Microsoft Certification Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 187 219
Rank change year-on-year -55 +32 -54
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 42 34 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.63% 0.72% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.37% 2.49% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 38 25 19
10th Percentile £28,500 £23,950 £25,200
25th Percentile £35,375 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,875 £74,000 £56,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,247 1,368 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.57% 28.88% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 557 413 509
10th Percentile £26,700 £29,000 £25,925
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,294 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +21.96% -
75th Percentile £62,880 £69,649 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,715 £81,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -98 15 £48,500 +14.12% 8
Edinburgh +34 13 £57,500 +4.77% 8
Aberdeen -5 6 £57,500 -23.33% 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 £57,500 - 1
Dundee - 2 £57,500 -
Stirling -6 1 £45,000 -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £27,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 -
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (83.33%) Azure
2 17 (40.48%) Power Platform
3 13 (30.95%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (21.43%) Entra ID
5 7 (16.67%) WhatsApp
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) Broadband
2 5 (11.90%) NetScaler
2 5 (11.90%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (7.14%) DHCP
3 3 (7.14%) DNS
3 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.38%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (2.38%) VoIP
4 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (35.71%) Power BI
1 15 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 10 (23.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.76%) MySQL
General
1 23 (54.76%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Finance
3 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.76%) Police
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) DBA
1 15 (35.71%) SQL DBA
2 11 (26.19%) Support Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Administrator
3 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 5 (11.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Applications Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Applications Support
4 5 (11.90%) Applications Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Senior
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Full Stack Developer
7 2 (4.76%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) .NET
1 2 (4.76%) .NET Core
1 2 (4.76%) .NET Framework
1 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.76%) ASP.NET
1 2 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (4.76%) CSS
1 2 (4.76%) Entity Framework
1 2 (4.76%) HTML
1 2 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 5 (11.90%) Public Cloud
3 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.76%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.38%) CCTV
5 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.81%) VMS
1 10 (23.81%) Windows
2 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (9.52%) Linux
5 3 (7.14%) CentOS
5 3 (7.14%) Debian
5 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.76%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 11 (26.19%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (23.81%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (23.81%) High Availability
4 10 (23.81%) Performance Tuning
5 8 (19.05%) Client Onboarding
5 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (14.29%) Incident Management
8 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (11.90%) ITIL
8 5 (11.90%) Migration
8 5 (11.90%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (11.90%) Proactive Maintenance
8 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (7.14%) Customer Experience
10 2 (4.76%) Business Strategy
10 2 (4.76%) Customer Requirements
10 2 (4.76%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (40.48%) SQL
2 10 (23.81%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.76%) C#
3 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) MCSE
2 7 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 7 (16.67%) Degree
3 5 (11.90%) A+ Certification
3 5 (11.90%) DBS Check
3 5 (11.90%) MCDST
3 5 (11.90%) MCSA
3 5 (11.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (7.14%) RHCT
4 3 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) CCIE
6 1 (2.38%) CCNP
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.38%) MCITP
6 1 (2.38%) MCP
6 1 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 10 (23.81%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (11.90%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (11.90%) XenDesktop
5 3 (7.14%) Hyper-V
5 3 (7.14%) KVM
6 2 (4.76%) vSphere
7 1 (2.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 12 (28.57%) VMware
3 9 (21.43%) Citrix
4 5 (11.90%) Nimble Storage
4 5 (11.90%) Veeam
5 3 (7.14%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.76%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.38%) Cisco
7 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.38%) Rapid7
7 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow