Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Certification
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 63 72
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 8 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.10% 0.29% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.91% 1.25% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile - £200 -
25th Percentile £181 £248 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £339 £323
Median % change year-on-year -43.91% +4.88% +126.67%
75th Percentile £200 £423 -
90th Percentile £340 £466 -
Scotland median daily rate £200 £425 £387
% change year-on-year -52.94% +9.96% +251.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 163 160 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.42% 23.53% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 115 130
10th Percentile £185 £301 £295
25th Percentile £313 £387 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £525 £600 £587
90th Percentile £606 £725 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £16.14 £19.95 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £22.13 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £28.63 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.06% - -
75th Percentile £18.05 £39.00 -
90th Percentile £20.89 £47.10 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year +11.11% -69.51% +24.27%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Glasgow

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Glasgow over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Glasgow

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) MCSA
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft