Microsoft Contracts in South Ayrshire

Microsoft
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Ayrshire requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 75.00% - 11.76%
As % of the Vendors category 75.00% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £147
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £340 £400
% change year-on-year +32.35% -15.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.23 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year +43.71% +40.00% -29.02%

All Vendors
South Ayrshire

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in South Ayrshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 100.00% - 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £214 - £181
25th Percentile £217 - £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £228 - £260
75th Percentile £236 - £270
90th Percentile £237 - £288
Scotland median daily rate £463 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +5.71% -7.89% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.23 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.05 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +5.07% +2.31% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in South Ayrshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in South Ayrshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in South Ayrshire

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Contract Job Locations in South Ayrshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Prestwick - 3 £225 - 4
Microsoft
Scotland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Ayrshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
2 2 (66.67%) IT Support Specialist
2 2 (66.67%) Support Specialist
3 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix