Microsoft Certification Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Certification
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 57 106
Rank change year-on-year +1 +49 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 11 15 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.76% 1.84% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.66% 9.43% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 3
10th Percentile - £175 £370
25th Percentile £150 £260 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £340 £450
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% -24.44% -
75th Percentile £431 £466 £469
90th Percentile £454 £508 £480
Scotland median daily rate £338 £325 £119
% change year-on-year +3.85% +172.42% +1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile - £13.35 -
25th Percentile £21.00 £13.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% - -
75th Percentile £23.53 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £24.21 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year +25.71% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 127 159 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.32% 19.51% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 89 126
10th Percentile £237 £179 £166
25th Percentile £400 £370 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £513
90th Percentile £600 £646 £606
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 5
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.43 £21.42
25th Percentile £21.61 £16.31 £21.67
Median hourly rate £23.00 £17.75 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.58% -65.87% +9.47%
75th Percentile £28.38 £45.00 £54.50
90th Percentile £45.80 £60.00 £62.30
Scotland median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
% change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Edinburgh

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Edinburgh

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Edinburgh

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Service Desk Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (45.45%) Support Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
3 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Device Driver
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (9.09%) PKI
3 1 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (9.09%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) ITIL
2 9 (81.82%) Task Automation
3 8 (72.73%) Customer Service
4 7 (63.64%) Customer Experience
4 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Time Management
6 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
7 1 (9.09%) Change Management
7 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (9.09%) Data Management
7 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 1 (9.09%) ETL
7 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (9.09%) Security Testing
7 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) A+ Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (18.18%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Databricks