Microsoft Job Trends in Dundee

Microsoft
Scotland > Dundee

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dundee requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 11 3 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Dundee 20.75% 5.77% 28.85%
As % of the Vendors category 32.35% 8.57% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 14
10th Percentile - - £24,261
25th Percentile - £26,250 £26,095
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £27,500 £39,688
Median % change year-on-year - -30.71% +12.10%
75th Percentile - £29,125 £48,809
90th Percentile - £29,350 -
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £50,000 £47,103
% change year-on-year -24.00% +6.15% -5.79%

All Vendors
Dundee

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Dundee.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 34 35 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dundee 64.15% 67.31% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 19 32 20
10th Percentile - - £25,784
25th Percentile - £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £32,500 £43,850
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% -25.88% +5.79%
75th Percentile - £33,750 £49,731
90th Percentile - - £52,500
Scotland median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £40,196
% change year-on-year -32.00% +24.39% -26.92%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Dundee

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dundee.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Dundee

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Dundee

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dundee citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dundee citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dundee 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:

Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Azure AI
2 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Power BI
1 5 (45.45%) Tableau
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Analyst
1 10 (90.91%) Junior
1 10 (90.91%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Data Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Junior Data Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Junior Security Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) AI
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Python
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Azure Certification
2 5 (45.45%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (45.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) ForeScout
2 1 (9.09%) Google