Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 58 34
Rank change year-on-year +32 -24 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 51 19 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 4.74% 2.36% 5.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.89% 8.60% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 39 12 55
10th Percentile - £26,575 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £33,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £35,750 £52,761 £50,625
90th Percentile £52,750 £57,026 £58,000
Scotland median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +1.45% -8.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Edinburgh

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 302 221 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 28.09% 27.49% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 214 124 318
10th Percentile £27,950 £29,500 £31,425
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,088 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.81% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £90,822
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £56,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.08% +6.60% -7.83%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Edinburgh

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 32 (62.75%) SharePoint
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (54.90%) Entra ID
2 27 (52.94%) Azure
3 20 (39.22%) OneDrive
4 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (7.84%) Power Automate
5 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.88%) SaaS
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) VoIP
2 4 (7.84%) Broadband
3 3 (5.88%) VPN
4 1 (1.96%) DHCP
4 1 (1.96%) DNS
4 1 (1.96%) Firewall
4 1 (1.96%) LAN
4 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.96%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 22 (43.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (64.71%) IT Support
2 19 (37.25%) IT Engineer
2 19 (37.25%) IT Support Engineer
2 19 (37.25%) Support Engineer
3 18 (35.29%) Analyst
3 18 (35.29%) Support Analyst
4 13 (25.49%) IT Analyst
4 13 (25.49%) IT Support Analyst
5 9 (17.65%) 1st Line Engineer
5 9 (17.65%) 1st Line Support
5 9 (17.65%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 8 (15.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 8 (15.69%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (15.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (13.73%) Senior
8 6 (11.76%) Consultant
9 5 (9.80%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (9.80%) Senior Support Analyst
10 4 (7.84%) Senior Technical Analyst
10 4 (7.84%) Senior Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 18 (35.29%) Driving Licence
2 8 (15.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.92%) Replication
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.96%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 41 (80.39%) Windows
2 29 (56.86%) Mac OS
3 9 (17.65%) Windows 10
4 6 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 13 (25.49%) Collaborative Working
3 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (17.65%) Time Management
5 7 (13.73%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (11.76%) Coaching
6 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.84%) AI
7 4 (7.84%) IT Strategy
7 4 (7.84%) Project Delivery
7 4 (7.84%) Technology Strategy
8 3 (5.88%) Decision-Making
8 3 (5.88%) Employee Productivity
8 3 (5.88%) ITIL
8 3 (5.88%) Mentoring
8 3 (5.88%) Task Automation
9 2 (3.92%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.92%) Service Delivery
9 2 (3.92%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.88%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (50.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (98.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Cisco
2 5 (9.80%) Meraki
3 2 (3.92%) Apple
3 2 (3.92%) Veeam
3 2 (3.92%) VMware
4 1 (1.96%) Citrix
4 1 (1.96%) iManage
4 1 (1.96%) Intapp