Microsoft Certification Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 145 141
Rank change year-on-year +42 -4 -40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 30 19 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.35% 0.67% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.86% 3.20% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 26
10th Percentile £135 £105 £111
25th Percentile £148 £108 £116
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £119 £122
Median % change year-on-year +151.47% -1.81% -70.55%
75th Percentile £338 £320 £260
90th Percentile £488 £479 £422
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £13.35 - -
25th Percentile £13.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -26.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 617 594 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 27.79% 20.82% 17.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 417 373
10th Percentile £188 £163 £177
25th Percentile £370 £370 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £660 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 20
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.95 £19.75
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £40.94 £21.67 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.92% -38.08% -4.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.02 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.70 £66.50 £56.01
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.93% +31.94% +6.31%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
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 Certification within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +44 14 £369 -10.61% 8
Glasgow +10 14 £325 +180.78% 10
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
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 6 (20.00%) IIS
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (13.33%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) SAN
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (63.33%) Public Sector
2 9 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
1 9 (30.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support
4 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Security Specialist
4 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Junior
5 3 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Junior Desktop Support
6 2 (6.67%) Junior Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Junior Support Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 12 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (30.00%) Driving Licence
3 6 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (10.00%) PKI
6 1 (3.33%) Clustering
6 1 (3.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (40.00%) Windows
2 10 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (20.00%) CentOS
3 6 (20.00%) Debian
3 6 (20.00%) Linux
3 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) ITIL
2 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (20.00%) Service Management
4 5 (16.67%) Break/Fix
4 5 (16.67%) ITSM
4 5 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 4 (13.33%) Agile
5 4 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (10.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Email Filtering
6 3 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (10.00%) Security Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Static Application Security Testing
7 2 (6.67%) Data Extraction
7 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) MCSE
2 9 (30.00%) MCP
3 6 (20.00%) A+ Certification
3 6 (20.00%) CCNA
3 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (20.00%) MCSA
3 6 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
3 6 (20.00%) RHCT
4 4 (13.33%) Degree
5 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (30.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (20.00%) KVM
3 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (36.67%) Dell
3 6 (20.00%) Citrix
3 6 (20.00%) Red Hat
3 6 (20.00%) VMware
4 5 (16.67%) HP
5 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow