Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 68 34
Rank change year-on-year +5 -34 +18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 96 170 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.79% 3.89% 7.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.92% 11.13% 19.81%
Number of salaries quoted 52 110 167
10th Percentile £26,350 £25,850 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,375 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -1.30% -3.75%
75th Percentile £54,026 £52,875 £47,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £65,000 £55,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +2.41% -2.35%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 603 1,528 969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 23.82% 34.97% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 223 603 801
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,855 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% - -
75th Percentile £71,391 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,850 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
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 365 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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 +8 62 £35,000 -16.17% 44
Glasgow +34 20 £36,250 -19.92% 28
Perth and Kinross +1 5 £33,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 3 - -
Highlands -4 1 £52,500 +75.00% 1
North Lanarkshire -6 1 £45,000 +20.00% 1
Banffshire - 1 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £28,500 -
Dundee - 1 £69,248 -
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
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 31 (32.29%) SharePoint
2 27 (28.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.13%) JOnAS
4 2 (2.08%) IIS
4 2 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.04%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 69 (71.88%) Azure
2 40 (41.67%) Entra ID
3 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (7.29%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.25%) AWS
5 6 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (6.25%) Power Automate
5 6 (6.25%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.21%) Mimecast
7 4 (4.17%) Copilot Studio
7 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.04%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (17.71%) DHCP
1 17 (17.71%) DNS
2 14 (14.58%) Firewall
3 9 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 8 (8.33%) VPN
5 5 (5.21%) Broadband
5 5 (5.21%) DKIM
5 5 (5.21%) DMARC
6 3 (3.13%) Internet
6 3 (3.13%) NAS
6 3 (3.13%) VLAN
7 1 (1.04%) BGP
7 1 (1.04%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.04%) IMAP
7 1 (1.04%) MPLS
7 1 (1.04%) Network Security
7 1 (1.04%) OSPF
7 1 (1.04%) Softphone
7 1 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.04%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.04%) Power Query
2 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
General
1 34 (35.42%) Finance
1 34 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.21%) Financial Institution
2 5 (5.21%) Law
2 5 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (4.17%) Marketing
3 4 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.04%) Advertising
6 1 (1.04%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (1.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (20.83%) IT Support
2 19 (19.79%) Analyst
3 17 (17.71%) Support Analyst
4 12 (12.50%) IT Analyst
5 11 (11.46%) IT Support Analyst
6 10 (10.42%) Senior
6 10 (10.42%) Support Engineer
7 9 (9.38%) IT Engineer
8 8 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (8.33%) IT Technician
9 7 (7.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 7 (7.29%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (7.29%) Lead
10 6 (6.25%) Help Desk Technician
10 6 (6.25%) Team Leader
11 5 (5.21%) Desktop Engineer
11 5 (5.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 5 (5.21%) Field Engineer
11 5 (5.21%) Field Support Engineer
11 5 (5.21%) Help Desk Team Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) React
1 4 (4.17%) Spring
2 1 (1.04%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 12 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 7 (7.29%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 5 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (5.21%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (5.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (4.17%) Algorithms
7 3 (3.13%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.13%) Replication
8 2 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.04%) CCTV
9 1 (1.04%) IoT
9 1 (1.04%) Life Science
9 1 (1.04%) Low-Code
9 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (35.42%) Windows
2 9 (9.38%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.33%) VMS
4 7 (7.29%) Windows Server
5 5 (5.21%) Apple iOS
5 5 (5.21%) Unix
6 3 (3.13%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
1 27 (28.13%) ITIL
2 24 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 24 (25.00%) Coaching
2 24 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 22 (22.92%) Agile
3 22 (22.92%) Customer Service
3 22 (22.92%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (20.83%) Technology Roadmap
6 19 (19.79%) Artificial Intelligence
7 17 (17.71%) Analytics
8 16 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (15.63%) DevOps
9 15 (15.63%) FinOps
9 15 (15.63%) Machine Learning
10 13 (13.54%) Mentoring
11 10 (10.42%) Information Security
12 9 (9.38%) Data Loss Prevention
12 9 (9.38%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.04%) PowerShell
2 10 (10.42%) Bash
2 10 (10.42%) Python
3 4 (4.17%) Java
3 4 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.13%) SQL
5 1 (1.04%) Bicep
5 1 (1.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (9.38%) Degree
3 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.04%) HND
4 1 (1.04%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.29%) NIST
2 6 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.17%) GDPR
4 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.13%) GRC
5 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 31 (32.29%) Active Directory
2 26 (27.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 21 (21.88%) Hyper-V
4 17 (17.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.04%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.04%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (47.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (15.63%) Terraform
3 6 (6.25%) SCCM
4 2 (2.08%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.04%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 78 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.75%) VMware
3 10 (10.42%) Apple
4 6 (6.25%) Cisco
4 6 (6.25%) Citrix
5 5 (5.21%) Freshdesk
5 5 (5.21%) Meraki
6 4 (4.17%) Sage
6 4 (4.17%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.13%) arcserve
7 3 (3.13%) Nimsoft
8 1 (1.04%) Aruba
8 1 (1.04%) Dell
8 1 (1.04%) F5
8 1 (1.04%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.04%) HP
8 1 (1.04%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.04%) Pegasus
8 1 (1.04%) Riverbed
8 1 (1.04%) Xero