1.03%) Oracle
6 1 (1.03%) Progress
6 1 (1.03%) Salesforce