Microsoft Office Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Office
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office 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 60 60 72
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 -20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 58 72 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.57% 3.25% 3.56%
As % of the Applications category 31.35% 30.13% 38.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 35 73
10th Percentile £162 £160 £148
25th Percentile £192 £183 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £200 £325
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -38.46% +41.30%
75th Percentile £400 £419 £400
90th Percentile £565 £588 £512
UK median daily rate £325 £255 £375
% change year-on-year +27.29% -31.91% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile - - £26.38
25th Percentile £16.02 £11.50 £39.36
Median hourly rate £17.50 £11.70 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.57% -81.13% +290.92%
75th Percentile £18.25 £18.27 £63.00
90th Percentile £19.98 £25.62 -
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £22.77
% change year-on-year +6.25% -29.72% +34.88%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 185 239 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.38% 10.78% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 129 206
10th Percentile £190 £157 £163
25th Percentile £263 £205 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £384
Median % change year-on-year - -2.28% +4.14%
75th Percentile £458 £488 £475
90th Percentile £566 £555 £550
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 8
10th Percentile £16.02 £11.50 £14.88
25th Percentile £16.75 £12.15 £17.29
Median hourly rate £20.29 £17.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -14.63% +11.34%
75th Percentile £26.09 £19.75 £56.06
90th Percentile £28.38 £21.76 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
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 Office 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
Glasgow +2 24 £395 +14.35% 19
Edinburgh -5 18 £195 -13.28% 12
Dundee +3 4 £198 +18.98%
Fife - 4 £115 - 1
Argyll and Bute -2 2 £166 -13.81% 1
Perthshire - 2 £375 -
Aberdeenshire - 2 - - 3
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
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 9 (15.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (20.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.72%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) iTrent
2 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.72%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 16 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.52%) Azure
3 8 (13.79%) Power Platform
4 6 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.90%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) VPN
2 3 (5.17%) BGP
2 3 (5.17%) Firewall
2 3 (5.17%) Internet
2 3 (5.17%) LAN
2 3 (5.17%) OSPF
2 3 (5.17%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.17%) WAN
2 3 (5.17%) Wireless
3 2 (3.45%) Network Security
3 2 (3.45%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.72%) DHCP
4 1 (1.72%) DNS
4 1 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.79%) Power BI
2 1 (1.72%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) JIRA
2 3 (5.17%) LabVIEW
General
1 22 (37.93%) Finance
1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 21 (36.21%) Public Sector
3 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Banking
6 3 (5.17%) Electronics
6 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Analyst
2 7 (12.07%) Administrator
3 6 (10.34%) Deployment Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (5.17%) Business Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Development Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Insight Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Lead
5 3 (5.17%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Performance Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Portfolio Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Support Analyst
5 3 (5.17%) Support Officer
5 3 (5.17%) Test Development Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Test Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (3.45%) Desktop Support
6 2 (3.45%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) CSS
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.17%) Analogue Electronics
1 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
1 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.45%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.45%) iPad
2 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.72%) FMCG
3 1 (1.72%) PDA
3 1 (1.72%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.14%) Windows
2 7 (12.07%) Windows 10
3 4 (6.90%) Linux
3 4 (6.90%) Ubuntu
4 2 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.72%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.72%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.76%) Agile
2 18 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (18.97%) ITSM
4 10 (17.24%) Asset Management
4 10 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 9 (15.52%) Decision-Making
5 9 (15.52%) ITIL
6 8 (13.79%) Service Management
6 8 (13.79%) Visualisation
7 7 (12.07%) DevOps
8 6 (10.34%) Data Analysis
8 6 (10.34%) Innovative Thinking
8 6 (10.34%) Logistics
9 5 (8.62%) Inventory Management
9 5 (8.62%) IT Asset Management
9 5 (8.62%) Programme Management
9 5 (8.62%) Time Management
10 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (6.90%) Cost Management
10 4 (6.90%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (22.41%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.17%) A+ Certification
4 3 (5.17%) CCNP
4 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.45%) HNC
5 2 (3.45%) MCP
6 1 (1.72%) AAT
6 1 (1.72%) ACCA
6 1 (1.72%) CIPFA
6 1 (1.72%) Dell Certification
6 1 (1.72%) ISACA
6 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.72%) MCSE
6 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) PMO
2 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (15.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) SCCM
2 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.17%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.72%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.72%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (1.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 42 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.79%) ServiceNow
3 7 (12.07%) HP
4 5 (8.62%) Cisco
5 3 (5.17%) Juniper
5 3 (5.17%) Mentor Graphics
5 3 (5.17%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.45%) Adobe
6 2 (3.45%) Sage
7 1 (1.72%) Bomgar
7 1 (1.72%) Dell
7 1 (1.72%) ESRI
7 1 (1.72%) Lotus
7 1 (1.72%) Oracle
7 1 (1.72%) Peregrine
7 1 (1.72%) Remedy
7 1 (1.72%) SAP