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 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 68 65
Rank change year-on-year -16 -3 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 6 13 4
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.60% 1.61% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 8.07% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 4
10th Percentile - £181 -
25th Percentile £126 £189 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £127 £263 £325
Median % change year-on-year -51.62% -19.23% +175.66%
75th Percentile £128 £395 £377
90th Percentile £336 £424 £448
Scotland median daily rate £450 £313 £383
% change year-on-year +44.00% -18.30% -4.38%

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 228 161 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.73% 19.98% 22.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 115 114
10th Percentile £304 £200 £220
25th Percentile £320 £313 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £532 £600
90th Percentile £775 £595 £725
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 8 13
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.31 -
25th Percentile £18.62 £16.84 -
Median hourly rate £60.91 £17.45 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +249.15% -57.39% -
75th Percentile - £19.83 £52.50
90th Percentile £61.56 £37.11 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £52.50 £20.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +162.50% +11.11% -43.90%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend 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 10 July 2026.

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 & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) SAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Break/Fix
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Presales
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Discovery
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) A+ Certification
1 4 (66.67%) CCNA
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (66.67%) MCSE
1 4 (66.67%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Dell
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) VMware