Microsoft Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Microsoft
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Lanarkshire 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 27 February 2026, 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
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 4 0 27
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 16.00% - 17.20%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% - 44.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 19
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile £775 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.58%
75th Percentile £825 - £700
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £460 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +22.67% -16.67% +8.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 £22.94 £16.71
% change year-on-year -21.53% +37.27% -21.40%

All Vendors
South Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12 2 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 48.00% 33.33% 38.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 40
10th Percentile - - £357
25th Percentile £610 £355 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 £360 £595
Median % change year-on-year +81.39% -39.50% +32.22%
75th Percentile £825 £365 £650
90th Percentile £833 - £700
Scotland median daily rate £474 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.36% -5.26% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year +6.61% +20.97% -8.28%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Microsoft

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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 within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 27 February 2026. 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 - 4 £800 - 1
Microsoft
Scotland

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Support
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google