Microsoft Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 13 8
Rank change year-on-year -30 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 587 717 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.74% 15.14% 14.80%
As % of the Vendors category 26.12% 41.64% 43.05%
Number of salaries quoted 421 331 507
10th Percentile £23,500 £28,000 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,028 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £65,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
Scotland

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,247 1,722 1,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 33.47% 36.35% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 772 795 941
10th Percentile £24,888 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,188 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +13.57% +4.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,385 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Scotland

Microsoft
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 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 -75 240 £50,000 - 85
Edinburgh -1 169 £43,586 -20.58% 94
Aberdeen +21 64 £45,000 +32.35% 20
Fife -5 18 £37,800 +26.00% 5
West Lothian +2 15 £34,000 -20.00% 4
Aberdeenshire +8 11 £25,250 -49.50% 9
Stirling -1 7 £45,000 +55.17% 1
East Ayrshire -1 7 £26,500 - 1
Dundee -10 7 £40,144 +7.05% 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 6 £40,750 - 1
North Lanarkshire -4 5 £45,000 - 2
Lanarkshire -7 5 £43,750 +4.79% 32
Argyll and Bute -5 4 £33,000 +13.79% 1
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 - 1
West Dunbartonshire +1 2 £17,000 -
Midlothian -5 2 - - 28
Highlands -6 2 - - 7
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 -
Perthshire - 2 £52,900 - 2
South Ayrshire -1 1 £57,500 +134.69% 2
Perth and Kinross -2 1 £59,000 - 1
Renfrewshire -10 1 - - 2
North Ayrshire - 1 £46,350 - 1
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
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 71 (12.10%) SharePoint
2 56 (9.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (3.92%) IIS
4 19 (3.24%) Confluence
5 2 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) JOnAS
6 1 (0.17%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 90 (15.33%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (4.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.68%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.51%) InDesign
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.21%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (2.04%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (1.87%) Primavera
5 9 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 262 (44.63%) Azure
2 192 (32.71%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (16.70%) Power Platform
4 64 (10.90%) Entra ID
5 54 (9.20%) AWS
6 50 (8.52%) Dynamics 365
7 38 (6.47%) SaaS
8 25 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (3.41%) PowerApps
10 18 (3.07%) GCP
11 15 (2.56%) IaaS
12 14 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (2.39%) PaaS
13 12 (2.04%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (1.02%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.79%) WAN
2 22 (3.75%) Firewall
3 19 (3.24%) DNS
4 14 (2.39%) Internet
4 14 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (2.21%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.04%) Wireless
7 11 (1.87%) Broadband
7 11 (1.87%) VoIP
8 9 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
8 9 (1.53%) VPN
9 8 (1.36%) DHCP
9 8 (1.36%) Network Security
9 8 (1.36%) VLAN
10 7 (1.19%) SAN
11 6 (1.02%) LAN
12 4 (0.68%) IMAP
12 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
14 2 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (17.55%) SQL Server
2 77 (13.12%) Power BI
3 35 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (3.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (2.56%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.39%) Tableau
9 13 (2.21%) DB2
10 12 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (1.36%) Big Data
12 7 (1.19%) Redis
13 5 (0.85%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.85%) OLAP
14 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.34%) Delta Lake
15 2 (0.34%) MySQL
15 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 33 (5.62%) JIRA
2 24 (4.09%) Git
3 12 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 10 (1.70%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.19%) Moq
6 6 (1.02%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.02%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.02%) MSTest
7 1 (0.17%) Gradle
7 1 (0.17%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.17%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.17%) Maven
7 1 (0.17%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.17%) MSI
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.17%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 217 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 137 (23.34%) Finance
3 65 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (7.33%) Public Sector
6 34 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 31 (5.28%) Legal
9 27 (4.60%) Law
10 26 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (4.09%) Marketing
12 21 (3.58%) Retail
13 20 (3.41%) Banking
13 20 (3.41%) Telecoms
14 16 (2.73%) Games
15 9 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.19%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.85%) Billing
18 4 (0.68%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 77 (13.12%) Analyst
2 57 (9.71%) Developer
2 57 (9.71%) Senior
