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 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -33 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 564 720 856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.40% 15.75% 14.51%
As % of the Vendors category 25.39% 42.68% 42.71%
Number of salaries quoted 407 335 503
10th Percentile £23,500 £28,500 £25,800
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,028 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,825 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +10.72% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,650 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £76,250 £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 2,221 1,687 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 33.08% 36.91% 33.97%
Number of salaries quoted 755 787 950
10th Percentile £24,875 £30,500 £27,215
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,789 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
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 18 May 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -75 237 £50,000 - 64
Edinburgh +1 154 £43,586 -14.95% 93
Aberdeen +21 60 £45,000 +16.88% 14
Fife -3 18 £37,800 +26.00% 5
West Lothian -1 15 £34,000 +3.03% 2
Aberdeenshire +10 11 £25,250 -49.50% 9
Dundee -6 8 £40,144 +27.44%
Stirling 0 7 £45,000 +55.17% 4
East Ayrshire -1 7 £26,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 6 £40,750 - 3
North Lanarkshire -4 5 £45,000 +20.35% 3
Lanarkshire -5 5 £43,750 +4.79% 31
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Argyll and Bute - 4 £33,000 -
Perthshire +7 2 £52,900 - 1
West Dunbartonshire +1 2 £17,000 -
Midlothian -4 2 - - 26
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 -
South Ayrshire -1 1 £57,500 +134.69% 8
Perth and Kinross -3 1 £59,000 - 3
Highlands -7 1 - - 7
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 68 (12.06%) SharePoint
2 52 (9.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.84%) Confluence
3 16 (2.84%) IIS
4 2 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) JOnAS
5 1 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 85 (15.07%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (12.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.71%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.53%) InDesign
8 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.95%) Primavera
2 11 (1.95%) Unit4 Business World
3 9 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.42%) PlanetPress Connect
5 7 (1.24%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.35%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 249 (44.15%) Azure
2 182 (32.27%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 59 (10.46%) Entra ID
5 52 (9.22%) Dynamics 365
6 51 (9.04%) AWS
7 34 (6.03%) SaaS
8 23 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (3.55%) PowerApps
10 17 (3.01%) GCP
11 14 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.30%) IaaS
13 12 (2.13%) PaaS
13 12 (2.13%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (1.24%) OneDrive
16 6 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.79%) WAN
2 22 (3.90%) Firewall
3 17 (3.01%) DNS
4 15 (2.66%) Internet
5 14 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (2.30%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.13%) Wireless
8 11 (1.95%) Broadband
8 11 (1.95%) VoIP
9 10 (1.77%) VPN
10 8 (1.42%) VLAN
11 7 (1.24%) DHCP
11 7 (1.24%) Network Security
11 7 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (1.24%) SAN
12 6 (1.06%) LAN
13 4 (0.71%) IMAP
13 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
15 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (16.31%) SQL Server
2 73 (12.94%) Power BI
3 31 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (3.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (2.48%) Tableau
8 12 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (2.13%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 11 (1.95%) DB2
10 8 (1.42%) Big Data
11 7 (1.24%) Redis
12 5 (0.89%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.89%) OLAP
13 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.53%) MySQL
14 2 (0.35%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.35%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 27 (4.79%) JIRA
2 24 (4.26%) Git
3 10 (1.77%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (1.24%) Moq
6 6 (1.06%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.06%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.06%) MSTest
7 1 (0.18%) Gradle
7 1 (0.18%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.18%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.18%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.18%) Maven
7 1 (0.18%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.18%) MSI
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 212 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 133 (23.58%) Finance
3 63 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (10.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 34 (6.03%) Legal
6 34 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (5.32%) Manufacturing
8 28 (4.96%) Law
9 27 (4.79%) Marketing
10 26 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (3.55%) Telecoms
12 19 (3.37%) Retail
13 18 (3.19%) Banking
14 16 (2.84%) Games
15 9 (1.60%) Local Government
15 9 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.60%) Police
16 7 (1.24%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 68 (12.06%) Analyst
