Microsoft Copilot Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Copilot
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft Copilot skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 111 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Copilot 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.18% 0.12% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.43% 0.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -
75th Percentile £419 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

Microsoft Copilot 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 692 659 742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 40.52% 40.06% 32.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 451 507
10th Percentile £310 £263 £275
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £557
90th Percentile £675 £600 £661
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 10
10th Percentile £12.57 £22.06 £15.39
25th Percentile £13.20 £22.50 £15.69
Median hourly rate £14.44 £24.18 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.28% +42.24% -70.43%
75th Percentile £50.00 £27.75 £17.67
90th Percentile £64.00 £28.38 £24.85
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £20.99
% change year-on-year +45.45% +31.05% -30.91%

Microsoft Copilot
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Microsoft Copilot job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsoft Copilot
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Copilot.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot
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 Copilot within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 April 2026. 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 0 2 - - 2
Glasgow - 1 £413 - 2
Microsoft Copilot
UK

Microsoft Copilot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft