Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £456 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £438 £128 £153
% change year-on-year +243.14% -16.53% +29.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 105 117 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 17.05% 19.40% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 67 104
10th Percentile £65 £194 £160
25th Percentile £411 £379 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.09%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £685 £634
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 14
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.31 £21.01 £17.91
Median hourly rate £66.50 £23.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +189.13% -48.89% +98.37%
75th Percentile £79.68 £24.54 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £57.51 £62.20
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year +9.35% -59.22% +165.29%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA