Microsoft Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 302 378 419
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 13.68% 13.24% 11.90%
As % of the Vendors category 33.82% 32.98% 36.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 291 300
10th Percentile £161 £146 £135
25th Percentile £200 £181 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £539 £524 £525
90th Percentile £675 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 8
10th Percentile £11.50 £20.93 £11.88
25th Percentile £15.26 £21.14 £14.29
Median hourly rate £17.00 £42.93 £16.13
Median % change year-on-year -60.40% +166.23% -7.86%
75th Percentile £18.27 £63.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £59.00 - £23.20
UK median hourly rate £15.30 £23.52 £18.55
% change year-on-year -34.96% +26.78% +6.00%

All Vendors
Scotland

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 893 1,146 1,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 40.46% 40.15% 32.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 827 777
10th Percentile £184 £175 £175
25th Percentile £350 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% +5.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £538
90th Percentile £688 £629 £600
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 16 31
10th Percentile £13.28 £21.26 £12.05
25th Percentile £16.00 £43.86 £16.99
Median hourly rate £17.50 £59.03 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.35% +47.56% +24.03%
75th Percentile £55.63 £65.39 £48.38
90th Percentile £60.00 £69.38 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +2 117 £381 -10.29% 84
Edinburgh +5 116 £450 +12.50% 91
Renfrewshire +3 21 £175 -51.72% 2
South Lanarkshire +10 18 £590 +74.81% 6
Dundee +3 3 £166 -59.76% 3
Aberdeen -3 3 £325 +150.00% 20
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
Perthshire +2 1 £675 +31.71% 2
Fife -4 1 - - 5
Lanarkshire -6 1 £185 -22.11% 32
Midlothian - 1 - - 28
Argyll and Bute - 1 £200 - 1
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
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 (14.57%) SharePoint
2 27 (8.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.99%) Confluence
4 4 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.32%) IIS
5 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.99%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) Moodle
6 2 (0.66%) WordPress
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Drupal
7 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
7 1 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 77 (25.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (17.22%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (10.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.97%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (3.64%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.66%) iTrent
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.66%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.33%) assyst
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 92 (30.46%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (19.21%) Azure
3 56 (18.54%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.28%) PowerApps
5 24 (7.95%) Power Automate
6 22 (7.28%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (6.95%) AWS
7 21 (6.95%) Entra ID
8 15 (4.97%) Yammer
9 11 (3.64%) SaaS
10 10 (3.31%) OCI
10 10 (3.31%) OneDrive
11 8 (2.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 8 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (1.99%) IaaS
12 6 (1.99%) PaaS
13 3 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
13 3 (0.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.99%) GCP
13 3 (0.99%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.96%) DNS
2 13 (4.30%) DHCP
3 12 (3.97%) Firewall
4 10 (3.31%) Remote Desktop
5 9 (2.98%) VPN
6 8 (2.65%) LAN
6 8 (2.65%) WAN
7 5 (1.66%) SMTP
7 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.99%) SAN
8 3 (0.99%) Skype
8 3 (0.99%) VLAN
9 2 (0.66%) Intranet
10 1 (0.33%) Network Security
10 1 (0.33%) VoIP
10 1 (0.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.26%) Power BI
2 13 (4.30%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.31%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (3.31%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 5 (1.66%) Tableau
5 2 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.66%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.66%) DTS
5 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.33%) Big Data
6 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.33%) Power Query
6 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (6.95%) JIRA
2 2 (0.66%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.66%) ERwin
3 1 (0.33%) GitLab
3 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.33%) Selenium
3 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 108 (35.76%) Social Skills
2 99 (32.78%) Public Sector
3 60 (19.87%) Finance
4 38 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.94%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (5.63%) Banking
7 13 (4.30%) Publishing
8 11 (3.64%) Legal
9 9 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.32%) Billing
10 7 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.66%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.66%) Local Government
14 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 92 (30.46%) Analyst
