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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 47 75
Rank change year-on-year -21 +28 -13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 49 81 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.94% 3.90% 3.57%
As % of the Applications category 30.82% 33.89% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 46 67
10th Percentile £162 £154 £154
25th Percentile £191 £190 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £206 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.79% -41.07% +48.94%
75th Percentile £399 £269 £431
90th Percentile £518 £494 £506
UK median daily rate £344 £275 £375
% change year-on-year +24.93% -26.67% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.02 £11.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £16.67 £12.75 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +30.71% -32.65% -54.87%
75th Percentile £19.97 £18.27 £63.00
90th Percentile £21.19 £18.56 -
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £16.06 £22.57
% change year-on-year +15.26% -28.84% +28.97%

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 159 239 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 9.53% 11.52% 9.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 130 187
10th Percentile £166 £156 £173
25th Percentile £239 £200 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -13.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £473 £424 £463
90th Percentile £550 £539 £550
UK median daily rate £414 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.44% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 13
10th Percentile - £11.50 £13.04
25th Percentile £16.02 £12.15 £17.72
Median hourly rate £18.45 £16.25 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -14.16% -28.36%
75th Percentile £19.97 £19.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £21.19 £19.94 £62.90
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £16.66 £26.48
% change year-on-year +48.02% -37.08% +18.21%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -15 20 £390 +68.65% 35
Edinburgh -15 11 £192 -19.32% 22
Aberdeenshire - 5 - - 1
Fife +1 4 - - 1
Argyll and Bute +2 2 £166 -13.81% 1
Clackmannanshire +2 2 - - 1
Dundee +2 2 £208 +53.70% 2
Aberdeen - 1 £310 - 10
West Lothian - 1 £163 - 4
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 7 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.20%) Azure
3 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) LAN
1 4 (8.16%) TCP/IP
1 4 (8.16%) VPN
1 4 (8.16%) WAN
2 3 (6.12%) BGP
2 3 (6.12%) Firewall
2 3 (6.12%) OSPF
2 3 (6.12%) Wireless
3 2 (4.08%) Internet
3 2 (4.08%) Network Security
3 2 (4.08%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.04%) DHCP
4 1 (2.04%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) LabVIEW
2 2 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 27 (55.10%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.65%) Public Sector
3 13 (26.53%) Finance
4 8 (16.33%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (12.24%) Banking
6 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (6.12%) Electronics
7 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.12%) Retail Banking
8 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (10.20%) Coordinator
3 5 (10.20%) IT Support
4 4 (8.16%) Administrator
4 4 (8.16%) Business Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.12%) Development Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Network Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Test Development Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (4.08%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Analogue Electronics
1 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.08%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.04%) iPad
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.49%) Windows
2 4 (8.16%) Linux
2 4 (8.16%) Ubuntu
2 4 (8.16%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.08%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.53%) Agile
2 12 (24.49%) Customer Service
3 10 (20.41%) Asset Management
3 10 (20.41%) ITSM
3 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (16.33%) Service Management
5 7 (14.29%) ITIL
6 6 (12.24%) Logistics
7 5 (10.20%) Innovative Thinking
7 5 (10.20%) Inventory Management
7 5 (10.20%) IT Asset Management
7 5 (10.20%) Visualisation
8 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.16%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (8.16%) Time Management
9 3 (6.12%) Change Management
9 3 (6.12%) Data Analysis
9 3 (6.12%) Software Engineering
9 3 (6.12%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) CCNP
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.04%) AAT
5 1 (2.04%) ACCA
5 1 (2.04%) CIPFA
5 1 (2.04%) HNC
5 1 (2.04%) ISACA
5 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) PMO
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.04%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (16.33%) SCCM
3 3 (6.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 40 (81.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.24%) HP
4 4 (8.16%) Cisco
5 3 (6.12%) Juniper
5 3 (6.12%) Mentor Graphics
5 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.08%) SAP
7 1 (2.04%) Adobe