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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 26 27
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 +20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 80 139 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.83% 6.52% 7.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.92% 19.15% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 103 148
10th Percentile £171 £156 £146
25th Percentile £192 £186 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £274
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +27.85% -16.41%
75th Percentile £394 £430 £452
90th Percentile £488 £534 £550
UK median daily rate £338 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -3.57% -12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £16.21 £15.80 £14.07
25th Percentile £17.90 £16.50 £15.44
Median hourly rate £21.22 £17.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -4.06% -11.40%
75th Percentile £25.06 £17.50 £18.24
90th Percentile £27.05 £20.84 £18.54
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £16.63 £19.00
% change year-on-year +35.30% -12.47% +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 619 726 962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 37.36% 34.07% 36.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 505 708
10th Percentile £311 £219 £250
25th Percentile £408 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £589 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 11
10th Percentile £16.21 £16.08 £17.72
25th Percentile £17.90 £16.50 £26.63
Median hourly rate £21.22 £17.00 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -71.92% +65.89%
75th Percentile £25.06 £22.28 £66.50
90th Percentile £27.05 £33.05 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £21.37 £37.00
% change year-on-year +31.02% -42.24% +65.18%

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 31 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 31 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 -5 30 £254 +28.70% 28
Glasgow -27 30 £344 -1.79% 35
Aberdeen +6 6 £350 +7.69% 15
Dundee +3 4 £193 - 3
Perthshire - 2 £375 -
Lanarkshire +3 1 £130 - 6
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £188 - 2
Perth and Kinross - 1 - - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £230 -
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 33 (41.25%) SharePoint
2 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.75%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (2.50%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.25%) Confluence
5 1 (1.25%) IIS
5 1 (1.25%) TPMS
Applications
1 21 (26.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (22.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (17.50%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.50%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.25%) Azure
2 12 (15.00%) Yammer
3 8 (10.00%) OneDrive
3 8 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 7 (8.75%) Entra ID
5 6 (7.50%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.75%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.25%) AWS
8 1 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.25%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.75%) Firewall
2 2 (2.50%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.25%) Intranet
3 1 (1.25%) SSL
3 1 (1.25%) VPN
3 1 (1.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) Power BI
2 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (7.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Git
General
1 37 (46.25%) Public Sector
2 35 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.75%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.00%) Finance
5 4 (5.00%) Publishing
6 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.25%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Legal
7 1 (1.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (48.75%) Analyst
2 12 (15.00%) Change Analyst
3 9 (11.25%) Deployment Engineer
4 8 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 8 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) IT Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) Support Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Administrator
6 4 (5.00%) Architect
6 4 (5.00%) Business Change Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) IT Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (3.75%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Communications Officer
7 3 (3.75%) Desktop Support
7 3 (3.75%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) IT Support
7 3 (3.75%) Senior
8 2 (2.50%) IT Technician
8 2 (2.50%) Service Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) SPFx
2 1 (1.25%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.25%) pytest
2 1 (1.25%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.75%) Management Information System
1 3 (3.75%) Social Media
2 2 (2.50%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.50%) Blog
2 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (2.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.50%) iPad
2 2 (2.50%) PKI
2 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.25%) CMDB
3 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.25%) EPoS
3 1 (1.25%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.25%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 32 (40.00%) Windows
2 14 (17.50%) Windows 10
3 10 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 9 (11.25%) Linux
5 6 (7.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (5.00%) Apple iOS
6 4 (5.00%) Ubuntu
7 3 (3.75%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.50%) Agile
2 25 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (25.00%) ITIL
4 17 (21.25%) Customer Service
5 15 (18.75%) Project Management
6 12 (15.00%) Change Management
7 11 (13.75%) ITSM
8 10 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (12.50%) Logistics
8 10 (12.50%) Waterfall
9 9 (11.25%) Infographics
9 9 (11.25%) Service Management
10 8 (10.00%) Coaching
10 8 (10.00%) Inventory Management
10 8 (10.00%) Mentoring
11 7 (8.75%) Data Protection
12 6 (7.50%) Asset Management
12 6 (7.50%) Line Management
12 6 (7.50%) Migration
13 5 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.75%) Python
3 2 (2.50%) Groovy
4 1 (1.25%) Bicep
4 1 (1.25%) C#
4 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.75%) HNC
5 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.25%) HND
6 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.25%) MCSE
6 1 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.50%) SLA
2 4 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (5.00%) GDPR
3 3 (3.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 21 (26.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.75%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.50%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.25%) Docker
4 1 (1.25%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (13.75%) SCCM
3 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.25%) Podman
3 1 (1.25%) RSA Archer
3 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.50%) HP
3 4 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.75%) Citrix
5 2 (2.50%) Apple
5 2 (2.50%) Cisco
5 2 (2.50%) Equitrac
5 2 (2.50%) Symantec
5 2 (2.50%) Twitter
5 2 (2.50%) VMware
6 1 (1.25%) Adobe
6 1 (1.25%) Google
6 1 (1.25%) Mitel
6 1 (1.25%) Netskope
6 1 (1.25%) Nintex
6 1 (1.25%) Oracle
6 1 (1.25%) Progress
6 1 (1.25%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.25%) SonicWALL
6 1 (1.25%) Splunk