Microsoft Certification Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 64 78
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 13 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.63% 0.52% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.13% 2.31% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 4
10th Percentile £181 - £105
25th Percentile £189 £313 £112
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £325 £118
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +175.66% -67.48%
75th Percentile £395 £377 £227
90th Percentile £424 £448 £421
Scotland median daily rate £315 £383 £400
% change year-on-year -17.65% -4.38% +220.00%

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 160 173 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 20.00% 22.56% 23.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 111 141
10th Percentile £200 £215 £313
25th Percentile £313 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% +3.26%
75th Percentile £536 £600 £575
90th Percentile £600 £725 £650
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £459
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.85% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 0
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 - -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £40.94 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.39% - -
75th Percentile £19.83 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £37.11 £75.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.75 £21.67
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.47% -56.99%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Glasgow

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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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) OneDrive
3 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Public Sector
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) JIRA Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) SPFx
2 1 (7.69%) JMS
2 1 (7.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Device Driver
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Application Packaging
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Design Patterns
4 1 (7.69%) Event-Driven
4 1 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Groovy
3 1 (7.69%) Bicep
3 1 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
2 3 (23.08%) MCSA
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) HNC
4 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCCM
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Sybase