Microsoft Certification Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 143 149
Rank change year-on-year +55 +6 -49
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 35 21 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.64% 0.78% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.15% 3.65% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 18
10th Percentile £136 £105 £114
25th Percentile £181 £115 £118
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £119 £150
Median % change year-on-year +172.42% -20.47% -64.71%
75th Percentile £444 £450 £369
90th Percentile £521 £513 £425
UK median daily rate £478 £511 £425
% change year-on-year -6.60% +20.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £12.00 - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -18.42%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 569 576 578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 26.59% 21.35% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 387 359
10th Percentile £179 £163 £200
25th Percentile £313 £383 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £614 £638
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 10 18
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.71 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.81 £25.28
Median hourly rate £22.95 £21.47 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% -55.97% +71.05%
75th Percentile £41.96 £57.90 £55.96
90th Percentile £65.60 £65.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +50 21 £438 -2.78% 8
Glasgow +15 12 £325 +180.78% 8
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
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 6 (17.14%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
1 7 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.86%) SAN
2 5 (14.29%) SSL
3 4 (11.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (62.86%) Public Sector
2 11 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Field Engineer
1 8 (22.86%) Field Service Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 5 (14.29%) Security Specialist
5 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Support
5 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Desktop Support
6 3 (8.57%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Junior
6 3 (8.57%) Junior Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 2 (5.71%) Junior Desktop Support
7 2 (5.71%) Junior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (22.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (20.00%) Driving Licence
4 4 (11.43%) PKI
5 1 (2.86%) Clustering
5 1 (2.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (42.86%) Windows
1 15 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 6 (17.14%) CentOS
2 6 (17.14%) Debian
2 6 (17.14%) Linux
2 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2012
2 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) ITIL
2 12 (34.29%) Customer Service
3 11 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (25.71%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (22.86%) Security Operations
6 7 (20.00%) Agile
6 7 (20.00%) Break/Fix
6 7 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
7 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (11.43%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 4 (11.43%) Email Filtering
8 4 (11.43%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (11.43%) Network Management
8 4 (11.43%) Security Testing
8 4 (11.43%) Service Management
8 4 (11.43%) Static Application Security Testing
9 3 (8.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 3 (8.57%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (80.00%) MCSE
2 11 (31.43%) MCP
3 9 (25.71%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (22.86%) A+ Certification
4 8 (22.86%) CCNA
4 8 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (22.86%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (20.00%) Degree
6 6 (17.14%) MCSA
6 6 (17.14%) RHCT
7 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
7 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 6 (17.14%) KVM
3 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) SCCM
2 4 (11.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 11 (31.43%) Dell
3 10 (28.57%) Citrix
4 6 (17.14%) Red Hat
4 6 (17.14%) VMware
5 3 (8.57%) HP