Microsoft Certification Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 245 175
Rank change year-on-year +93 -70 +51
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 14 43 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.46% 0.63% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.13% 3.56% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 11 37 26
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £46,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +17.95% +21.88%
75th Percentile £46,875 £61,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,242 1,209 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 40.95% 17.71% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 611 550 412
10th Percentile £37,574 £26,700 £28,775
25th Percentile £47,683 £34,000 £38,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £50,939
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -4.79% +7.24%
75th Percentile £60,265 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £80,000 £77,693
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 +151 7 £38,750 -20.10% 5
Highlands - 4 £40,000 -
Edinburgh +15 3 £27,500 -56.00% 11
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 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (28.57%) OneDrive
3 4 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Power Automate
6 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
6 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) IPsec
1 4 (28.57%) SSL
1 4 (28.57%) VLAN
1 4 (28.57%) VPN
1 4 (28.57%) Wireless
2 2 (14.29%) DHCP
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Law
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) IT Support
1 6 (42.86%) Senior
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support Technician
2 4 (28.57%) IT Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Senior IT Support
2 4 (28.57%) Senior IT Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Support Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Support Technician
3 3 (21.43%) Field Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) IT Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Field Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Platform Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Replication
2 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
3 2 (14.29%) Low-Code
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Analytics
4 2 (14.29%) Data Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Business Development
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Mathematics
5 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) MCSE
3 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (28.57%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Hyper-V
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Dell