2 58 (10.28%) Senior
3 57 (10.11%) Developer
4 41 (7.27%) Lead
5 36 (6.38%) Architect
6 32 (5.67%) IT Support
7 31 (5.50%) Administrator
7 31 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (5.50%) Support Engineer
8 26 (4.61%) Support Analyst
9 23 (4.08%) Project Manager
10 21 (3.72%) Systems Engineer
11 20 (3.55%) .NET Developer
12 19 (3.37%) IT Engineer
13 18 (3.19%) DBA
14 17 (3.01%) Cloud Architect
14 17 (3.01%) IT Manager
15 16 (2.84%) SQL DBA
15 16 (2.84%) Support Technician
16 15 (2.66%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (8.69%) .NET
2 37 (6.56%) AngularJS
3 32 (5.67%) ASP.NET
4 30 (5.32%) .NET Framework
5 28 (4.96%) Entity Framework
6 27 (4.79%) ASP.NET MVC
7 24 (4.26%) .NET Core
8 18 (3.19%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (2.66%) CSS
9 15 (2.66%) HTML
10 13 (2.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 9 (1.60%) HTML5
11 9 (1.60%) REST
12 8 (1.42%) React
13 7 (1.24%) Ajax
13 7 (1.24%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 7 (1.24%) CSS3
13 7 (1.24%) FIX Protocol
13 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
13 7 (1.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.32%) Public Cloud
2 29 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.72%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.01%) Driving Licence
6 14 (2.48%) Clustering
6 14 (2.48%) PKI
7 11 (1.95%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.95%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.60%) Life Science
10 8 (1.42%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.42%) IoT
11 7 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.06%) BBC
12 6 (1.06%) Social Media
12 6 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 4 (0.71%) Client/Server
13 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 110 (19.50%) Windows
2 56 (9.93%) Windows Server
3 31 (5.50%) Linux
4 27 (4.79%) Windows 10
5 18 (3.19%) Unix
6 12 (2.13%) VMS
7 7 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.89%) Android
8 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.71%) CentOS
10 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.35%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (17.91%) Agile
1 101 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (15.96%) Project Management
3 79 (14.01%) Business Intelligence
4 65 (11.52%) Customer Service
5 61 (10.82%) Cybersecurity
6 60 (10.64%) ERP
7 48 (8.51%) ITIL
8 45 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (7.45%) Migration
9 42 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 41 (7.27%) Decision-Making
11 40 (7.09%) DevOps
12 39 (6.91%) Analytics
13 35 (6.21%) Roadmaps
14 32 (5.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 31 (5.50%) Software Engineering
16 30 (5.32%) Asset Management
16 30 (5.32%) Coaching
17 27 (4.79%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (17.73%) SQL
2 52 (9.22%) C#
3 44 (7.80%) JavaScript
4 33 (5.85%) T-SQL
5 24 (4.26%) PowerShell
6 19 (3.37%) Java
7 12 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.06%) Bash
9 5 (0.89%) VBA
10 2 (0.35%) C
10 2 (0.35%) Python
10 2 (0.35%) Scala
11 1 (0.18%) C++
11 1 (0.18%) Groovy
11 1 (0.18%) R
11 1 (0.18%) Swift
11 1 (0.18%) VB
11 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.18%) VB6
Qualifications
1 104 (18.44%) Degree
2 45 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 30 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (3.72%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 11 (1.95%) CISA
7 10 (1.77%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.60%) CISSP
9 8 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.24%) CCNA
10 7 (1.24%) CISM
10 7 (1.24%) PMP
10 7 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 6 (1.06%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.89%) HND
13 4 (0.71%) ACCA
13 4 (0.71%) MCSE
13 4 (0.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.26%) QA
1 24 (4.26%) SLA
2 15 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.95%) ITGC
3 11 (1.95%) PMO
4 8 (1.42%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.42%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.42%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.06%) GDPR
5 6 (1.06%) NIST
6 5 (0.89%) ISO 22301
7 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.53%) GMP
8 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.35%) COSHH
9 2 (0.35%) DICOM
9 2 (0.35%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 87 (15.43%) Active Directory
2 38 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.84%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.48%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.77%) Docker
7 9 (1.60%) vSphere
8 8 (1.42%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.18%) RACF
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.95%) Terraform
3 8 (1.42%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.24%) Ansible
5 5 (0.89%) McAfee ePO
6 4 (0.71%) SCCM
7 1 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.18%) Puppet
7 1 (0.18%) SCOM
7 1 (0.18%) WMI
7 1 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 55 (9.75%) VMware
2 26 (4.61%) SAP
3 24 (4.26%) Google
4 23 (4.08%) Oracle
5 18 (3.19%) Sage
6 17 (3.01%) Cisco
7 15 (2.66%) Dell
8 14 (2.48%) Apple
9 11 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.95%) Sophos
10 9 (1.60%) EMC
10 9 (1.60%) Epicor
10 9 (1.60%) IFS
10 9 (1.60%) JD Edwards
10 9 (1.60%) Meraki
10 9 (1.60%) Xero
11 8 (1.42%) FNZ
12 7 (1.24%) Databricks
12 7 (1.24%) NEC
13 6 (1.06%) Sony