Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 109 135
Rank change year-on-year +6 +26 +26
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 10 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.65% 0.42% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.69% 1.79% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 3
10th Percentile £370 £286 £540
25th Percentile £494 £463 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £619 £538 £619
90th Percentile £686 £545 £630
UK median daily rate £538 £516 £600
% change year-on-year +4.12% -13.96% +5.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Azure 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 372 390 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 24.22% 23.16% 29.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 234 405
10th Percentile £175 £197 £185
25th Percentile £343 £357 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £610
90th Percentile £636 £646 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 30
10th Percentile £19.28 £16.23 £31.21
25th Percentile £19.38 £18.79 £54.03
Median hourly rate £22.58 £22.55 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% -62.43% +141.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £26.86 £62.50
90th Percentile £29.75 £36.90 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £52.50
% change year-on-year -39.99% -20.17% +16.67%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Scotland

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Azure Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in Scotland

Azure Certification
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -3 6 £525 +42.37% 11
Edinburgh +7 3 £663 +32.50% 10
West Lothian - 1 £225 -
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (10.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security
2 3 (30.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Governance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 3 (30.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Management
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) CISSP
3 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) SSCP
5 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix