Microsoft Jobs in Edinburgh

Microsoft
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 31 May 2025, 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 15 15
Rank change year-on-year -15 0 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 66 154 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.53% 10.20% 14.43%
As % of the Vendors category 25.10% 34.07% 44.61%
Number of salaries quoted 49 102 128
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £46,238 £26,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £45,000 £48,855
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -7.89% -4.21%
75th Percentile £98,474 £63,750 £69,650
90th Percentile - £77,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.56% -5.26% +5.56%

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 263 452 612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 29.99% 29.93% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 141 280 347
10th Percentile £26,929 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,851 £40,000 £42,937
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - -3.40% +8.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,750 £77,911
90th Percentile £98,474 £85,250 £87,419
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Edinburgh

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Microsoft in Edinburgh

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 13 (19.70%) Umbraco
2 3 (4.55%) CMS
3 2 (3.03%) Apache Solr
3 2 (3.03%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (3.03%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.52%) Solana
Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 32 (48.48%) Azure
2 17 (25.76%) GCP
3 6 (9.09%) AWS
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (6.06%) Power Automate
5 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Stack
6 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.55%) SaaS
7 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.03%) GitHub
7 2 (3.03%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.52%) IaaS
8 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) DHCP
1 2 (3.03%) DNS
2 1 (1.52%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (1.52%) Internet
2 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.67%) BigQuery
2 6 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.06%) Power BI
3 4 (6.06%) Tableau
4 1 (1.52%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Git
2 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.03%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) MSBuild
2 2 (3.03%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.03%) webpack
General
1 27 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 24 (36.36%) Finance
3 18 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (25.76%) Banking
5 6 (9.09%) Retail
6 4 (6.06%) Law
6 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Agriculture
7 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Marketing
7 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.52%) Advertising
8 1 (1.52%) Billing
8 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Architect
2 17 (25.76%) Lead
3 14 (21.21%) Analyst
4 12 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (16.67%) Lead Architect
5 11 (16.67%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 7 (10.61%) Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Data Architect
8 5 (7.58%) Applications Support
8 5 (7.58%) Applications Support Analyst
8 5 (7.58%) Service Analyst
8 5 (7.58%) Software Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Support Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Customer Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Customer Service Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Fraud Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
9 4 (6.06%) Senior
10 3 (4.55%) Security Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.70%) CSS
1 13 (19.70%) React
2 11 (16.67%) Ajax
2 11 (16.67%) jQuery
2 11 (16.67%) OAuth
2 11 (16.67%) OpenID
2 11 (16.67%) SAML
3 8 (12.12%) .NET
4 5 (7.58%) .NET Core
5 4 (6.06%) HTML
6 3 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (4.55%) PySpark
7 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET
7 2 (3.03%) Next.js
7 2 (3.03%) RESTful
7 2 (3.03%) Sass
7 2 (3.03%) Vue
7 2 (3.03%) Web Services
8 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
8 1 (1.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
1 2 (3.03%) Genomics
1 2 (3.03%) Life Science
1 2 (3.03%) Private Cloud
1 2 (3.03%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.52%) Podcast
2 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.52%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Linux
1 3 (4.55%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.52%) VMS
3 1 (1.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.33%) Analytics
2 19 (28.79%) Agile
3 13 (19.70%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (19.70%) Web Development
4 12 (18.18%) Content Management
4 12 (18.18%) Data Analytics
4 12 (18.18%) MVC
4 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
5 11 (16.67%) Software Deployment
6 8 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (12.12%) Coaching
6 8 (12.12%) Customer Service
6 8 (12.12%) Project Management
6 8 (12.12%) Scrum
7 7 (10.61%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (10.61%) DevOps
7 7 (10.61%) Mentoring
7 7 (10.61%) Roadmaps
8 6 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) JavaScript
2 10 (15.15%) SQL
3 7 (10.61%) C#
3 7 (10.61%) Python
4 5 (7.58%) Java
4 5 (7.58%) VBA
5 4 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.12%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.03%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.03%) PMP
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (4.55%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) PMO
3 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.52%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.52%) Puppet
4 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (7.58%) Google
2 4 (6.06%) Blue Prism
2 4 (6.06%) UiPath
3 2 (3.03%) Apple
3 2 (3.03%) Optimizely
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle
3 2 (3.03%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco
4 1 (1.52%) Databricks
4 1 (1.52%) Dell
4 1 (1.52%) Sage
4 1 (1.52%) Yahoo!
4 1 (1.52%) YouTube