Microsoft Job Trends in Livingston

Microsoft
West Lothian > Livingston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Livingston 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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 8 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Livingston 10.00% 6.67% 13.10%
As % of the Vendors category 43.75% 33.33% 36.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 - £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.50%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £36,500
90th Percentile - - £38,750
West Lothian median annual salary £37,500 £26,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +44.23% -17.46% +44.83%

All Vendors
Livingston

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 Livingston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16 6 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Livingston 22.86% 20.00% 35.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £37,250 - £25,000
25th Percentile £38,750 - £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.15%
75th Percentile £46,250 - £36,500
90th Percentile £47,750 - £38,750
West Lothian median annual salary £42,500 £32,851 £34,500
% change year-on-year +29.37% -4.78% +21.05%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Livingston

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Livingston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Livingston citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Livingston citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365 Manager
1 6 (85.71%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Servers