Microsoft Office Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Office
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 76 56
Rank change year-on-year +25 -20 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Office 78 99 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.64% 3.67% 4.31%
As % of the Applications category 32.77% 39.44% 48.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 71 106
10th Percentile £176 £150 £135
25th Percentile £192 £180 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 £325 £230
Median % change year-on-year -36.54% +41.30% -
75th Percentile £291 £425 £373
90th Percentile £489 £518 £503
UK median daily rate £263 £375 £315
% change year-on-year -30.00% +19.05% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 6
10th Percentile - £26.38 £16.38
25th Percentile £11.50 £39.36 £18.29
Median hourly rate £12.23 £62.00 £30.98
Median % change year-on-year -80.28% +100.16% +95.30%
75th Percentile £18.20 £63.00 £51.98
90th Percentile £21.94 - £56.88
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £22.63 £16.61
% change year-on-year -29.30% +36.24% +7.16%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 238 251 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.10% 9.31% 8.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 195 217
10th Percentile £156 £164 £153
25th Percentile £200 £250 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £431 £463 £450
90th Percentile £539 £538 £516
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £440
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 13
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.51 £15.28
25th Percentile £12.15 £16.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £15.75 £18.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -28.85% +48.57%
75th Percentile £19.75 £43.38 £40.75
90th Percentile £19.94 £63.00 £52.59
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.83 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.68% +29.44% +21.13%

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 2 June 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Office in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 June 2024. 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
Edinburgh +37 42 £239 +36.43% 25
Glasgow +7 24 £250 -33.55% 25
Renfrewshire -3 2 £285 -21.38%
Argyll and Bute - 2 £193 - 2
South Lanarkshire +6 1 £575 +161.36% 1
Inverclyde - 1 £375 -
Lanarkshire - 1 £185 - 14
Midlothian - 1 - - 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 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.85%) Confluence
3 3 (3.85%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (17.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.41%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.28%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) iTrent
2 2 (2.56%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.28%) assyst
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.13%) OneDrive
3 2 (2.56%) Azure
3 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.28%) OCI
4 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (24.36%) DHCP
1 19 (24.36%) DNS
1 19 (24.36%) VPN
2 5 (6.41%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (3.85%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.28%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 32 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 16 (20.51%) Finance
4 9 (11.54%) Mandarin Language
5 6 (7.69%) Legal
5 6 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Back Office
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Local Government
7 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Avionics
8 1 (1.28%) Marketing
8 1 (1.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Analyst
2 15 (19.23%) Desktop Engineer
3 13 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 13 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 12 (15.38%) Administrator
5 9 (11.54%) IT Analyst
5 9 (11.54%) IT Support
5 9 (11.54%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (8.97%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 6 (7.69%) Network Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Coordinator
8 5 (6.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Help Desk Administrator
8 5 (6.41%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) IT Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Systems Administrator
10 2 (2.56%) Configuration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.41%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.85%) CMDB
3 3 (3.85%) iPhone
3 3 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.28%) NHS
4 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.28%) Social Media
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (44.87%) Windows
2 28 (35.90%) Windows 10
3 15 (19.23%) Windows 7
4 5 (6.41%) Mac OS X
4 5 (6.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (5.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.28%) Android
6 1 (1.28%) Linux
6 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.49%) ITIL
2 19 (24.36%) Customer Service
3 18 (23.08%) Break/Fix
4 17 (21.79%) Service Delivery
5 8 (10.26%) Agile
6 7 (8.97%) Asset Management
7 6 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (7.69%) Project Management
8 5 (6.41%) Document Management
8 5 (6.41%) Impact Assessments
8 5 (6.41%) Line Management
8 5 (6.41%) Time Management
8 5 (6.41%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (5.13%) Business Analysis
9 4 (5.13%) Change Management
9 4 (5.13%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.13%) Workflow
10 3 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (3.85%) Customer-Centricity
10 3 (3.85%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.28%) Java
1 1 (1.28%) Perl
1 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 26 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (20.51%) Degree
4 15 (19.23%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.56%) HNC
6 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) SLA
2 4 (5.13%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (3.85%) PMO
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.28%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.28%) NIST
4 1 (1.28%) QA
4 1 (1.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 29 (37.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (32.05%) SCCM
2 3 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 19 (24.36%) Cisco
3 8 (10.26%) Apple
4 3 (3.85%) Citrix
4 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.56%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.28%) Adobe
6 1 (1.28%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.28%) IFS
6 1 (1.28%) Okta
6 1 (1.28%) Oracle
6 1 (1.28%) Reuters
6 1 (1.28%) SAP