Microsoft 365 Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 29
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 8.33% 11.11% 3.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.00% 22.22% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £355 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £360 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -40.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile - £365 £688
90th Percentile - - £695
Scotland median daily rate £400 £375 £325
% change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% +30.65%

All Cloud Skills
South Lanarkshire

Microsoft 365 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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2 9 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 16.67% 50.00% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 14
10th Percentile - £378 £286
25th Percentile - £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £438 £638
Median % change year-on-year - -31.37% +41.67%
75th Percentile - £450 £700
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +1.05%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Microsoft 365.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
East Kilbride +3 1 - -
Microsoft 365
Scotland

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration