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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 230 192
Rank change year-on-year +80 -38 +39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 16 48 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.52% 0.69% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.39% 3.96% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 14 39 25
10th Percentile £25,375 £29,700 £25,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +27.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £42,500 £61,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £59,125 £64,500 £74,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%

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 1,148 1,213 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 37.14% 17.56% 32.47%
Number of salaries quoted 562 560 417
10th Percentile £37,507 £26,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £48,250 £50,939
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% -5.28% +7.24%
75th Percentile £60,265 £64,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £80,000 £78,129
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% -11.42% +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 16 June 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 16 June 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 +136 9 £30,000 -38.14% 41
Highlands - 4 £40,000 -
Edinburgh +14 3 £27,500 -56.00% 37
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Azure
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) OneDrive
3 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
4 2 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) DHCP
1 4 (25.00%) DNS
1 4 (25.00%) IPsec
1 4 (25.00%) SSL
1 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (25.00%) VLAN
1 4 (25.00%) VPN
1 4 (25.00%) Wireless
2 2 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) IT Support
2 6 (37.50%) Field Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
3 4 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Field Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (25.00%) IT Technician
3 4 (25.00%) Senior IT Support
3 4 (25.00%) Senior IT Technician
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Support Technician
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Technician
3 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Support Technician
4 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 4 (25.00%) Replication
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Smartphone
4 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Customer Service
2 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
2 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Coaching
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (6.25%) Data Engineering
5 1 (6.25%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (6.25%) Presales
5 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (12.50%) A+ Certification
3 2 (12.50%) CCNA
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (12.50%) MCSE
3 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (25.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Dell