3 39 (6.64%) Lead
4 38 (6.47%) Architect
5 34 (5.79%) IT Support
5 34 (5.79%) Support Engineer
6 32 (5.45%) Administrator
6 32 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (5.45%) Support Analyst
7 28 (4.77%) Systems Engineer
8 22 (3.75%) Project Manager
9 19 (3.24%) .NET Developer
9 19 (3.24%) DBA
9 19 (3.24%) IT Manager
10 18 (3.07%) Applications Support
10 18 (3.07%) IT Engineer
11 17 (2.90%) Cloud Architect
12 16 (2.73%) Service Analyst
12 16 (2.73%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.01%) .NET
2 35 (5.96%) AngularJS
3 31 (5.28%) ASP.NET
4 28 (4.77%) .NET Framework
5 27 (4.60%) Entity Framework
6 26 (4.43%) ASP.NET MVC
7 22 (3.75%) .NET Core
8 17 (2.90%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (2.56%) CSS
9 15 (2.56%) HTML
10 13 (2.21%) REST
11 12 (2.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 9 (1.53%) HTML5
12 9 (1.53%) React
13 8 (1.36%) WebRTC
14 7 (1.19%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 7 (1.19%) CSS3
14 7 (1.19%) FIX Protocol
14 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
14 7 (1.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.62%) Public Cloud
2 32 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.58%) Clustering
6 17 (2.90%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.39%) PKI
8 13 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.87%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (1.53%) Life Science
11 8 (1.36%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.36%) IoT
12 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.02%) BBC
13 6 (1.02%) Social Media
13 6 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 4 (0.68%) Client/Server
14 4 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 123 (20.95%) Windows
2 63 (10.73%) Windows Server
3 35 (5.96%) Linux
4 30 (5.11%) Windows 10
5 21 (3.58%) Unix
6 12 (2.04%) VMS
7 7 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.02%) Android
8 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.68%) CentOS
11 3 (0.51%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (17.72%) Agile
3 86 (14.65%) Project Management
4 83 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
5 68 (11.58%) Customer Service
6 62 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (10.56%) ERP
7 53 (9.03%) ITIL
8 46 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (7.67%) Decision-Making
10 42 (7.16%) DevOps
11 41 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (6.81%) Migration
13 39 (6.64%) Analytics
14 33 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 33 (5.62%) Roadmaps
15 32 (5.45%) High Availability
16 31 (5.28%) Service Management
17 30 (5.11%) Asset Management
18 29 (4.94%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 108 (18.40%) SQL
2 50 (8.52%) C#
3 43 (7.33%) JavaScript
4 33 (5.62%) T-SQL
5 28 (4.77%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.75%) Java
7 12 (2.04%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.19%) Bash
9 5 (0.85%) VBA
10 3 (0.51%) Python
11 2 (0.34%) C
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
12 1 (0.17%) C++
12 1 (0.17%) Groovy
12 1 (0.17%) Perl
12 1 (0.17%) R
12 1 (0.17%) Ruby
12 1 (0.17%) VB
12 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.17%) VB6
Qualifications
1 111 (18.91%) Degree
2 54 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (2.73%) DBS Check
4 16 (2.73%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.21%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.21%) CISA
6 12 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.53%) CISSP
8 8 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.19%) CISM
9 7 (1.19%) PMP
9 7 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (1.02%) CCNA
10 6 (1.02%) MCSE
10 6 (1.02%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.85%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.85%) HND
11 5 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.26%) SLA
2 19 (3.24%) QA
3 17 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.21%) ITGC
4 13 (2.21%) PMO
5 10 (1.70%) NIST
6 8 (1.36%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.36%) GDPR
6 8 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.51%) GMP
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.34%) COSHH
10 2 (0.34%) DICOM
10 2 (0.34%) NCSC
11 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 97 (16.52%) Active Directory
2 42 (7.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.58%) VMware NSX
4 19 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (2.73%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.53%) Docker
6 9 (1.53%) vSphere
7 8 (1.36%) KVM
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 39 (6.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.87%) Terraform
3 8 (1.36%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.19%) Ansible
4 7 (1.19%) SCCM
5 5 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.34%) CASB
7 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.17%) Nessus
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.17%) Puppet
7 1 (0.17%) SCOM
7 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.17%) WMI
7 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (10.73%) VMware
2 28 (4.77%) SAP
3 26 (4.43%) Oracle
4 25 (4.26%) Google
5 20 (3.41%) Sage
6 19 (3.24%) Cisco
7 16 (2.73%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.56%) Apple
8 15 (2.56%) Dell
9 12 (2.04%) FNZ
10 11 (1.87%) Sophos
11 9 (1.53%) EMC
11 9 (1.53%) Epicor
11 9 (1.53%) IFS
11 9 (1.53%) JD Edwards
11 9 (1.53%) Meraki
11 9 (1.53%) Xero
12 7 (1.19%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.19%) ConnectWise
12 7 (1.19%) Databricks