Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Certification
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 63 66
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 +44
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 16 18 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.97% 1.84% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.00% 8.04% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 1
10th Percentile £26,225 - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +37.93% -56.23%
75th Percentile £32,750 £55,000 £29,500
90th Percentile £56,200 - -
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £40,000 £47,245
% change year-on-year -23.75% -15.33% +3.27%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 200 224 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 24.57% 22.95% 25.46%
Number of salaries quoted 72 96 114
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,875 £28,950
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +8.91% +4.66%
75th Percentile £61,563 £78,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £65,950
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,343 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.00% -0.30% +8.01%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Glasgow over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Glasgow

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (31.25%) AWS
4 4 (25.00%) GitHub
5 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
6 1 (6.25%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (6.25%) IaaS
6 1 (6.25%) PaaS
6 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
6 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) DHCP
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
1 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (31.25%) Internet
3 2 (12.50%) SAN
4 1 (6.25%) Network Security
4 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
4 1 (6.25%) VLAN
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
4 1 (6.25%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Git
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Multimedia
3 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Field Engineer
1 7 (43.75%) IT Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Field Support Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) IT Support
2 6 (37.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Support Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Desktop Support
3 5 (31.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Trainee
4 4 (25.00%) Developer
5 3 (18.75%) Trainee Developer
6 2 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
6 2 (12.50%) Trainee Software Developer
7 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (6.25%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
7 1 (6.25%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (6.25%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) CSS
1 5 (31.25%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) React
2 1 (6.25%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Smartphone
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
3 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (31.25%) Virtual Environments
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (6.25%) AI
6 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
6 1 (6.25%) People Management
6 1 (6.25%) Presales
6 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
6 1 (6.25%) Project Management
6 1 (6.25%) SDLC
6 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
6 1 (6.25%) Tech Ops
6 1 (6.25%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (12.50%) R
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) Bicep
3 1 (6.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Azure Certification
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) AWS Certification
2 5 (31.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (18.75%) CCNA
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (18.75%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (12.50%) A+ Certification
4 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (12.50%) MCSE
5 1 (6.25%) CCNP
5 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 6 (37.50%) Hyper-V
1 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Datto
4 1 (6.25%) Veeam