Microsoft Job Trends in Renfrewshire

Microsoft
Scotland > Renfrewshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Renfrewshire 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 7 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 19 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Renfrewshire 21.59% 5.00% 30.00%
As % of the Vendors category 38.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £50,000 £47,103
% change year-on-year -24.00% +6.15% -5.79%

All Vendors
Renfrewshire

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 Renfrewshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 50 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Renfrewshire 56.82% 5.00% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £20,404 - £21,150
25th Percentile £25,087 - £21,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,000 £22,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +136.36% -
75th Percentile £48,750 - £22,875
90th Percentile £64,750 - £23,250
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 Renfrewshire

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Renfrewshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Renfrewshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Renfrewshire citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Renfrewshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Job Locations in Renfrewshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Renfrewshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Johnstone - 5 - -
Paisley - 5 - - 4
Renfrew - 5 - -
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Renfrewshire 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 12 (63.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (63.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (63.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Senior
2 12 (63.16%) QA Manager
2 12 (63.16%) Quality Manager
2 12 (63.16%) Senior Manager
2 12 (63.16%) Senior QA Manager
2 12 (63.16%) Senior Quality Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Linux Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior VMware Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) VMware Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support
4 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Continuous Improvement
1 15 (78.95%) Customer Experience
2 12 (63.16%) Coaching
2 12 (63.16%) Due Diligence
2 12 (63.16%) Lean Six Sigma
2 12 (63.16%) Performance Improvement
2 12 (63.16%) Project Management
2 12 (63.16%) Quality Management
2 12 (63.16%) Six Sigma
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Analytics
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Acquisition
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Patch Management
4 3 (15.79%) Software Deployment
4 3 (15.79%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 3 (15.79%) CTC Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (63.16%) QA
2 3 (15.79%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) VMware
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco