Microsoft Certification Job Trends 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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 134 220
Rank change year-on-year +31 +86 -62
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 31 16 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.97% 0.72% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.88% 3.32% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 37
10th Percentile - £25,375 £29,400
25th Percentile £25,375 £29,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £35,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% -39.13% +28.49%
75th Percentile £33,188 £42,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £51,375 £59,125 £65,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -7.22%

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 635 482 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 19.86% 21.83% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 167 173 554
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,313 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +4.17% -5.02%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £79,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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
Edinburgh +32 18 £30,500 +10.91% 10
Glasgow +20 11 £26,150 -12.83% 4
North Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Aberdeen - 1 £37,500 -
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (19.35%) SharePoint
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (9.68%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 22 (70.97%) Azure
2 11 (35.48%) AWS
3 10 (32.26%) GitHub
4 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (12.90%) OneDrive
5 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
6 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (9.68%) Power Automate
6 3 (9.68%) SaaS
7 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
7 2 (6.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (35.48%) Internet
2 7 (22.58%) Broadband
2 7 (22.58%) SAN
3 3 (9.68%) DNS
4 1 (3.23%) DHCP
4 1 (3.23%) Firewall
4 1 (3.23%) PBX
4 1 (3.23%) VLAN
4 1 (3.23%) VoIP
4 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Git
General
1 11 (35.48%) Multimedia
2 10 (32.26%) Legal
3 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (29.03%) Public Sector
3 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Financial Institution
4 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Trainee
2 7 (22.58%) Field Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Field Service Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) IT Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Developer
3 5 (16.13%) IT Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Trainee Developer
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support
4 4 (12.90%) Senior
4 4 (12.90%) Software Developer
4 4 (12.90%) Trainee Software Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Administrator
5 3 (9.68%) Consultant
5 3 (9.68%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Solutions Consultant
5 3 (9.68%) Support Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Trainee Administrator
5 3 (9.68%) Web Administrator
6 2 (6.45%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (35.48%) CSS
1 11 (35.48%) HTML
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (3.23%) React
3 1 (3.23%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (22.58%) Data Centre
1 7 (22.58%) Smartphone
2 2 (6.45%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.45%) Replication
3 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Mentoring
2 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
2 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (22.58%) Coaching
5 6 (19.35%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (19.35%) Service Delivery
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (12.90%) Web Development
7 3 (9.68%) Employee Productivity
7 3 (9.68%) Migration
8 2 (6.45%) Architectural Patterns
8 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
8 2 (6.45%) Document Management
8 2 (6.45%) FinOps
8 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (6.45%) Observability
8 2 (6.45%) Secrets Management
8 2 (6.45%) Technical Discovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) Python
2 11 (35.48%) JavaScript
3 6 (19.35%) R
4 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) Azure Certification
2 11 (35.48%) AWS Certification
2 11 (35.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 9 (29.03%) MCSE
4 8 (25.81%) CCNA
4 8 (25.81%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (22.58%) A+ Certification
5 7 (22.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (22.58%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (9.68%) Degree
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (6.45%) MOS
8 1 (3.23%) MCSA
8 1 (3.23%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Dell
3 2 (6.45%) Citrix
3 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.45%) VMware
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco