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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 60 120
Rank change year-on-year +17 +60 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 12 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.76% 1.51% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.00% 5.91% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 5
10th Percentile £25,375 - -
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £32,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +12.07% -51.67%
75th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £50,250
90th Percentile £55,000 - £57,828
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £32,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% -35.00% -3.85%

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 150 186 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.06% 25.55% 20.02%
Number of salaries quoted 52 80 122
10th Percentile £26,825 £31,301 £25,200
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.39% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,313 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -39.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 31 December 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) AWS
3 4 (33.33%) GitHub
4 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (8.33%) IaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (8.33%) PaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
4 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Internet
2 2 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) VLAN
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
General
1 7 (58.33%) Multimedia
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Trainee
2 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Trainee Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Trainee Web Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Trainee Software Developer
5 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Platform Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) Power Platform Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) CSS
1 7 (58.33%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) React
2 3 (25.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Smartphone
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Low-Code
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (25.00%) Web Development
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) AIOps
5 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Operations
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (8.33%) Intelligent Automation
5 1 (8.33%) People Management
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (8.33%) SDLC
5 1 (8.33%) Storage Management
5 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) R
3 1 (8.33%) Bash
3 1 (8.33%) Bicep
3 1 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 7 (58.33%) AWS Certification
2 7 (58.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (25.00%) CCNA
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (16.67%) A+ Certification
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) MCSE
5 1 (8.33%) CCNP
5 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Dell
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Datto
3 1 (8.33%) Veeam
3 1 (8.33%) VMware