2 26 (8.61%) Senior
3 25 (8.28%) Architect
4 24 (7.95%) IT Support
4 24 (7.95%) Support Analyst
5 17 (5.63%) IT Analyst
6 15 (4.97%) Change Analyst
6 15 (4.97%) Consultant
6 15 (4.97%) Data Analyst
6 15 (4.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (4.30%) Support Engineer
8 12 (3.97%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.64%) IT Support Analyst
10 10 (3.31%) 1st Line Support
10 10 (3.31%) Administrator
10 10 (3.31%) IT Engineer
11 9 (2.98%) Desktop Support
11 9 (2.98%) Windows Engineer
12 8 (2.65%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.99%) .NET
2 5 (1.66%) LDAP
2 5 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.32%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.32%) Web Services
4 3 (0.99%) J2EE
5 2 (0.66%) Kafka
5 2 (0.66%) RESTful
6 1 (0.33%) EJB
6 1 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.33%) OpenTracing
6 1 (0.33%) Spring
6 1 (0.33%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.33%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.64%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.31%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.65%) Clustering
3 8 (2.65%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (2.32%) PKI
5 6 (1.99%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.66%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.32%) DTCC
7 4 (1.32%) iPhone
7 4 (1.32%) Market Risk
8 3 (0.99%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.99%) CMDB
8 3 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.99%) iPad
8 3 (0.99%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 71 (23.51%) Windows
2 28 (9.27%) Windows 10
3 21 (6.95%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.65%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.32%) Linux
6 6 (1.99%) Android
6 6 (1.99%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.99%) Unix
7 5 (1.66%) Mac OS X
7 5 (1.66%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.32%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.23%) Agile
2 38 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
4 32 (10.60%) Customer Service
4 32 (10.60%) ITIL
5 28 (9.27%) Project Delivery
6 26 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (8.28%) Project Management
8 22 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (6.95%) Migration
10 20 (6.62%) Roadmaps
11 19 (6.29%) Analytics
11 19 (6.29%) Data Analysis
12 18 (5.96%) ERP
13 16 (5.30%) Change Management
13 16 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (4.97%) Asset Management
14 15 (4.97%) Service Management
14 15 (4.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (4.97%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.93%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.29%) SQL
3 13 (4.30%) Python
4 4 (1.32%) Java
4 4 (1.32%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.99%) Bash
6 2 (0.66%) C#
6 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
6 2 (0.66%) Scala
7 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 45 (14.90%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.92%) Degree
4 18 (5.96%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.31%) MCP
7 9 (2.98%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.32%) HNC
9 5 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (1.66%) CCNA
9 5 (1.66%) CCNP
9 5 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.32%) MCSE
11 3 (0.99%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.99%) APMP
11 3 (0.99%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.95%) PMO
2 20 (6.62%) Disclosure Scotland
3 16 (5.30%) SLA
4 8 (2.65%) QA
5 6 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.99%) NCSC
8 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.66%) NIST
9 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.33%) GDPR
9 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.33%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.33%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 63 (20.86%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.64%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (4.30%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.65%) BitLocker
6 7 (2.32%) vSphere
7 6 (1.99%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (1.66%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.66%) Docker
10 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (9.27%) SCCM
2 12 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.32%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.66%) vMotion
5 4 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.99%) WSUS
7 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.66%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.66%) Terraform
8 1 (0.33%) Ansible
8 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.33%) vRealize
8 1 (0.33%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 23 (7.62%) VMware
2 20 (6.62%) Oracle
3 15 (4.97%) Atlassian
4 13 (4.30%) Citrix
5 10 (3.31%) Cisco
6 9 (2.98%) Apple
6 9 (2.98%) McAfee
7 8 (2.65%) Dell
7 8 (2.65%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.32%) Splunk
9 5 (1.66%) HP
9 5 (1.66%) Infoblox
10 4 (1.32%) Adobe
10 4 (1.32%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.32%) F5
10 4 (1.32%) Informatica
10 4 (1.32%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.32%) Nintex
11 3 (0.99%) Databricks
12 2 (0.66%) IDERA